Apple and its developers are announcing a lot of apps being retooled for its new smart watch, launching next week, but one…
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The big 4 carriers will bring LTE to Chicago’s subways
4G services are finally coming to Chicago’s subways. Verizon, AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile are collectively installing a $32.5 million LTE upgrade in…
Read MoreMoovit, the Waze of public transit, rakes in another $50M
The meteoric rise of Waze was a huge success story for the Israeli tech scene, and the country is now aiming to…
Read MoreAthens public transit moves to smartphone ticketing
Thanks to the help of Masabi and MasterCard, the entire urban transit network of Athens, Greece, can now be ridden with nothing…
Read MoreIBM to start crunching connected car data for Peugeot
IBM is putting its data analytics to work on information collected from Peugeot's in-car sensors, ostensibly combining it with data from traffic infrastructure and smartphones to create better car apps and more network-aware vehicles.…
Read MoreForget tablets. Nokia has a bigger connected gadget in mind: the car
Nokia believes its can use its role as the auto industry's mapmaker as a launchpad into the connected car. In an interview with GigaOM, Nokia Here EVP Michael Halbherr shares his vision of the Nokia-powered vehicle.…
Read MoreVerizon goes underground, joining NYC’s subway station coverage project
Three of the big four carriers have already started beaming their cellular signals into the depths of New York City’s subway system…
Read MoreBill Ford (yes, that Ford) invests in public transit, backing mobile ticketing firm Masabi
Masabi is a U.K. startup specializing and cloud-based smartphone ticketing technologies for public transit, and it just landed a $2.8 million strategic investment led by Bill Ford's Fontinalis Venutures.…
Read MoreWhy the iPhone Makes Ditching Your Car a Lot Less Painful
A recent study found that mobile devices and apps can help drastically improve the appeal and usefulness of public and shared transit options, but only if companies and legislators take a cue from some of the good examples already out there.…
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