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Georgetown University’s Newspaper of Record since 1920

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Georgetown University’s Newspaper of Record since 1920

The Hoya

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A higher sales tax would apply to the greater D.C. region that is serviced by Metro, including suburbs in Maryland and Virginia. A panel of local leaders last April recommended a 1 percent increase, but the Council ultimately settled on 0.75 percent, as this was the lowest rate that would still provide the $500 million dollars the DC Council hopes to generate annually.

Metro Plans Mobile App for Paying Fare With Smartphones

By Jessica Lin April 18, 2018

A new fare payment app that would allow Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority riders to pay using smartphones is planned to launch next year, WMATA announced April 10. The app, designed to...

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Alumni Gillis Baxter and Evan Bloomberg launched their app, Vizo News, this week.

Q&A: Alumni Talk New Startup, Vizo News

By Toby Hung July 24, 2015

Like all other student entrepreneurs at Georgetown, Gillis Baxter and Evan Bloomberg (COL ’13) have high hopes for their startup, Vizo News. A news aggregator app that delivers three brief headlines...

Socializing Key for Student App

By Caroline Welch March 25, 2014

Daanish Jamal (MSB ’16) took a leave of absence from Georgetown this semester to found his company and smartphone app, NextSpot, aimed at those who find Facebook events too formal for planning group...

Mobile App Adds News, Laundry, Travel Features

By Kit Clemente December 6, 2013

Georgetown debuted new changes to the Georgetown Mobile App in hopes to make the Georgetown bureaucracy easier to navigate and make the Georgetown-specific website more accessible. The app now includes...

NextGUTS: Up To Date Transport Info

NextGUTS: Up To Date Transport Info

By Max Wheeler and Max Wheeler April 15, 2013

You asked, and Georgetown answered.  Citing numerous requests by students and app users, the Georgetown Mobile App has been updated to include a NextGUTS feature.  This allows users to track the location...

Mobile App Feature to Track GUTS Status

By Zosia Dunn April 12, 2013

NextGUTS, a new feature on the Georgetown mobile application that tracks Georgetown University Transportation Service buses, is set to debut April 15. The service will offer real-time updates and GPS...

GUAFSCU Introduces Mobile App

By Eitan Sayag February 5, 2013

The Georgetown University Alumni and Student Federal Credit Union launched an application for iPhone and Android devices as part of an effort to provide customers with easier access to banking services...

Why We Love the Georgetown Mobile App

By The 4E Staff and The 4E Staff September 10, 2012

Last Friday, as part of campus's ongoing IT upgrades, Georgetown released its mobile phone app on the Apple Apps store and on Google Play. Though the app has been available since April, its release on...

School or sNOw school?

By The 4E Staff and The 4E Staff January 24, 2012

by Erin Collins Earlier today we posted about how to deal with the current lack of winter, but the second anniversary of Snowpocalypse is quickly approaching, and who doesn't wish that another  snowstorm...

Washington Post Launches App

By Kelly Church November 11, 2010

Readers will now be able to peruse D.C.'s most widely read newspaper on the go, as The Washington Post released an iPad application on Nov. 8, the latest in a trend of national newspapers making the jump...

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