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Andy Jordan and Digitized Taxis!

November 20, 2007 at 4:17 am PT

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Andy Jordan of WSJ.com’s Tech Diary makes sure the cabbies in Manhattan don’t take him the long way around. New Yorkers react to taxis with GPS and other gadgety doodads:

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  • Rick Crabapple

    First thing I do when I get in a cab: turn off that damned screen.

    There are video screens in my face everywhere I turn, and I’m just sick of it.

    Anybody seen Bladerunner? Watch it again — it’s getting eerily familiar.

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