Tomorrow’s Taxi Commission Hearing Could Limit How Uber And Lyft Operate In New York City
The commission will propose closing a loophole that allows Lyft, Uber and other For-Hire Vehicle services to dispatch cars and drivers that are not affiliated with their own bases, a move which would reduce the number of drivers for these companies.
October 15, 2014 at 10:01PM
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Reddit Acquires Alien Blue, The Most Popular Unofficial Reddit App
If you’re even kind of active on reddit, you probably know of Alien Blue. As far as perusing reddit on iOS goes, it’s pretty much the undisputed champ.
It seems reddit would agree.
October 15, 2014 at 07:53PM
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Why Kids Sext – Hanna Rosin – The Atlantic
An inquiry into one recent scandal reveals how kids think about sexting — and what parents and police should do about it.
October 15, 2014 at 05:42PM
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Apple Plans to Stop Selling Fitbit Devices in Stores
It’s unclear exactly why Apple will no longer sell the devices, which track steps and other health metrics, in its retail stores. But the move comes a week after Fitbit issued a statement saying it was still “evaluating integration with HealthKit,” Apple’s new software application that acts as a central repository for health and fitness data on iPhones.
October 15, 2014 at 05:01PM
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Alaska’s outdated maps make flying a peril, but a high-tech fix is slowly gaining ground
While the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is constantly refining its work in the lower 48 states, the terrain data in Alaska is more than 50 years old, much of it hand-sketched from black-and-white stereo photos shot from World War II reconnaissance craft and U-2 spy planes. This is incredibly dangerous.
October 15, 2014 at 03:44PM
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Google Unveils Android Lollipop
Lollipop is Google’s answer to the ominous rumblings in Android land. It’s a svelte OS, capable of running on 512 megabytes of memory, which means that even the cheap phones spreading through China and India can pack in Google’s latest features.
October 15, 2014 at 01:17PM
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‘iPad Air 2′ and ‘iPad mini 3′ with Touch ID & Burst Mode confirmed, show up early in iTunes
Apple’s iTunes Store has just made a little bit of a slip-up: screenshots for the iOS 8.1 iPad user guide have just appeared within iBooks and include Apple’s upcoming iPad Air 2 and iPad mini 3.
October 15, 2014 at 01:17PM
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Android: Be together. Not the same.
Nexus 9 and Nexus Player will be available for pre-order on October 17 and in stores starting November 3. Nexus 6 will be available for pre-order in late October and in stores in November.
October 15, 2014 at 12:41PM
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Skunk Works Reveals Compact Fusion Reactor Details
Hidden away in the secret depths of the Skunk Works, a Lockheed Martin research team has been working quietly on a nuclear energy concept they believe has the potential to meet, if not eventually decrease, the world’s insatiable demand for power.
October 15, 2014 at 10:03AM
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Relaxing “Neutrality” Principles Could Unlock Online Innovation
Letting go of an obsession with net neutrality could free technologists to make online services even better.
October 15, 2014 at 08:27AM
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