Philly, like any large city, has its pockets of good, bad, and ugly. But what exactly makes those certain “good” sections so, well, good? More importantly, what actually makes a piece of Philadelphia beautiful? If you’ve got time to kill (if you’ve stumbled across Aroundphilly, you most certainly do), check Continue reading »
Babysitters, public urinators and generally creepy people beware: Your shameful criminal records are now (potentially) available at a moment’s notice to anyone owning a smart phone. A new online app called Docket in Your Pocket is allowing users to look up criminal records in Pennsylvania on the go. Launched in Continue reading »
The future is here! Ok, well, it’s not here yet but it should be making its way over soon, hopefully. NewsWorks has reported that the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection recently gave Car Charging Group LLC. $1 million to install electric car charging stations at service plazas along the turnpike. Continue reading »
Smartphones (or computerphones as I call them) are clearly taking over our lives. Long gone are the days when you could lose friends over an extended argument regarding which actors voiced Timon and Pumba in The Lion King. And it’s a fact that all of us have given up on Continue reading »
A group of 15 West Philly teens were recently given Popular Mechanic’s “Next Generation Award” for building a 160 mpg hybrid supercar. Last year, the team garnered widespread attention for its stellar showing in the Progressive Insurance Automotive X Prize contest, which had 111 teams, most from Ivy League schools, compete Continue reading »
Finally, SEPTA is bringing Philly into the 90s. While cities like D.C. and Chicago currently enjoy fast and easy-to-pay-for public transportation, Philadelphians are still stuck using the same technology as Chuck E. Cheese. Recently, SEPTA announced their plan for New Payment Technology (NPT), which will purportedly make Philly’s notoriously difficult public Continue reading »
“The internet has killed the video store.” It’s a rather poetic way to sum up what happened to the TLA and virtually all video stores for that matter. The behemoth Netflix has cast its corporate shadow upon the lowly masses of indie video stores, forcing even national chains like Blockbuster Continue reading »
