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Apple CarPlay to Get Lane Guidance, Speed Limit Info, Alternative Routes in iOS 11 But Here’s What Else We Want

Apple CarPlay to Get Lane Guidance, Speed Limit Info, Alternative Routes in iOS 11 But Here’s What Else We Want

It fell to me, the sole Android user on staff, to put together a dispassionate wish list for new features in CarPlay when Apple launches its iOS 11 operating system come fall. Some of the more rabid CarPlay fans here at Frequent Business Traveler, including FBT Editorial Director Jonathan Spira and News Editor Paul Riegler among them, didn’t shy away from telling me what they thought.
If you’re not familiar with …

Lobby Bar – July 28: Zombies at the Theater, Edible Technology, and Potatoes Go Portable

A Spoonful of Lobby Bar Makes the World Go Round
Raiders of the lost Buick. Join the unlikely team of Mississippi Riegler and Indiana Jones 50 years in the future as they unearth a golden Buick LeSabre and fight off a rival archaeologist as well as some Nazis who mistake the Buick for the Ark of the Covenant. In the end (spoiler alert!), the intrepid duo drives off in the Buick …

Lobby Bar – July 21: Killer Selfies, Flight Attendants Get Naked, and a Concussion Shower

Lobby Bar – The Only Article That Loves You Back
Two of a kind. Join Jonathan Spira at the theater for a look at “Assassins,” a roughly two-hour light-hearted look at the assassinations of past United States presidents. Next week, we’ll review “Survivors,” a 43-hour play about all of the other presidents. Bring a sleeping bag and diapers: there is no intermission but covlefe will be served.
Powdered hospitality. Take a quick flight …

Dear Selfie Taker: Please Don’t Break the Artwork or Kill Yourself

The recent news that a woman in Los Angeles had knocked over 11 crowned pedestals, part of an art installation by Simon Birch, while taking a selfie came as little surprise to those who experience a type of Schadenfreude around selfies, selfie sticks, and the problems they occasion.
As Jonathan Spira noted in these pages two years ago, selfies, and by extension selfie sticks, can be dangerous to both the photographer …

Lobby Bar – July 14: When Turtles Fly, Human Memory Upgrades, Yogi Berra’s Lounge, and the Real Rainbow Road

The Lobby Bar – No Prescription Necessary, Now Available Over the Counter
Electrique. Paul Riegler explains why the future of electric vehicles is very bright right now. This is in part thanks to legislature that incentivizes research in the industry, but mostly because the majority of EVs are outfitted with multi-colored rainbow LED rim lights, making the roads just a little more visible and fabulous for everyone.
Take a pill. 2017 is …

Lobby Bar – July 7: Cars Are Pokémon Too, How to Time Travel, and the Clones Are Back

The Lobby Bar – Fittingly Fulfilling When Taken With a Full Glass of Milk
Join us. Many significant moments in travel history have occurred in Julys past, and here to help you revisit them is Jesse, the magazine’s dedicated time-traveling reporter. Rumor has it that if you read Lobby Bar every week for five years, you too could gain time traveling powers. Then, and only then, can you apply for a …

Lobby Bar – June 30: Pancake Trees, Rock Cars, and Literally Free Money

The Lobby Bar – Chock Full of Antihistamines! Guaranteed to stop your sniffles.
Where do you get your kids? Time to celebrate: the iPhone is officially ten years old. Like most 10-year-olds, the iPhone throws plenty of tantrums, needs to recharge every few hours, and stays up late texting.
Please remain seated. Join Jonathan Spira at the Daryl Roth Theater for “In & of Itself,” a meta-realistic production that aims to make …