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		wgx on Oct 30, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Apple acquired mind-blowing 3D mapping company C3 ... Amusing indictment of the UK's longest-established [1] directory service that they look "seemingly bootstrapped" at a glance. [1] Yellow Pages started 1954 in the UK

buro9 on Oct 30, 2011 [–]

It's even older, it belonged to the GPO (General Post Office) before that, which is why it is yellow... the post office was yellow before it obtained the royal charter, renamed and rebranded.

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