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Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Looking for Downtown Events? There's an App for That

Plymouth Downtown Development Authority releases smartphone app.

Looking for the latest live music, comedy, restaurant specials or Small Business Saturday deals in downtown Plymouth? There's now an app for that. The Plymouth Downtown Development Authority released an app this month serving as a one-stop guide to everything downtown. The smartphone app, downloadable for Apple and Android devices, is a free download, DDA Director Tony Bruscato said. "There's an app for everything, and we thought why not an app for downtown Plymouth?" Bruscato said. "We have 130-plus events each year, a lot of shops and restaurants that do a lot of events and have specials, it seemed like a natural fit in a place like Plymouth." Bruscato said the DDA had a "soft release" for the app at the boulevard tree lighting and …

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Friday, September 28, 2012

Want to Stop Texting and Driving? There's an App and Device for That

New technology has been introduced to help curb distracted drivers from texting and driving. Check out these apps and gadgets that can help make you a less distracted driver.

Texting and driving is a choice. It's a dangerous choice, but nonetheless, it's a choice drivers make every time they get behind the wheel. There's some irony in the fact there are technologies that were created to block us from our own leaps in communication technology. However, with texting and driving being called a "national epidemic" by Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, nonprofit groups to automakers, communications giants and concerned parents have created technologies that will make the roads a safer place. Here's a look at some of the applications, gadgets and in-vehicle technologies that have been invented to cut down on distracted driving. Motorola Text-To-Speech Bluetooth Headset When paired with the application MotoSpeak, …

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Jeff Bannon

9:50 am on Friday, September 28, 2012

Thanks for those tips - will be using them right away. I hear there's a new app coming in late October that handles the same issues for email. It's called "Talkler". I read about it on www.Talkler.com - sounds like it'll be easy and accurate. Jeff, Brooklyn NY   more ›

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