
“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.”
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“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.”
Written by GARY ZABEL Filed Under: Essay, NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed, Tech
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.
Written by MO LOTMAN 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.
Written by DIG STAFF 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.
Written by SAUL TANNENBAUM 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.
Written by DIG STAFF Filed Under: COLUMNS, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Tech, The Tokin' Truth
Who could have ever seen this coming?
Written by CHRIS FARAONE Filed Under: NEWS+OPINIONS, Tech
The subterranean MBTA CharlieCard Store is a terrific metaphor for everything that’s wrong with transportation in Boston