Amy Gilroy

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For Those Who Watch TV While Driving

There’s too much technology in the car — dangerous technology that can kill drivers, pointed out a front-page article in the New York Times today. Teens have been killed while text messaging. A cab driver was sighted watching a boxing match on a TV mounted on his dashboard.  Experts say technology is turning the car into a “mobile living room” and that... More

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Rolling Thunder Or Woofers On Wheels

Car stereo suppliers may want to take note of a new trend cropping up in Queens, N.Y. Teen boys are cobbling together 3,000-watt car stereo systems costing as much as $4,000 and installing them … on their bicycles. Yup, those small Mongoose bikes. No DIN openings here. The New York Times , describing the phenomenon yesterday, said one kid packed a 50-CD changer, three 10-inch... More

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Google and Gas

Google directions will soon be available at the gas pumps, it was announced Nov. 8 by a maker of gas pumps here, called Gilbarco Veeder-Root .          The company said its new pumps will let drivers access Google-based directions that may be printed out at the pump to local hotels, restaurants, and hospitals.  The pumps will also display a map... More

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Frenzied iPhone Hype

Even Steve Jobs must be surprised at the media frenzy around the soon-to-be released iPhone.  The electric current running through the press and Apple fans is being likened in intensity to, well, the discovery of electricity. Some early reviews are in from the Wall Street Journal , New York Times , USA Today and others giving the iPhone a thumbs up although the reviewers point to a... More