Tag Archives: cell phones

NYC Cab Hailing App Launched

Most of my cab issues have to do with hundreds of people hailing at the same post-event time, so I can’t see this being much help in Manhattan. But it could be great in the outer boroughs. So far, out of more than 13,000 yellow taxis on the road, 1,000 drivers have signed-up for the app and say they’re excited. …

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FCC: Verizon Can’t Charge For Tethering

Verizon has been fined $1.25M for charging customers who used a third-party app to evade their tethering fee. The company had asked Google to remove “tethering” apps from its Android Market. Tethering allows users to plug a smartphone into a computer and use the phone’s cellular connection to power the computer’s Internet access. The apps circumvented Verizon’s own tethering service, …

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God Gave Us The Smartphone

Clip description: “I, Smartphone” is a video based on the essay “I, Pencil” penned by Leonard Read in 1958 and has had a lasting impact on how we think about the market process. Why would the Institute for Faith, Work & Economics care about how a smartphone is made and why would we want you to care? Because God has …

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BVM Sighting Of The Day

A new smartphone app will superimpose images of Jesus or the BVM over your photos. Some people wait their whole lives to witness a miracle. Isn’t that way too long? With Betabrand’s new Sightings app, you can summon the supernatural in seconds. That’s right: Now you’re able to subtly slip Jesus, the Virgin Mary, or Bigfoot into any iPhone photo! …

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HEbrew: The App For Gay Jews

“HEbrew is a brand new social networking app for gay Jews! These guys like it rough, but never Gentiles.” Naughty language.(Tipped by JMG reader Eric)

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Smartphone Usage

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ACLU Issues App To Record Cops

The ACLU of New Jersey has launched a smartphone app that will secretly record your encounters with the police. The ACLU’s Alexander Shalom said the app is easy to use. “There’s really only three buttons that the user needs to deal with,” Shalom said. “There’s a know your rights button that educates the citizen about their rights when encountering police …

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State Department Launches Donation Campaign For International LGBT Rights

The U.S. State Department has launched an unprecedented donation campaign in support of international LGBT rights. Via press release: The U.S. Department of State has launched a text donation campaign that allows Americans to donate to the mGive International Response Equality Fund. Donations will help to further programs and initiatives aimed at advancing human rights, fostering equality, advocacy, protection and …

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SF Man Missing After Cell Phone Hook-Up

His mother has launched a webpage: This is my son, Evan Flanary, 22, 6ft 1, 160 lbs, blonde/blue wearing blue jeans and gray hoody. Last seen on foot in the mission district in San Francisco on June 19 2012 meeting a stranger from a social phone app contact. This is not like him to disappear. He has no money and …

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iRobbed

Students are banned from carrying cell phones at New York City’s public schools, but rather than leave the devices at home, many students pay $1/day to leave them with mobile storage companies whose trucks are parked outside the school grounds. Nice racket, eh? But yesterday one of the trucks was robbed at gunpoint of hundreds of phones. Panic and wailing …

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All Of This Is Now In Your Back Pocket

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Virgin Atlantic Now Allows Cell Phone Use

But only on flights between NYC and London. So far. Passengers on certain Virgin Atlantic flights are now able to use their cell phones to make and receive phone calls at 35,000 feet, the airline announced Tuesday. The British airline’s new service could be a blessing for business travelers who want to stay connected during eight-hour flights across the ocean. …

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Fort Lee: No Texting While Walking

Texting while walking is now a ticketing offense in Fort Lee, New Jersey. “It’s a big distraction. Pedestrians aren’t watching where they are going and they are not aware,” said Thomas Ripoli, chief of the Fort Lee Police Department. Ripoli said the borough, which is home to approximately 35,000 residents, has suffered three fatal pedestrian-involved accidents this year. He hopes …

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Stop Butt-Dialing 911

New York City says their emergency services are being swamped by over four million “accidental” calls annually. An astounding 38% of some 10.4 million calls to 911 during 2010 involved such accidental or false alarm “short calls” of 19 seconds or less — that’s an average of 10,700 false calls a day. Most of the calls — commonly referred to …

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Stolen Cell Phones To Be Disabled

The FCC has leaned on North American cell carriers and forced them to agree to permanently disable any phone that has been reported stolen. The proposed system is already in use across Europe. U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer said in a statement late Monday that major cellphone carriers and the Federal Communications Commission have agreed to set up a database of …

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Smart Phone App: Report A Taxi

Gothamist points us to this handy app.

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Is That Your Tattoo Ringing? Or Mine?

Nokia has patented a funky tattoo ink that will vibrate to alert you of incoming calls on your cell phone, which presumably must be nearby. The tattoo would be made of ferromagnetic ink and would be able to detect a magnetic field generated by your phone in order to “transfer a perceivable stimulus to the skin,” according to the U.S. …

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New Yogurt Ad

Copyranter sez: “Scan this code with your smartphone, and it’ll splooge you in the face. I used to like Voskos yogurt.”

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Grade Pending Is Delicious

The NYC Department of Health has launched an app in which users can can filter and search for nearby restaurants by their latest cleanliness grade. Would anybody seriously consider a “C” grade joint that popped up in the results?

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