GenevaLunch » mobile http://genevalunch.com Community Newspaper Online Sun, 27 May 2012 09:11:36 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ Copyright © GenevaLunch 2010 editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) http://genevalunch.com/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpgGenevaLunchhttp://genevalunch.com 144 144 Community Newspaper Online GenevaLunch GenevaLunch editor@genevalunch.com no no New train schedule offers better links, mobile connections improvedhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/18/new-train-schedule-offers-better-links-mobile-connections-improved/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/18/new-train-schedule-offers-better-links-mobile-connections-improved/#comments Fri, 18 Nov 2011 08:00:16 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=63675 GenevaLunch.com BERN, SWITZERLAND – The 2012 train schedule that goes into effect 11 December will offer travellers better connections for trips abroad. Some parts of the Lake Geneva region will also see improvements. But the best news for many working travellers is that mobile connections are being improved, as is the online sales service. The CFF [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/18/new-train-schedule-offers-better-links-mobile-connections-improved/feed/ 1 WMO, Hong Kong launch “my weather” world traveller apphttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/10/wmo-hong-kong-launch-my-weather-world-traveller-app/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/10/wmo-hong-kong-launch-my-weather-world-traveller-app/#comments Mon, 10 Oct 2011 13:10:04 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=62309 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the Hong Kong Observatory launched a new mobile app, “my weather”, Monday 10 October, designed to help travellers quickly find the official weather report for their area, anywhere in the world. The new app features the World Weather Information Service (WWIS) and is the world’s first-ever [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/10/wmo-hong-kong-launch-my-weather-world-traveller-app/feed/ 0 A9 autoroute ANPR radar test period ends, fines kick in 31 Augusthttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/08/25/a9-autoroute-anpr-radar-test-period-ends-fines-kick-in-31-august/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/08/25/a9-autoroute-anpr-radar-test-period-ends-fines-kick-in-31-august/#comments Thu, 25 Aug 2011 14:01:37 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=60986 GenevaLunch.com LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – Blame or thank the sun: hot weather in June and July caused a serious case of heatstroke, but not to people: the pricey new radar system on the A9 autoroute in Vaud, near the border with Valais,  didn’t function as well as expected because of the impact of high temperatures on the [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/08/25/a9-autoroute-anpr-radar-test-period-ends-fines-kick-in-31-august/feed/ 0 Geneva airport fitted out with new mobile check-in deskhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/02/09/geneva-airport-fitted-out-with-new-mobile-check-in-desk/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/02/09/geneva-airport-fitted-out-with-new-mobile-check-in-desk/#comments Wed, 09 Feb 2011 15:44:45 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=53741 GenevaLunch.com Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - Cointrin Airport in Geneva inaugurated its trial mobile check-in desk Wednesday 9 February, to meet unexpected or sudden increases in traffic due to delays or other problems. The new unit is easy to assemble and take apart, so it can be moved around the airport relatively quickly. The new, heated unit [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/02/09/geneva-airport-fitted-out-with-new-mobile-check-in-desk/feed/ 0 First tunnel ANPR speed control goes into effect in Baselhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/01/11/first-tunnel-anpr-speed-control-goes-into-effect-in-basel/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/01/11/first-tunnel-anpr-speed-control-goes-into-effect-in-basel/#comments Tue, 11 Jan 2011 15:41:42 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=52195 GenevaLunch.com Vaud A9 and mobile ANPR radars next, for spring Basel, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - Basel on Thursday 13 January becomes home to Switzerland’s first tunnel speed radar system that calculates the average time over a distance rather than taking a snapshot of a car’s speed at one point. The new ANPR (automatic number plate recognitino) average [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/01/11/first-tunnel-anpr-speed-control-goes-into-effect-in-basel/feed/ 1 Swisscom says to expect some data delayshttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/11/10/swisscom-says-to-expect-some-data-delays/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/11/10/swisscom-says-to-expect-some-data-delays/#comments Wed, 10 Nov 2010 10:36:01 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=49688 GenevaLunch.com Zurich, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Swisscom mobile customers who use the Internet may experience “impaired service” in the next few hours, says the company. Its mobile data network was interrupted for several hours Monday, starting at 07:30 when a fault occurred on Swisscom’s GPRS network while maintenance work was being done. About half of the customers [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/11/10/swisscom-says-to-expect-some-data-delays/feed/ 0 Swiss iPhone map app wins 2009 national mapmaking awardhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/10/26/swiss-iphone-map-app-wins-2009-national-mapmaking-award/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/10/26/swiss-iphone-map-app-wins-2009-national-mapmaking-award/#comments Mon, 26 Oct 2009 04:55:44 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=30405 GenevaLunch.com Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The Swiss federal government’s mapmaking enterprise, Swisstopo, has won the country’s 2009 mapmaking award for its iPhone application that allows users to access maps for the entire country at these scales: 1:25 000, 1:100 000, 1:500 000 and 1:1 million. Swisstopo will now represent Switzerland at the International Cartographers Associaton awards [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/10/26/swiss-iphone-map-app-wins-2009-national-mapmaking-award/feed/ 0 Swiss mobile network costs cut sharplyhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2008/09/24/swiss-mobile-network-costs-cut-sharply/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2008/09/24/swiss-mobile-network-costs-cut-sharply/#comments Wed, 24 Sep 2008 10:45:26 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=5167 GenevaLunch.com Mobile interconnection costs will be the lowest in Europe, says ComCom

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