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The beaming stations, developed by WideRay Corporation of San Francisco, contain three small servers that deliver broadband, custom information. This includes TurboStats ScoreKeeper and information provided by the Giants Today section of the San Francisco Chronicle. Beaming stations will be updated before each home series, enabling fans to receive the latest statistical information on the team. In the near future, a collector series of electronic player cards ... will be available.
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San Francisco buses may not run on time, but at least riders can now find out how late they'll be. As part of a new information from NextBus .com, Bay Area MUNI passengers will be able to use PDAs and cell phones to get real- time updates on a bus or train's whereabouts.
The beaming stations, developed by WideRay Corporation of San Francisco, contain three small servers that deliver broadband, custom information to handheld devices via high-speed infrared beams of information. Fans simply point their handheld device, and in seconds they receive a high-speed infrared beam with WideRay's browser software and free, timely information tied to the Giants.
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SAN FRANCISCO – San Francisco-area bus travelers can now tell exactly when their bus is coming by using their cellphones or PDAs. NextBus Information Systems uses GPS devices on buses and a highly-accurate computer modeling system to provide real-time arrival information over the Internet, and now that information can be accessed over wireless devices as well.
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