The Internal Revenue Service began this month selecting thousands of taxpayers for audits — even though the IRS has no reason to think they’ve underpaid their taxes. It’s part of the IRS’ National Research Program.
Daily Archives: October 9, 2007
Map Making Firms Rumored to Sell for Billions
The latest hot segment of the technology business appears to be maps.
MapQuest, Yahoo! Maps and GPS (global positioning system) navigation in cars are very popular, and all of those maps came from one of just two mapmaking companies.
Both of those companies now are being snatched up by bigger companies for billions of dollars.
Creating a digital guide to the world’s highways and street addresses may be the cutting edge of technology, but it is also just long hours on the road.
Jeremy Onysko’s orange van has four digital cameras mounted on the roof. They are snapping pictures every 30 feet — recording road signs, lane markings and anything else a driver might need to know.