travel – Techcitement*

Medellín, Colombia Voted Innovative City Of The Year By Arguably Less-Deserving Sponsors

William Jarrell — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 14:00:37 +0000

Last week, Medellín, Colombia was voted Best City of 2012 in terms of innovation, besting the two other finalists, Tel Aviv and New York City. The beautiful city of Medellín deserves to be recognized for the drastic advancements it’s made since the brutal Escobar reign centered around cocaine. However, and I hate to say this, the […]

Anything to Declare? Get A NEXUS Card

Ari Baronofsky — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 16:00:05 +0000

While I’m not an international jet setter, I do have family living north of the border in Canada. Because my wife actually wants to see her parents from time to time and we don’t want to deprive our daughter of face-to-face interaction with her grandparents, this means we travel to the Great White North two […]

QR Codes Invade Rio’s Historic Spaces

William Jarrell — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 23:02:36 +0000

Rio de Janeiro’s Conservation and Public Works Department is in the process of embedding 30 site-specific Quick Response (QR) codes throughout the city’s black and white mosaic sidewalks. Yes, those pixelated, Space Invader-looking blocks will be, well, invading Rio’s historical attractions to give Rio’s tourism department an injection of technology. Portugal, Wales, Italy, and Colombia […]

The New Babysitter On The Block: Your iPad

Paul Hurwitz — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 17:10:57 +0000

My wife received an iPad 2 as a gift in September and loves it, but my kids know how to use it better than she does. She uses the Gmail app, Safari, and that’s pretty much it. So, why are there about 150 more apps on the iPad? To keep the kids occupied of course. […]