Public Transportation
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Philippines puts brakes on vehicle RFID plan
News Public uproar compels Land Transportation Office to indefinitely postpone country's multi-million dollar project to install RFID devices in vehicles.
Tags: RFID, Privacy, Local Government, Plan, RFID tag, IT infrastructure, Information Technology, RFID chip, U.S. Department of Transportation, Rep.
Singapore to start NFC trials
News Mobile operators link up with payment vendors to launch trials on near-field communication services, including mobile phone wallets.
Tags: RFID, Mobile commerce
Olympic visitors get info kiosks
News Visa unveils 55 booths in Beijing to provide Olympic Games-related information and tourist assistance to guests attending the sporting event next month.
Tags: Notebooks and tablets, Business applications, Philippines, Kiosk, Gartner Inc., phone, payment, Visa Inc., China, Olympic Games
IT policy can spur economic growth, industry says
News Representatives from the information technology sector urge lawmakers on Capitol Hill to integrate IT policies into energy and economic legislation.
Tags: Government, Cisco Systems Inc., Policy, Information And Communication Technology, Broadband, Procurement, public transportation, tax credit, San Francisco, industry
Wanted: Web content for rural India
Blogs Two days back, a close friend called to say that she plans to work on a documentary on how technology is changing the li...
Web acts as hub for information
News Moments after airplanes separately crashed into both towers of the World Trade Center, and then later the Pentagon, Web sites for the major news outlets were swamped by an overflow of traffic.
S'pore transport regulator partners Google Maps
News Country's Land Transport Authority hopes to make public transport "choice mode" by offering Google Maps as part of travel planning service.
Tags: Location-based services, Transport, Google Inc., CEO, partnership, Singapore, ERP, Southeast Asia, Regulator, data-processing
Aust kicks off free bus wireless trial
News State transport authorities in Australia has kicked off six-month trial in South Australia to outfit one bus with a raft of multimedia equipment and free wireless Internet access.
Tags: IT Management, 802.11/Wi-Fi, WiMax, Trial, Cisco Systems Inc., Wireless, Australia, Internet Connection, technology company, wireless Internet
Who's buying the mobile payment story?
Blogs I went home for vacation a couple of weeks ago, and encountered a familiar problem of parking in the dense city of Tel-A...
Public transport goes wireless in S'pore
News Bus service provider in the country equips bus with wireless network capability that allows passengers with Wi-Fi devices to access Internet.
Tags: Mobile/Wireless, Network infrastructure, Mobile Broadband, Power Supply, Wireless, Wireless Network, Singapore, wireless Internet, HSDPA, network
InFocus LP120
Reviews The LP120 is the most portable projector we've seen to date, yet it still manages to deliver good image quality. A good choice for mobile professionals.
Cars should be made greener, not cheaper
Blogs It was a long time coming, but the Tata Nano finally saw daylight this week when the US$2,230 car was officially launche...
Listen, I'm begging you...
Blogs Every company has employees it considers "critical" or "key". What if some of yours refused to come to the office during...
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions
To NFC or not, is that a SIM card question?
Insight The SIM card could very well be the ideal home base for the near-field communication wireless standard, according to some industry observers.
Tags: Cellular phones, E-commerce, RFID, Mobile commerce, Next-generation technology/networks
Skills of the mobile trade
Insight What IT skills are required to support today's mobile-empowered enterprise and which of these do workers lack? Industry observers share their thoughts.
Tags: IT strategy
