NYC inks deal to put train tickets on smartphones

Part of New York City's train system is set to get a 21st-century kick in the pants. Digital tickets that live on commuters' smartphones will soon be introduced thanks to a deal inked between the Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) Board and Masabi, one of eleven companies that offered to build such a system for the city. The pact follows a -- presumably successful -- trial conducted between Masabi and the MTA in 2012. Not every locomotive route will see paperless ticketing at first; only the Metro-North Railroad and the Long Island Railroad are scheduled to be equipped with the new tech.

Once the program is firing on all cylinders, users will be able to buy tickets and present them to conductors using only their phones. While the setup will be a first for the Big Apple, a number of cities already have similar schemes. Masabi alone has has similar ticketing programs in Boston, San Diego and even Long Island. There's no firm launch date in place for the MTA's solution, so don't expect to see it running in a matter of weeks. Ben Whitaker, Masabi's CEO, told the Wall Street Journal's Digits blog that the MTA system is so massive that "planning, training and testing" will take a fair amount of time. For now, dead-tree tickets will still have to do.

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Which train of Galaxy Samsung Smartwatches learned

With the countless (well, most) gear 2 bracelets watch and only eight portable - a mixture of 2 s gear, gear, 2 NEOs and gear fit - on the table in front of us during our interviews with the designers from Samsung, the impression is that the company takes seriously their clothes. Only six months between her before announcing the original Galaxy equipment and his successors; It is a relatively short life have.

More to make things... interesting, Android has announced an own mobile platform, months after announcements of Samsung devices. (To make no notes for those who run these motors on SSS, a new mobile operating system not yet available on a mobile appeared). Cho min, Director of marketing for Samsung, said that his clothes not on the Green OS would be limited. "We will continue on the best solutions for our customers, including working in collaboration with Google and Android,", he said. He slows down his voice and looks at me: "We are working." Samsung has already confirmed that he plans, Android, but what with the current culture of clothing to bring? What Samsung after a year and a half of the transmission of the Galaxy learned?

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