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Seattle approves law authorizing more automated speed cameras in bid to curb street racing

GeekWire

Seattle has used automated traffic safety cameras since 2006 to enforce red light laws , school zone speeding , bridge closure restrictions , transit-only lanes , and “block the box” rules. Seattle uses speed cameras manufactured by Verra Mobility, a publicly traded company based near Phoenix.

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Prepaid mobile airtime becomes currency in Africa – what happened to e-cash? - Trends in the Living Networks

Trends in the Living Networks

in Australia: Showcasing the best | Main | Particls switches on the power of RSS » Prepaid mobile airtime becomes currency in Africa – what happened to e-cash? Ross Dawson, May 28, 2007 3:17 PM US PT Om Malik has a very interesting article on how pre-paid mobile minutes are effectively becoming a currency across Africa.

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Interviews: Six important forces that will shape 2009 - Trends in the Living Networks

Trends in the Living Networks

Technology ranging from mobile applications to online gaming will become an everyday part of our work lives. Social change tends to be faster in a downturn. With increased access to online video technology, and mobile data plans getting cheaper, sending video updates of our every move will seem normal. Companies become social.

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Fountainhead: The Growth of Data Growth: My Digital Contrail

Fountainhead

from towers) created and tracked by the carrier; phone log files; data created and stored by multiple mobile apps and their own hosting infrastructures. Mobile Work. (4). Mobility. (2). ► 2006. (2). Sources of my "Digital Contrail" I make a cell phone call: Phone location tracking data (i.e. Infrastucture 2.0. (11).

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Transparency has long been driving business and society. but it's only just begun

Trends in the Living Networks

Even before the book came out I spoke at KMWorld in Silicon Valley on Creating the Transparent Corporation , and given my background in capital markets, I have been interested in and written and spoken about transparency in investor relations from the 1990s with the rise of intangibles reporting and beyond to the impact of the rise of social media.

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Buy now, pay later changed retail. Health care and rent are next.

Vox

Users can link debit cards or bank accounts to the service, in addition to most credit cards (Capital One has banned such transactions on its cards). PayPal launched a Pay in 4 option last fall, and banks and credit card companies are also eyeing the space. The use case can extend to all sorts of purchases.

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Fountainhead: Who's using Infrastructure Orchestration in Finance?

Fountainhead

Standard Chartered PLC: IT architects at Standard Chartered PLC decided to centralize data center ops for core retail-banking application, available to customers at 1,200 locations worldwide. Investment Banks. Mobile Work. (4). Mobility. (2). ► 2006. (2). as estimated for its legacy architecture. Marketing.