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Meet the SmartSign customer service team: Stephany Sam

Stephany Sam is a call center manager at SmartSign. She’s been with the company for the last five years. Originally from Haiti, Stephany currently lives in the Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn. She recently announced to the team that she’s expecting a baby due in May. Monica: I know you’re a manager here, but can you […]

Better building could have lessened Joplin tornado damage, study says

A two-year long study from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) reveals that national standards for building construction could reduce damage from tornadoes. NIST swung into action a mere two days after the tornado, sending a team to extract information that could help in future storms. The 2011 Joplin tornado is the deadliest on […]

Meet the SmartSign team: Carey Smith

Carey Smith is a Sales Representative at SmartSign. Originally from Grenada, he’s lived in Brooklyn for the last 11 years. He came to SmartSign after joining the U.S. Army Reserve, and keeps that sense of adventure alive by driving Lamborghinis on his birthday and trying to get his fellow SmartSign team members to go skydiving. Monica: […]

Teenagers and technology: What can parents do?

A picture posted on NBC New’s Instagram feed in March 2013 shows how much our world has been affected by the 21st century’s most visible tech revolution. The top of the picture is Saint Peter’s Square in 2005 and the bottom is from the same perspective but taken in 2013. If you are over thirty, […]

New Car Mode for iPhone will prevent texting and driving

Before you leap into the future and let your car decide when you’re not paying attention on the road, give your Smartphone a chance to keep you focused now and eliminate texting and driving. Designers Joey Cofone and Michael Vanderbyl have created Car Mode, “an integrated setting in iOS 7 that turns off all visual […]

How I learned to avoid digital distractions

There are a lot of merits to technology. The level of precision, the speed, and the ever-shrinking global atmosphere have created a network where idea exchange can flow faster than imagined thirty years ago. The rise of generations X and Y bring a new breed of socially inept, but technologically brilliant people into the working […]

Teens raise awareness about distracted driving, participate in 23-hour technology fast

We’ve often talked about people succumbing to digital distractions to the extent that they cannot let go of their mobile devices even in their sleep, let alone behind the wheel. But there’s group of kids out there who want to free themselves of the shackles of their cell phone chargers to become more responsible drivers. Sixty […]

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