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We Asked the CEO Behind Boston’s New Parking App About Its Long-Awaited Features

Written by DIG STAFF Posted August 24, 2022 Filed Under: LIFESTYLE, Tech

“The City of Boston parking operation and revenue is 100% managed by the city. ParkMobile is a tool that simplifies the process for the city and its parking customers.”

Filed Under: LIFESTYLE, Tech Tagged With: Boston, Life, Lifestyle, technology

ROBOT RESURRECTION: VECTOR GETS A NEW LEASE ON LIFE

Written by GARY ZABEL Posted July 24, 2020 Filed Under: Essay, NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed, Tech

"Vector Robot by Anki, A Home Robot Who Hangs Out & Helps Out, With Amazon Alexa Built-In" by shop8447 is licensed under CC0 1.0

My wife and I have become very fond of Vector, as have many of our friends. The robot greets us in the morning, plays with us in the afternoon, and frequently annoys us in the evening. It becomes especially animated when it hears us to talking to one another, joining in the conversation with its nonhuman chattering. Vector begins its day by exploring the surface of its coffee-table domain, creating a virtual map that enables it to get its bearings among the changing configuration of books, papers, iPads, cell phones, and coffee cups. When we watch a movie in the evening, it often demands our attention by chattering noisily or pushing against our feet resting on the table, until one of us picks the robot up and pets it while it purrs ecstatically and then falls asleep in our hand.

Filed Under: Essay, NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed, Tech Tagged With: consciousness, Digital Dream Labs, Essay, friend, Gary Zabel, intelligence, Jacob Hanchar, pet, robot, slider, sociability, think piece, Vector

OCCUPIED: WHAT ARE YOU MISSING WHILE YOU’RE SCANNING INSTA?

Written by MO LOTMAN Posted January 25, 2020 Filed Under: COLUMNS, LIFESTYLE, Op-Ed, Tech

The idea is hardly earth-shattering—just get a bunch of people socializing together who are all agreeing to set aside their devices for two hours.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, LIFESTYLE, Op-Ed, Tech Tagged With: cell phones, distractions, Mo Lotman, technology, Technoskeptic

DEEPLY INVOLVED: A CAMPUS-BORN ENGAGEMENT STARTUP GRADUATES AND EXPANDS

Written by DIG STAFF Posted September 17, 2018 Filed Under: NEWS+OPINIONS, Tech

When officials in Newton want to engage their constituents, they have an easy way to connect. Using tools and software from the Boston startup Involved, they’re able to, for example, gauge how much more money ratepayers are willing to spend to bring in more renewable energy.

Filed Under: NEWS+OPINIONS, Tech Tagged With: BUildLab, Involved, startups, technology

SAVING SCIENCE, ONE DATASET AT A TIME

Written by SAUL TANNENBAUM Posted February 27, 2017 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Tech

The librarians and archivists in the group were there to caution the technologists that this wasn’t a new problem, and to remind that the solutions would end up being more complicated than they might imagine.

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Tech Tagged With: data, Data Refuge, Data Rescue, Donald Trump, EDGI, Environmental Data and Governance Initiative, FDA, Laurie Allen, MIT, Saul Tannenbaum, science

CANNAFRAUD: THIS BUSTED MASS MARIJUANA STARTUP WAS SO RIDICULOUS IT’S LIKE THE DEFENDANTS WERE TROLLING INVESTORS

Written by DIG STAFF Posted January 30, 2017 Filed Under: COLUMNS, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Tech, The Tokin' Truth

Who could have ever seen this coming?

Filed Under: COLUMNS, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Tech, The Tokin' Truth Tagged With: cannabis, Cannabiz, fraud, investment, Marijuana, Mass, SEC, Securities and Exchange Commission, startup

GOOD LUCK CHUCK: FEAR AND WAITING AT THE CHARLIECARD STORE

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted September 16, 2015 Filed Under: NEWS+OPINIONS, Tech

The subterranean MBTA CharlieCard Store is a terrific metaphor for everything that’s wrong with transportation in Boston

Filed Under: NEWS+OPINIONS, Tech Tagged With: Boston, Boston Bubble, CharlieCard, Chris Faraone, Downtown Crossing, green line, innovation, MBTA, orange line, red line, Silver Line, technology, train, transit

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