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Blogging by numbers

March 11, 2010

Blog Muse ia an IBM application that uses crowdsourcing to match blog writers with popular topics.

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Google Maps adds bicycle routes

March 10, 2010

Google Maps is adding bicycle routes for 150 U.S. cities, making the announcement at the 10th Annual Bike Summit in Washington (DC). “This has been a top-requested feature from Google Maps users for the last couple years,” said Google’s Shannon Guymon in Autopia. “There are over 50,000 signatures on a petition.” Google’s bike-mapping algorithm uses several [...]

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Delaware students can track campus bus online

March 9, 2010

The University of Delaware launched a web-based application that allows students to track the location of the campus shuttle.

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Delhi Metro joins Google Transit

March 8, 2010

India’s Delhi Metro Rail Corporation has added route, schedule, and fare information to Google Maps.

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YouTube adds automatic captioning

March 5, 2010

Starting today, YouTube will automatically add captions to uploaded videos using Google’s speech recognition service.

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GPS systems vulnerable to hackers

March 4, 2010

Technology that depends on satellite-navigation systems, like GPS, is increasingly vulnerable to sophisticated attacks.

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Metrolink gets new crash-resistant train cars

March 3, 2010

Metrolink, the southern California commuter rail line, took delivery of two new commuter rail cars equipped with crash energy management technology.

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The Transit Wire made the list…

March 3, 2010

The Source, which is the the blog for LA Metro (CA),named 10 essential transit blogs, including The Transit Wire.

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A guide to prepaid cards and the transit industry

March 2, 2010

The Smart Card Alliance presents an overview of prepaid fare cards, guidance for transit agencies considering this option, and a white paper for download.

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Five new apps for TriMet

March 2, 2010

While he waits to get his hands on a new iPad, columnist Joseph Rose turned his attention to some “mobile transit goodies” — five new applications available for Portland’s TriMet customers

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