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Andy Jordan and Digitized Taxis!

Andy Jordan of WSJ.com’s Tech Diary makes sure the cabbies in Manhattan don’t take him the long way around. New Yorkers react to taxis with GPS and other gadgety doodads:

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  1. First thing I do when I get in a cab: turn off that damned screen.

    There are video screens in my face everywhere I turn, and I’m just sick of it.

    Anybody seen Bladerunner? Watch it again — it’s getting eerily familiar.

    Posted by Rick Crabapple at November 20th, 2007 at 10:46 am

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