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Wired Wednesday: Transit, TechDen & Time Traveller

ByJohn

This week on News 1130 radio in Vancouver, I spoke about these tech topics for Wired Wednesday with Ben Wilson:

  • Transit App Launches Crowdsourced Real-Time Feature in 175 Cities (source)
  • TechDen fights your kids’ tech addiction using… a box (source)
  • City of Ottawa Archives Launches Time Traveller iOS App to Discover History (source)

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