Google, BBC Make Mash-Ups

The word “mash-up” has certain connotations; the product may not be too polished, or it could be downright amateurish.  The British Broadcasting Corporation is not an amateur, however; the BBC is, in fact, the world’s biggest broadcasting corporation.  And the BBC’s into mash-ups.

That’s interesting information, but even more interesting is the name of the BBC’s pal in this endeavor: Google.  “One-third of the prototypes hosted on backstage.bbc.co.uk - where developers can post ideas and prototypes for reusing Auntie’s content in new and interesting ways - are mash-ups with Google Maps or other Google apps,” reports