Posts Tagged ‘people’

Visitors to Chautauqua this summer could, for the first time, face time limits for parking if the city goes ahead with a proposed pilot program. During the busiest summer months of June through August, cars and trucks overflow from the designated parking areas within Chautauqua National Historic Landmark into the cottages to the south and… Read more >>

The owner of Clevedon’s Olympic standard equestrian centre is considering offering airport car parking to save the complex. Nick Davies, pictured, bought the Hand Equestrian Centre at Davis Lane from businessman Barry Bradshaw in 2007 and has since spent around £2.6 million upgrading and refurbishing the complex. But despite the centre – which is an… Read more >>

The new spaces help fans but do not solve the problem of parking for neighbors of Marlins Park. The Miami Marlins, under fire for failing to provide enough parking spaces for fans or the people who live near the new stadium, said Saturday they have secured an additional 3,000 spaces anywhere from a block to… Read more >>

A new system based on RFID technology helps retailers link their physical stores to their online social media channels. With the LifeSynk system retailers give RFID smartcards to their customers, who swipe them at a kiosk reader in the store to receive discounts and automatically share their activity via social media channels such as Facebook… Read more >>

New social networking solution uses RFID technology to connect businesses at physical locations with social media – to be exclusively previewed at next week’s Retail Business Technology Expo. Businesses can now gain control over the level of engagement they have with customers with the use of branded RFID cards which customers can swipe at their… Read more >>

As technology priorities go, RFID seems to be the cheese that slipped off the cracker. You may remember the projections for market adoption that were being tossed around five or six years ago that never came close to reality. As recently as two years ago, the marketing drums still beat loudly. Business focus on cost… Read more >>

Comings and goings of Palm Beachers and others will come under greater scrutiny with the Police Department’s plan to upgrade its video surveillance system. Public Safety Director Kirk Blouin said the new cameras are technologically superior to those now in place and will enhance the department’s ability to investigate and solve crimes. Some may view… Read more >>

Software mines security footage to help business owners see what people do once they’re inside the store. The huge success of online shopping and advertising—led by giants like Amazon and Google—is in no small part thanks to software that logs when you visit Web pages and what you click on. Startup Prism Skylabs offers brick-and-mortar… Read more >>

Boston – Boloco Inspired Burritos reaches out to its social media network to help catch three robbers caught on video surveillance. They are asking for local community support and offering a $1,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of the three men. On Monday, January 30, 2012, local restaurant group, Boloco (Boston Local Company)… Read more >>

Instead of using stealth undercover surveillance trucks to catch criminals, Florida police have taken the more brazen route and dispatched a renovated armored bank truck problem neighborhoods of Fort Lauderdale in hopes of scaring the would-be thieves and felons. The truck, which has been dubbed ‘The Peacemaker’, even has the boldfaced message ‘Warning: you are… Read more >>