Monthly Archives: December 2015

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Millions of teens are using a new app to post anonymous thoughts, and most …

Millions of teens are using a new app to post anonymous thoughts, and most …
Similar to Yik Yak — an open app that has become popular on college campuses — After School allows teens to post comments and images on message boards associated with individual high school campuses but carries nothing identifying the students who …
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Creating IoT Devices & Controlling Them With Your Smartphone or Tablet
I'm currently performing my Happy Dance (stop laughing, it's not my fault I caper and cavort this way) because the Simblee by RF Digital officially launched this morning. Just to set the scene, let's remind ourselves that, a few years ago, the folks at …
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Japanese cat-luring sensation Neko Atsume is finally available in English
True story! See, Neko Atsume: Kitty Collector was first released in Japan last year with no intention of a worldwide release. But once English-speaking players got wind of it, they banded together on message boards and social media, trading tips to …
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I-91 reconstruction project: Real-time driver information equipment installed

I-91 reconstruction project: Real-time driver information equipment installed
SPRINGFIELD — All real-time driver information equipment – including warning signs and highway electronic message boards that should give motorists estimated times of arrival – has been installed for the ongoing rehabilitation work on Interstate 91.
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Anonymous email threat closes all Los Angeles schools
According to The Atlantic, Ramon Cortines, the superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District, the school board received an electronic message Tuesday morning threatening multiple schools. District spokeswoman Shannon Haber said the threat …
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South Acton train station set to open Dec. 19
Station amenities are scheduled to include new canopies, passenger shelters, benches and windscreens, signage, a "train approaching" alert system, electronic message boards and platform lighting. Plans also call for the station to be equipped with …
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TIGER Episode 2: Mission Transit Center

TIGER Episode 2: Mission Transit Center

The Kansas City Regional TIGER Grant is funding .7 million in transit improvements along the Metcalf Avenue/Shawnee Mission Parkway corridor in the cities of Overland Park and Mission. These include building a new transit center adjacent to Mission’s downtown area, with covered waiting areas, lighting, benches, trashcans, digital message boards and landscaping.

Learn more at http://www.marc.org/tiger.
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Time to Bring Cuba Online

Time to Bring Cuba Online
The only thing keeping the island in the digital Dark Ages is a lack of political will. Cuban officials have long blamed the American embargo for their … In the past two years, a black market data sharing system known as el paquete, or the packet …
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How digital signage reduces perceived wait times
Quick-service restaurants represent 20 percent of the digital signage industry and are using digital menu boards, positioned directly in line with customers' line of site to drive impulse purchases at point of sale. Across the U.K., tablets …
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McDonald's USA making its digital menu board play
AT&T is providing project management and connectivity for the digital menu boards through an existing relationship through which AT&T provides WAN, LAN and Wi-Fi services in more than 14,000 McDonald's U.S. restaurants. STRATACACHE's ActiVia for …
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Thunder at Memphis Grizzlies Game Recap – Nov. 16, 2015

Thunder at Memphis Grizzlies Game Recap – Nov. 16, 2015
MEMPHIS – Time and again, the Thunder clawed back from a multi-possession deficit on Monday night. Time and again, the Memphis Grizzlies had one more answer in the form of a 3-pointer, a tough jumper or free throws. In a 122-114 loss on the second …
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Chase's John Carter takes the top spot; he's among 6 bankers on list
Helping Carter reach the top of the list were long tenures on several boards, which made his connections stronger. Matt Elliott, Michigan market president of Charlotte, N.C.-based Bank of America Inc., ranked lower for strength of connections because …
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Charlotte women rally to increase their ranks on corporate boards in North …
Winstel, a financial advisor for Merrill Lynch, thinks there is much work to be done in Charlotte and throughout the state of North Carolina to bring more women to the table. That's why she set out to host an event in uptown Thursday to talk about the …
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Los Angeles schools closed: Threat emailed from overseas to school board member

Los Angeles schools closed: Threat emailed from overseas to school board member
Superintendent Ramon Cortines said at a news conference Tuesday that an electronic threat in the form of a message was made against students at many of the district's schools. He says the schools commonly get threats but called this one rare. Officials …
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Just in Time for Thanksgiving Travel, Love Field Breaks Out New Parking System
To help drivers who may not have seen the new lots, the city has installed what it's calling a "parking guidance system," but is really just a series of electronic message boards informing you which lots and garages are full. (By the time you get there …
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Mayor Emanuel on Police Reform, Accountability
The DOJ has to to subpoena all of Rahm's emails and electronic messages and those of all his underlings as well. This isn't just about the police department. It's CPS, it's the TIF funds, it's his private meetings with his banker buddies, it's city …
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Strip club owner, lawyer stomp out of Hall County Board meeting; 'This is the …

Strip club owner, lawyer stomp out of Hall County Board meeting; 'This is the …
Shane Harrington, a strip club owner, left, and Vince Valentino, an attorney hired to represent Hall County, at a Hall County Board meeting in November about zoning regulations for adult-oriented businesses. Harrington wore a camera on his hat that was …
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Google, Facebook and others 'falling short' on digital privacy
"Even companies in the lead are falling short. Across the board, companies need to improve their commitments to, and disclosures of, policies and practices that affect users' freedom of expression and privacy." Google led the Internet category, with an …
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U.S. Airways Center in downtown Phoenix

U.S. Airways Center in downtown Phoenix

Image by Steven Vance
Where the NBA and WNBA teams play.

The Phoenix Suns and Mercury basketball teams play at the U.S. Airways Center in downtown Phoenix across the street from Chase Field, where the Arizona Diamondbacks baseball team plays.

In the Yahoo! Maps satellite view, you see "America West Arena" painted on the roof.