Smartphones
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Distracted driving puts today's motorists at risk, industry officials say
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Thousands of people die on the road due to texting and staring at their cell phones. But how are telematics and auto companies responding to this emerging transportation issue?
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We're listening to smartphone audio in our cars more than ever now
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The number of Americans who connected their cell phone to their automobile doubled from 2010 to 2011. Why trust what's on the AM/FM radio when you can simply listen to a This American Life podcast of your own choosing?
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Both WMATA and its riders craft new tools to track the system
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As Metro unveils a new alert system for bus and rail riders, its social media manager tries out a new Twitter tool and a rider gets serious about tracking sexual harassment throughout WMATA.
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New 'Metro Master' iPhone app promises an easier WMATA ride
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David Glidden and Andrew Thal published a new app yesterday that offers a better way to navigate the Metro. They spent months riding the system to calculate Metro Master's benefits, which include data about which cars are least likely to be crowded, arrival times, and trivia.
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As Capital Bikeshare expands, the Spotcycle bikesharing app gets an upgrade
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The popular smartphone application now better integrates maps and is available on the iPhone. As our bikeshare system grows, What better time for an upgrade, no?
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EPA: Environmental Protection Agency looking for best innovator to create new mobile app
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EPA's will also award high school and college students for their creations.
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Technology tools to help you save on gas
CommentBest Buy takes us through the best smartphone apps and GPS tools to help you save on gas.
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Lawmakers hold a hearing on smartphone security
CommentPolitico's Tony Romm talks about iPhone and other smartphones with tracking devices and what Congress wants to know from the manufacturers.
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Georgetown student creates GUTS bus schedule Android app
CommentGeorgetown University student, Chris Cronbaugh recently created Next GUTS, an Android application that let's users know when the bus schedule of the university's bus service, The Georgetown Voice reports.
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Protect your smartphone the smart way
CommentOne study says that by the end of the year, one in two Americans will be using a smartphone. But they can break if you're not careful.
Here are some helpful hints to protect your smartphone -
Satellite firms to gain as more people look for broadband access
President Obama has pledged to bring 98 percent of Americans access to broadband Internet on mobile devices in the next half-decade.
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The download: Calif. firm acquires two local Twitter-centric companies
A Pasadena, Calif., technology firm that builds and buys Web and smartphone applications for Twitter has snatched two D.C.-area developers in the last week.
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Now, a smartphone app that rewards exercise
Silver Spring entrepreneurs Benjamin Young and Gregory Coleman are developing a new wrinkle on the coupon craze -- a smartphone app that rewards exercise with discounts.
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New mobile app counts calories
With just a snap of your camera, a new mobile application can help you count calories.
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Diagnosing STDs with smartphones -- there's an app for that
British researchers are trying to create mobile phone software that can diagnose sexually transmitted diseases.
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New smartphone application can trace student gatherings
'Sponto' debuts exclusively for this university.
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App Talk: Go behind the scenes on TBD's new iPhone and Android apps
CommentTBD mobile apps are now available for download on your iPhone or Android-powered smartphone. We're hosting a live chat session starting at 11 a.m. -- an open forum for your comments, questions and complaints.
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