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Spotify, Uber Will Let You Control Your Jams During Your Ride
2014-11-17 19:02:35| PC Magazine Software Product Guide
After hailing an Uber car, you'll have the option to decide what music you want to hear during your ride.
Truckers frustrated by north-end traffic jams
2014-10-09 10:16:22| Trucking - Topix.net
The head of the Saskatchewan Trucking Association says the congestion around Circle Drive and Idylwyld Drive in Saskatoon's north end is causing significant frustration for the trucking industry. "They're very frustrated," said Terry Siemens, president of the association.
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MIT-Bred Technology Would Let Cars Help Each Other Avoid Traffic Jams
2014-09-18 22:32:54| AutomotiveDigest.com - Automotive Industry News
Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology used virtual tokens, cellphones and vehicle-to-vehicle wireless LANs to build a system for allocating the limited space available on major thoroughfares. It doesnt require any physical infrastructure, such as tollbooths, so it could be implemented quickly almost anywhere, they said. Instead of using cameras or electronic tollbooths by the roadway to detect cars passing a certain point, the MIT system, called RoadRunner, is based on GPS (Global Positioning System) information from the drivers cellphone in each car. As more cars get connected to the Internet, the system may be able to go into the car itself, according to Jason Gao, a graduate student in electrical engineering and computer science who developed the system with Professor Li-Shiuan Peh. READ MORE about the new system The Article MIT-Bred Technology Would Let Cars Help Each Other Avoid Traffic Jams appeared first on Automotive Digest.
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FCC Probes Internet Traffic Jams
2014-06-18 11:35:28| IT Services - Topix.net
An FCC inquiry will attempt to dissect the routes that video and other data travel to reach Internet service providers such as Comcast and Verizon, to try to figure out what's causing Internet traffic jams.
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FCC examining reasons for Internet traffic jams
2014-06-13 22:29:29| Telecom - Topix.net
The Federal Communications Commission is setting out to unravel the mystery behind the Internet traffic jams bogging down the delivery of Netflix videos and other online content.
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