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Technology
An All Automated Restaurant Opens in DC
On Tuesday, Eatsa, a fully-automated faster food experience opened its doors at its first DC location. This new location is the largest in the country and located at 1627 K Street NW. Eatsa allows customers to choose from a completely customizable, healthy and flavorful menu and order their meal without ever …
Delta Down
Thought you were having a bad case of the Mondays? Just check out the guys over at Delta Airlines. With more than 650 cancelled flights and many more delays, anyone involved in the Delta outage of 2016 didn’t get the best start to their week. But don’t feel too badly …
Parties Cooperate at the Second Congressional Hackathon
The Second Congressional Hackathon was an auspicious success last Friday. The free event was hosted by House Majority leader Kevin McCarthy and House Democratic whip Steny Hoyer, and brought over two hundred programming experts, legislative leaders, and industry innovators to work together across party lines to confront the technical challenges …
Tech Nerds in the Spotlight
It is no secret that news and journalism are becoming increasingly digital fields- separating from their physical roots in newspapers and magazines, and diving into the abstract sea of encoded technology. What many people don’t realize, however, is that much like writing words down on paper, the task of making …
Let There be Solar Power!
The Obama administration has placed into motion the installation of solar power products and 300 megawatts of renewable energy in low-income areas across the United States. In past years, this type of energy was neither affordable nor accessible, but with recent advances in technology, it has been made possible. Using …
Citizen Co-Sponsor Project: An Innovative Use of Facebook in Congress
Majority Leader Eric Cantor just released a game-changing new application called Citizen Co-Sponsor Project. Citizen CoSponsor will enable users to follow legislation they’re interested in. The application allows you to easily co-sponsor legislation and receive first-hand information and updates on the status of the bill as it moves through the …
Eric Cantor Meets With Sergey Brin (Google, Co-Founder)
According to folks at the meeting, the two were checking out FamousDC.
Hyper Hill: Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish.
Rubio says no [again and again] Quick, cheap trip to Africa [half billon] Emily Miller armed [and loaded] No Sarah P for President [shucks] He made this world a better place [RIP] Photo By Jhack❦
Mike Allen Rides Hover Board to Cantor Interview
…and then used this to record the conversation. Spotted on Eric Cantor’s blog.
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Tweeting on the Clock
Does Tweeting count as lobbying? WaPo’s Cecilia Kang: Undercover persuasion by tech industry lobbyists Why pay for a golf trip, dinner or full-page ad when you can tweet for free?
Foursquare Thrives, Probation Officers Rejoice
We do not consider ourselves early adopters. We just got a fax machine, recently started yelling “Kelly Clarkson!” during waxings, and just caught on to that new song sweeping the nation, the Macarena. But when we found out about a new social network mapping technology, we were intrigued…for about two …
Twitter Founder Creates Device That Allows Credit Card Payments Via Cell Phone
Drunk shopping will soon get easier. Twitter creator Jack Dorsey Wednesday gave the first public demonstration of his hotly-anticipated latest venture — a device to allow credit card payments by cell phone — and revealed it would be given away for free. [the world our mama warned us about] PS: …
Republicans Launch Blackberry App
Which political party is better at using the tubes? It’s the been the age-old question for the past several years and frankly, one that keeps us up at night. Democrats claim they continue to dominate online. Twittering Republicans argue while that was the case, it’s no longer true. Case in …