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Texas will soon become the 11th state in the country to ban red light cameras. The state Senate has already approved the House Bill 1631 by a 23 to 8 vote last week. Only the Governor Greg Abbott is now required to give his assent to the bill before it can formally become the law of the land. His assent is essentially a done deal since the governor had campaigned on the issue last year.

What red light cameras do is that they automatically capture a picture when a driver blows through a traffic stop. They’re then sent a citation in the mail which costs offenders $75. According to reports, these cameras earned the city of Dallas about $5.8 million just last year.

Abbott had campaigned against red light cameras when he was up for re-election in November last year. He cited studies which suggested that these cameras can increase the risk of accidents where they’re deployed and that there are also “constitutional issues” related to their use.

24 states currently have red light cameras deployed within their borders but 10 of those states have already banned their use. Texas will become the 11th state to do that once the bill is signed into law by the governor.

Texas To Ban Red Light Cameras , original content from Ubergizmo. Read our Copyrights and terms of use.

If you have been wishing for a Pandora desktop app, your wish has come true today, provided that you use a Mac. The internet radio service has released a new Pandora for Mac app today. Don’t worry, there’s going to be a version for Windows as well. Pandora says that it’s going to be released for Windows in the near future.

The desktop app will enable users to access the internet radio service without having to deal with a separate browser window. The app itself has a very clean interface that’s very mobile-inspired and puts recommendation tools in the spotlight.

There are some new features as well that are exclusive to the desktop app. They include on-screen notifications, keyboard playback controls, and the controls for Pandora Modes, a feature which was launched in March this year.

The app isn’t overflowing with features which is actually a good thing. Everything is laid out in a very simple manner with the essential features all being within easy reach. It’s a refreshingly clutter free app that puts the focus squarely on the core internet radio service.

Pandora for Mac is now available for download. The Windows version of this app should arrive in the not too distant future.

Pandora Releases A New App For Mac , original content from Ubergizmo. Read our Copyrights and terms of use.

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The merger of T-Mobile and Sprint looks increasingly inevitable on Monday after Ajit Pai, the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, said he’ll recommend approving the $26.5 billion deal due in large part to the idea that it will hasten 5G deployment around the United States. But critics say that reasoning…

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