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Article | 20/11/2012 Smartphone ticketing rolls out for train riders
In the first U.S. implementation of smartphone ticketing for train passengers, Boston commuters can purchase and display tickets using the mTicket app...
Article | 15/11/2012 Cisco, Qualcomm join to make better use of Wi-Fi in stores and venues
Cisco Systems and Qualcomm are putting their considerable wireless weight behind a system to make it easier for retail stores and other venues to offe...
Article | 13/11/2012 Bloomberg opens platform for third-party apps
Bloomberg has launched an app portal that will allow subscribers of its financial information service to access additional third-party functionality, ...
Article | 13/11/2012 Honda to test tablet-synced electric mini-car
Honda will begin tests next year of a small electric vehicle that uses a driver's tablet for displaying dashboard readings, audio, navigation and imag...
Article | 9/11/2012 NYC corporate partnership seeks fresh financial tech
A partnership of New York City businesses has put out a call for innovative financial technologies.
Article | 8/11/2012 Chip maker STMicroelectronics to help demo wireless body motion tracking
Working with Xsens Technologies, STMicroelectronics is next week demonstrating the world's first wearable wireless 3D body motion-tracking system base...
Article | 27/10/2012 Hundreds greet Apple's new store in Palo Alto
A queue of several hundred people, snaking around the block, greeted Apple's new store in Palo Alto, California, on Saturday morning.
Article | 26/10/2012 Apple to open Palo Alto store on Saturday
Apple plans to open a retail store in downtown Palo Alto, California, on Saturday. The new store, less than two blocks from Apple's existing location,...
Article | 20/10/2012 Google says mobile payments growing fast but won't catch on overnight
Mobile payments with Google Wallet are growing fast, but the road to wide acceptance of NFC in the US will be slow, the head of Google's payments unit...
Article | 21/12/2011 Google invests in more renewable energy production capacity
Google has paid US$94 million for a stake in four photovoltaic power generation projects around Sacramento, California, bringing its total investment ...
Article | 20/12/2011 MIT to open source educational software
As part of an initiative to expand its online course offerings, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology plans to release as open source the software...
Article | 14/12/2011 Ban all electronics for drivers, US safety agency says
The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board recommended on Tuesday that states outlaw the use of all electronic devices, while driving, including ce...
Article | 12/12/2011 Japan group to build smart power grids that treat energy like network data
Using concepts from IT and networking, a Japanese consortium plans to develop large-scale energy grids that will handle power the way the Internet han...
Article | 8/12/2011 Microsoft, GE forming healthcare joint venture
Microsoft and General Electric's healthcare IT business are setting up a 50:50 joint venture to develop and market an open, interoperable technology p...
Article | 8/12/2011 NTT DoCoMo, Omron form venture to collect, analyze personal health data
NTT DoCoMo and a unit of electronics giant Omron said Wednesday they will form a joint venture to produce products and services that record and analyz...