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News In the future, your mobile phone could become your holiday concierge, reminding you to check-in the minute you arrive at the airport or automatically ordering a taxi for you when your plane lands. It's a vision that... [03 Jul 2009]
$5bn of mobile money destined for the poor
News The scope of mobile financial services in these markets has grown quickly from simple cash transfers by text message to payments for everything from a taxi ride to a utility bill. The market of mobile financial services... [15 Jun 2009]
Speed-limiter tech trial coming this summer
News A London bus, a licensed taxi and 20 TfL vehicles used by its road engineers, traffic managers and highway inspectors are likely to be involved in the trial. Transport for London has confirmed it will road-test... [11 May 2009]
Futuristic Advertising Relies on VersaLogic Computing Power
White Paper This technology allows, for instance, ads displayed in the financial district to be different than those displayed when the taxi is in a university neighborhood. Vert Inc.s "VID", or Vert Intelligent Display, is a mobile... [30 Apr 2009]
Photos: The restaurant where the table takes your order
Photo Other services that can be projected onto the table top include local information and transport features - from the London Tube map pictured here, to a taxi booking facility. While big name phone vendors are falling over... [15 Apr 2009]
Photos: Scots are sQuids in with wave and pay
Photo The sQuid facility on the card is intended for purchases such as taxi fares, newspapers and food in cafes. Dundee City Council has more than 50,000 users of its contactless payment scheme since launch in October 2008. [23 Jan 2009]
Poundland ups laptop security
News If a laptop is lost, left in a taxi, for example, or stolen, all the data it contains is automatically wiped if a passcode is entered incorrectly a specified number of times, making sure sensitive business data doesn't... [23 Jan 2009]
Photos: Xmas presents for the techie who has everything
Photo Handy for the next time your techie leaves his device in the back of a taxi. Still struggling to think of how to reward your hard-working tech team this festive season or just looking for a Christmas present for yourself? [04 Dec 2008]
Inbox: Why is Westminster lost for Words?
Comment I don't know why they're worried about being able to open Word documents, they'll only lose them or leave them in the back of a taxi! The weekly Inbox column collects the best and most thought-provoking of the reader... [01 Dec 2008]
Object Oriented UML Modeling for Traveler Management System
White Paper The proposed model is based upon the knowledge based system & the complete booking process of a Taxi is defined in this paper and the knowledge model is tested with different data sets. The present paper deals with the... [30 Nov 2008]
ComfortDelGro Offers Efficient, Innovative Call Booking Services With Advanced Avaya Contact Center Solution
White Paper ComfortDelGro wanted to maximize the profitability and operational effectiveness of their taxi business by balancing costs management against growing customer base. The inability to cater to call spikes was not only... [04 Nov 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 19.09.08
Round-Up Look, you're not going to get it so the Round-Up will tell you: they're all items that have been left in London taxi cabs over the last six months. Before we move on, how do you take 12 dead pheasants into a... [19 Sep 2008]
10,000 mobiles per month left in London cabs
News Londoners are leaving 10,000 mobile phones in the back of black cabs every month - or almost three per taxi. The chances of getting lost gadgetry back in New York are less good however: only 66 per cent of the... [17 Sep 2008]
Digital wallet card launches in Dundee
News The card, intended to help avoid charges incurred by purchases under £10, is expected to be used for small items such as newspapers, food and taxi fares. Dundee City Council is set to launch the sQuid eMoney service with... [02 Sep 2008]
Phil Pavitt, CIO, Transport for London
Comment One of Pavitt's key targets is to streamline and modernise TfL's vast IT infrastructure across the various business units - London Underground, Buses, taxi franchises and rail franchises. After a rollercoaster ride at... [29 Jul 2008]
