SpotCrime Gets Picked UP by Washington Post and BBC

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Thanks to a mention in TechCrunch, the WashingtonPost picked the story up the next day.

Recently we received a link from the BBC Radio 4, and coverage by a Austin, TX news station (KXAN.com).

Here's the YouTube link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8JNlKz3Xr0

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