Sounds strange, but makes sense as
there are a lot of places there which
don't have an address, even entire roads
with no name. They'll be using the three
random words generated by the location
app what3words to regenerate their
address system.
Mongolia will the first country to adopt
the what3words addresses that has split
the planet into 3 by 3 metre squares
assigning each one a sequence of three
words. That's 57 trillion squares each
with their own name. The system means
that everywhere on the planet now has
an address, a much more useful one as
location's are more precise.
The new system means everyone in
Mongolia has an address, whether there
deep in a city or in the middle of the
Gobi desert. It's great for growth and
accessibility for their nation.
Across the world there are 4 billion
people without an adequate address,
making simple things like post and
banking difficult. Maybe soon we'll all be
using the new three word system?
GUESTLIST
2016 / ISSUE 88
17
TECHNOLOGY
From next month the Asian country is swapping street
names and house numbers for three word sequences.
MONGOLIA ARE REVOLUTIONISING THEIR ADDRESSING SYSTEM.
After showing huge interest in
buying SoundCloud two years ago,
Twitter has invested a whopping
$70 million to the site. What the
money is meant for hasn't been
detailed by either company, though
Twitter does now own a stake in
SoundCloud.
Whatever the money's for, it's
obvious that it marks a strong
partnership between the two
online platforms, both of which are
struggling a little. Working together
is in both of their interests - Twitter
can boost user engagement and
interaction through SoundCloud
links/audio cards whilst
SoundCloud can use it to promote
their new subscription service that
has just launched this year.
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TWITTER HANDS
OVER $70 MILLION TO
SOUNDCLOUD.
The huge investment follows SoundCloud being
the first social platform to embrace Twitter's
audiocard service earlier this year.
