Tele Atlas VP Jumps to E-Commerce Company

John Puopolo, most recently the vice president of software and product engineering at Tele Atlas, has signed on as CTO at Massachusetts-based Searchandise Commerce, an eCommerce ad network for product manufacturers. While at TA, the press release notes, “he transitioned his engineering organization to a global structure, streamlined the engineering practices and adopted contemporary development techniques resulting in a substantial decrease in time-to-market for end-products and 100 percent improvement in software quality in just 18 months. Through consistent, on-time delivery to both domestic and international customers such as Google, Microsoft and MapQuest, he helped grow company revenue a combined 58 percent in 2006 and 2007.”

Podcast: Reviewing the 2008 Interactive Election Maps

Many media outlets offer interactive maps to explore current data on the upcoming U.S. elections including the option to create you own scenarios by assigning states to candidates. How do the sites compare? What’s missing? Our editor’s praise USA Today’s implementation along with Yahoo’s and find at least one laughable offering. Hear about their likes and dislikes and how these interactive sites reflect the state of technology in the media and the demand for social tools.

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