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Con Edison Linemen install a "smart switch" on Vanderburgh Avenue in Larchmont, N.Y. - June 14, 2013 (credit: Marla Diamond / WCBS 880)

Con Edison Begins Installing ‘Smart Switches’ In Westchester

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Sree Tips: Keeping Your Smartphone Battery Going

Smartphones have gotten so much smarter these days, with all kinds of cool new features. They are really mini computers. But the battery life continues to be awful.

2013/04/24

FILE - A taxi sign is seen in New York City (credit: Mario Tama/Getty Images)

NYC Unveils First All-Electric Taxis

Six Nissan Leaf cabs will go into service Monday. Taxi and Limousine Commissioner David Yassky said the new taxis are zero-emission vehicles that are better for the environment.

2013/04/22

More New Jersey Towns Look To Install Lightning Detection Systems

Three people died in New Jersey last year after being struck by lightning. So, now some towns are investing money on systems that can do a better job detecting dangerous storms.

2013/04/22

Security Camera (credit: Evan Bindelglass / CBSNewYork)

Paterson Considers Requiring Security Cameras AT Bars, Liquor Stores

A northern New Jersey city may require bars and liquor stores to install security cameras and operate them continuously as a way to curb crime.

2013/04/19

The new, high-tech school security on Long Island would give police, including officers in their cars, live audio and video feeds inside schools. (Photo: CBS 2)

Long Island Goes Cutting Edge On School Security: Live Feeds To Police Cars

Three school districts are on board and Nassau BOCES, the agency that coordinates services for Long Island school districts, is hoping all will sign on.

2013/04/18

Clarkstown Parents Seek Police Help Investigating Online Threats

On the attack against cyberbullying, concerned parents in Clarkstown have been calling police and school officials after some recent anonymous online postings.

2013/04/18

Sree Tips Boston Marathon Emergency Tools (credit: CBS2)

Sree Tips: Tech Tools To Know From The Boston Marathon Bombings

One of the lessons from the Boston Marathon bombings is the kind of role technology plays in connecting everyone and how much information and misinformation there is out there after an event like that.

2013/04/17

Sree Tips: Top Time-Wasting Apps

Do you find yourself looking for an app to pass the time as you wait in line for a bus, while commuting, or at the doctor’s office?

2013/04/10

A microtrench on East 7th Street between Avenue C and Avenue D (credit: Alex Silverman / WCBS 880)

Verizon Using Microtrenching To Install Fiber-Optic System In NYC

By the end of 2014, the plan is for all of New York City to be connected with fiber-optic wires. Now there is a new way for to get this done without getting in your way.

2013/04/08

Seen At 11: New Technology Could Help Teens Stay Safe Behind The Wheel

Car accidents are the leading cause of death among teenagers in the United States. But new technology could help parents keep their teens safe, even when they aren’t with them in the car.

2013/04/04

The Motorola DynaTAC 8000, seen during the 2007 International Consumer Electronics Show January 8, 2007 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Credit: Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

40 Years Ago Wednesday: First Ever Cell Phone Call Made In NYC

Forty years ago on Wednesday, an inventor named Martin Cooper made the very first cell phone call in history in Midtown Manhattan.

2013/04/03

Aaron Foss has come up with a way to combat robocalls. (credit: CBS 2)

Port Jefferson Man Wins FTC Contest With System To Stop Robocalls

A Long Island man may have solved one of the perpetual annoyances of living in the telephone age.

2013/04/03

Sree Tips: Apps For Managing Your Busy Life

If you have a busy life, you don’t want to miss this.

2013/04/03

Seen At 11: Cyber War In Europe Is Causing Internet Disruptions Everywhere

Something going on thousands of miles away could be affecting your Internet — from slower connections to service disruptions.

2013/04/01

Seen At 11: New Technology Can Make It So 1 Baby Has 3 Parents

“The goal is always the same: identify embryos that are unaffected, and are going to produce normal children and only transfer those back,” explained Dr. Rusty Herbert.

2013/03/29

Apple’s iPhone: A Visual History

Solar panel installation at MetLife Stadium as seen from Chopper 880 - East Rutherford, NJ - May 8, 2012 (credit: Tom Kaminski / WCBS 880)

Solar Panels At MetLife Stadium

Space Shuttle Enterprise, mounted atop a 747 shuttle carrier aircraft, flies past the Statue of Liberty prior to landing at John F. Kennedy International Airport on April 27, 2012 in New York City. (Photo by Michael Heiman/Getty Images)

Space Shuttle Enterprise Comes To New York City

Guitar Hero: Warriors Of Rock Launch – Red Carpet

The iPhone 4 Goes Global

The latest iPhone went on sale in Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Singapore, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland on July 30, 2010.

Japanese Robot Craze

Back in the 1970′s, it was easy for the Six Million Dollar Man, Steve Austin, to spot a robotic person or a fembot as the show called them, the fembots couldn’t sweat and were therefore easy to identify.