EBay has gone shopping again. This time it's buying a little company called Where. Where is a location-based software company that develops apps for all the major platforms
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Feed SubscriptionFacebook’s Virtual Solutions for Actual Potholes, Crime
SeeClickFix is a sort of FarmVille for community problems. Call it the FarmVille effect
Read More »Who You Gonna Call? FireBusters: The Electrical Blaster-Equipped Firemen
If there's something aflame in your neighborhood, you may soon call for firemen toting backpacks blasting bursts of electricity to snuff out the firey problem. You listening, Bill Murray? Remember Ghostbusters ?
Read More »Science in the Neighborhood: how to make a really good coffee
Sitting at the end of the long wooden bar, I watch with curiosity as Richie begins his pour. He starts the stopwatch on his cell phone and proceeds to pour steaming hot water over the coffee grounds in a precise choreographed motion
Read More »The PlugShare App Directs You to the Nearest Electric Vehicle Charge Spot
Range anxiety, or the fear of running out of power while driving an electric car, is a common--if not overly hyped --source of stress for EV drivers. Xatori, a startup founded by Forrest North , the founder of Mission Motors and a former engineer at Tesla Motors, released an iPhone app today to change that. The PlugShare app serves two main functions: It allows users to browse a comprehensive list of nearby public charging stations, and it lets users share their own electric outlets and search for charge spots located inside or outside other people's garages.
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