Internet
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Metro disaster? WMATA website now shows updates in bright red
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Now we've got the Breaking News Metro Problems Banner that pops up on the transit agency's homepage whenever an emergency hits the system.
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Homeland Security has its eye on your Metro tweets, D.C. riders
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Big Brother is watching, and he wants to know about your time on WMATA.
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Congress is taking free trips from private companies and SOPA could change the way the internet works
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An Internet scammer duped America's bike-lovers with a fancy infographic
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Bicyclists love to feel good about their chosen mode of transportation, so it's little surprise that a splashy visual called "How Bikes Can Save Us" spread across the Internet like wildfire this month. But the creator happens to be a notorious Internet scammer who attempted — and likely succeeded — at turning Google upside down.
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WMATA.com: The evolving history of D.C.'s Metro website
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Metro kicked off its Internet presence back in 1996 and has evolved from a primitive and ugly website to a text-heavy clunker to the content-rich labyrinth of today. See how the web presence of one of the country's biggest transit agencies has grown up in its first 15 years.
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Zipcar now lets you reserve cars through Facebook
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The world's biggest car-sharing company meets the world's biggest social networking site. A new application lets you check out the Zipcars in your area and take one out ... all without leaving Mark Zuckerberg's domain.
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Metro finally allows riders to upload money to SmarTrip cards online
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WMATA discovers the Internet! The transit authority has finally let customers upload money to their SmarTrip cards online in addition to installing a new escalator and made plans to reconfigure the Gallery Place Metro station.
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Washington consulting company creates a map of the Internet
CommentMost of us don't think much about what the Internet entails; it's just a string of flashing lights on our wireless router. But the folks at TeleGeography, a D.C.-based consulting company, have launched a website designed to show exactly how your data gets to you — and it's not how you might think.
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How to respond to Metro madness? Foul-mouthed tech genius
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How best to respond to the train delays, the broken escalators, the single-tracking, the scheduled track maintenance? Some would keep their mouth shut, stoically grinning, bearing the burden in the same of public transit. Some would complain to friends. Some would tweet their rage. And then there's what Joey Brunelle did: create a website, Facebook page, and potentially one day an app called "How Fucked Is Metro?"
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Mapnificent shows how far you can travel in 15 minutes
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A new mapping tool called Mapnificent reveals the distances a pedestrian can reach in just 15 minutes. No more excuses about "too far," people.
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Harry Thomas, Jr. website should be a lesson to all politicians
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Politicians who don’t buy up their own website domain names run the risk that someone else will get there first — a lesson D.C. Councilman Harry “Tommy” Thomas, Jr. is learning the hard way.
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Picture of the day: Metro's new far-thinking strategy overcompensates
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Don't accuse WMATA of not planning ahead — the organization knows the exact time when the board of directors will meet a decade from now.
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Anonymous proselytizes to D.C. in 'Operation: Onslaught' (video)
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The secretive Internet-based group "Anonymous," known for their hacks and hijinks, recently roamed our streets and distributed flyers as part of "Operation: Onslaught."
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Yelp reviews blast and praise D.C. Metro in equal measure
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On the popular website, visitors seem to love WMATA while locals detest it. The verdict? 3.5 stars.
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Internet-rechargeable SmarTrip cards: One trial user's experience (photo)
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Metro is finally letting a randomly selected pilot group of riders add money to their passes online. Here's a first look at how the new system will work.
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D.C.'s Quincy Hotel offers 'digital detox'
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Committing to a day or two without personal technology — your laptop, smartphone, tablet — would likely require a great deal of willpower. Or perhaps a locked safe.
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Rosslyn: home to the birth of the Internet
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Arlington plans to erect two historical markers, one written solely in binary code, in honor of the inventors.
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Technology talk with John Gilroy
CommentI.T. issues in the federal government
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