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NBC To Livestream All London Olympic Events

14 May 2012

All 32 sport events at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London will be streamed live online at nbcolympics.com. Important events like a gold-medal race will be streamed live on nbcolympics.com, but will not be archived on the Web site until sometime after the prime-time show. Other staples of NBC’s televised prime-time coverage – including swimming, [...]

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The iPad Driven Thirsty Bear

In: Entertainment|Mobile|Technology

19 Mar 2012

An amazing new self-serve bar concept The Thirsty Bear is a pub in London, United Kingdom, that features Apple iPad driven self-serve beer tap(s) at your table. It also offers a full range of other beverages, such as a growing cocktail list, plus an ever expanding menu of food and even music; all available via [...]

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Heathrow Airport Driverless Pod Network

In: Mobile|Technology

10 Oct 2011

Heathrow Airport in London has unveiled the future of public transportation with these new shuttle pods. Laser-guided and battery-operated, they go 25 miles per hour and are said to be impossible to crash!

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Mind The Gap – Wi-Fi Arrives At London Underground By 2012 Olympics

In: Mobile|Technology

16 May 2011

Around half of the London Underground’s 270 stations in the UK, are being outfitted with Wi-Fi access ahead of the 2012 Olympic Games. London Underground commuters got their first taste of subterranean Internet access in October 2010, when a six-month test funded by U.K. broadband service BT brought Wi-Fi hotspots to the Northern and Bakerloo [...]

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London’s Virtual Cab Rank

In: Social Media|Technology|Twitter

4 Aug 2010

Next time you’re in London (UK) and need a cab, you might like to try tweeting @tweetalondoncab for one. Richard Cudlip, Karl James and a small circle of tech-inclined cabbies have spent the last year building up a black cab service on Twitter, and while Cudlip says they don’t handle more jobs than in their [...]