Combining mapping with user-generated witness reports, Ushahidi, or "testimony, " tracked incidents of deaths, rioting, looting and rape, all sent in by concerned Kenyans.

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Clark, Andreessen and a group of programmers created and sold the first widely marketed and user-friendly Internet browser, mapping out the World Wide Web, beating Microsoft to the punch, and making themselves millionaires in the process.

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It foresaw the advantage of excellent mapping technology to sell location based advertising and other services beyong directions to the user.

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