Tag: LOS ANGELES

On Friday, the Los Angeles Police Department launched the Tracking and Automated Graffiti Removal System (TAGRS) -- a program that allows law enforcement officials to track graffiti artists/vandals with their smartphones. Under TAGRS, graffiti-cleaning crew members can use their smartphones to take photos of any vandalism, and upload the images to a LAPD database. The photos are then analyzed, ...

An unlikely trio of cities can lay claim to the United States' most energy-efficient buildings, thanks to a report in USA Today. Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Houston have been named by the EPA as having the most efficient buildings in the U.S., with annual energy savings of $87.2 million, $83.8 million, and $70.6 million, respectively. While we would love to jump on the bandwagon and slap ...

We have all ideas (okay, so we know it for a fact) that the Los Angeles Traffic Cam was designed for those living in LA, but we can't help but imagine how drivers in less congested cities could use this to make their own daily commute not seem so bad. NBC4 and 3rd Dimension have teamed up to beam out live video and nearly live still shots from some 270 LA-area traffic cameras to those with ...

If there's one thing celebrities love more than their L. Ron Hubbard, it's their BlackBerrys, Sidekicks and other text-tacular smartphones. These days, being photographed thumbing away on your mobile is as trendy as buying children from foreign continents. From Andre to Usher and Beckham to Spears, Switched has assembled a slideshow of phone-strapped stars, which begins on the next page. ...

If there's one thing celebrities love more than their L. Ron Hubbard, it's their BlackBerrys, Sidekicks and other text-tacular smartphones. These days, being photographed thumbing away on your mobile is as trendy as buying children from foreign continents. From Andre to Usher and Beckham to Spears, Switched has assembled a slideshow of phone-strapped stars, which begins on the next page. ...