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Auto-connect to airport WiFi with FLIO app

“There’s an app for that” was the big tagline not long ago, but for some things there just wasn’t—and FLIO neatly fills one of those gaps. If you have an iPhone; no Android version for a couple more months. And it’s free. FLIO is “all-things-airport,” with the kind of information you could otherwise find only by searching airport websites, or at best, by downloading individual airport apps. The publisher has worked with over 180 airports, and is adding more, to allow app-users to…

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GPS: All roads lead to…a tiny Austrian village

Since July, the software for Garmin’s popular GPS devices has tried to direct a bonanza of tourist traffic to Preitenegg, Austria, seen above. Perhaps you’ve never heard of Preitenegg? No surprise: It has fewer than 1000 residents.

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Switzerland tries new buses with no drivers

If Google’s self-driving cars seem a bit futuristic (even if one got pulled over by a cop for going too slow), consider this: starting next spring, Switzerland will actually put passengers on driverless buses for a two-year test.   The buses will…

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TSA studying NFL security for airports

Where are you most likely to be scanned and probed? After airports, the likely answer is stadiums and concert venues—and the TSA is seriously interested in advanced technology now in use at the San Francisco 49ers’ Levis Stadium.   The…

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Auto-connect to airport WiFi with FLIO app

“There’s an app for that” was the big tagline not long ago, but for some things there just wasn’t—and FLIO neatly fills one of those gaps. If you have an iPhone; no Android version for a couple more months. And it’s free. FLIO is “all-things-airport,” with the kind of information you could otherwise find only by searching airport websites, or at best, by downloading individual airport apps. The publisher has worked with over 180 airports, and is adding more, to allow app-users to…

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Switzerland tries new buses with no drivers

If Google’s self-driving cars seem a bit futuristic (even if one got pulled over by a cop for going too slow), consider this: starting next spring, Switzerland will actually put passengers on driverless buses for a two-year test.   The buses will…

Read More

TSA studying NFL security for airports

Where are you most likely to be scanned and probed? After airports, the likely answer is stadiums and concert venues—and the TSA is seriously interested in advanced technology now in use at the San Francisco 49ers’ Levis Stadium.   The…

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