Tag: SANFRANCISCO

Who isn't in on the Twitter craze these days? No, seriously. Is there a single person, organization, or company that hasn't hopped on the microblogging bandwagon? Everyday, it seems, we're inundated with news and announcements of someone else joining the glorified status updater of a social networking service. And we usually ignore them, because at this point, who cares? But last week we got ...

Homelessness and technology may seem incongruous, but they are not as far away from each other as one might expect. Cities like San Francisco and New York are helping the homeless to become more connected, through the unlikely means of Facebook and Myspace. Although the homeless may not have physical mailing addresses, they want to have virtual ones through free social networking sites. ...

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 ...

If General Motors has anything to say about it, San Francisco and Washington, D.C. will be the first early adopter markets for its plug-in hybrid Chevy Volt. The company is currently working with the local municipalities to flesh out the details. The goal is to make tax incentives for purchasing electric cars and build an infrastructure that'll support them. San Francisco is already part of the ...

Tanya Vlach, a San Francisco-based artist, lost her eye in a 2005 car accident, and now keeps a blog chronicling the "monocular life." She's got a real-enough looking prosthetic peeper, but Tanya's a self-described "sci-fi geek," and, with the approval of her doctor, she's put out a call for engineers to build her a camera... for her fake eye. \ Likening her possible future self (the one with ...

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/apple/Apple_to_announce_new_laptops_next_Tuesday'; The rumors were true folks. Apple is staging an invitation-only Town Hall event in Cupertino next Tuesday, October 14th at 10AM PST. It's absolutely safe to say they'll be showing off new laptops... and you know we'll be there live! Will this be an unveiling of a whole new form factor? Will this "Brick" mystery be ...

We dig the idea in theory, we really do, but we can definitely see this causing more harm than good. Starting this fall, San Francisco will begin a trial involving wireless parking sensors in 6,000 of its 24,000 metered spaces, enabling antsy drivers to be alerted via street signs or cell phones when a spot becomes available. Only one problem -- give 50 anxious motorists the same message that a ...

Google's one phone number for everything service, GrandCentral, is getting a new trial of sorts. Google is taking its 'Do no evil' mantra to the streets of San Francisco -- literally. A partnership between Google, the San Francisco city government, and Project CARE (Communications and Respect for Everybody) is offering a free phone number and voicemail box to every homeless person in the city for ...

A fancy new way to pay for parking -- and issue parking tickets -- is being tested in San Francisco. The Photo Violation Meter is a computerized parking meter that accepts not only coins, but credit cards as well. The new meter detects when a vehicle pulls up and pulls away via digital cameras and sensors. If your time runs out before you move your car, it takes a photo and wirelessly transmits ...