Posts tagged "google"
15 May 2013

  • The new Google Maps products are the killer travel apps

    Digital

    The most popular travel app on smartphones has always been Google Maps, but today’s announcements at the Google I/O developers conference makes life even more difficult for what few mapping, planning, and local information competitors the search giant has left. Google’s updated Maps products for smartphones, tablets, and desktop improve on what’s already the best [...]

  • First look at new Google Maps for desktop: Focus on personalization

    Digital

    A new version of Google Maps for the desktop was leaked last week showing a new look that provided a more full-screen experience while matching up to the Google Now-esque card style of other Google services. A release of this version seemed imminent, but most of us figured it would wait for a Google I/O unveiling. [...]

  • Google and ITA Software abandon airline reservations business

    Transport

    Eight years after signing a deal to power Air Canada’s reservations system and two years after Google acquired ITA Software, the company is withdrawing from the airline reservations business. ITA Software’s website states: “We’re discontinuing the Passenger Services System (PSS) for airlines. We’re doing this to enable our team to focus on other travel solutions [...]

12 May 2013

  • Google tests hotel search campaign with lots of photos

    Digital

    Google is making your quest to find a hotel so much more picturesque. In a typical Google user-experience experiment, a subset of users may enter “Dallas hotels,” or perhaps substitute another city, in the Google search box or Chrome browser, and they will be able to view a horizontal collection of hotel photos (see above) [...]

07 May 2013

  • Caesars the first casino to ban Google Glass, will others follow?

    Destinations

    The 5 Point Cafe, a Seattle dive bar, was apparently the first to explicitly ban Glass…the bar’s owner, Dave Meinert, said there was a serious side. The bar, he said, was “kind of a private place.” In Las Vegas, a Caesars Entertainment spokesman noted that computers and recording devices were prohibited in casinos. “We will [...]

01 May 2013

  • Why Google Now and Siri make great travel companions for iOS users

    Digital

    Google Now is often compared with the Siri voice assistant on Apple’s mobile devices, but its power lies in giving you information you need to know before you have to ask. It works best as a supplement to Siri, rather than a replacement, now that it has expanded from Android devices to iPhones and iPads. [...]

27 Apr 2013

  • Facebook’s latest mobile push aims at local discovery, Yelp and Google Plus

    Digital

    Facebook Inc. is overhauling its Pages service with features for wireless devices that help users quickly find business information, another sign the company is ramping up efforts in mobile. The revamp, the most extensive in a year, is the first Pages upgrade to begin on mobile instead of the desktop version, said Matt Idema, head [...]

19 Apr 2013

  • Google Translate adds Cambodia’s Khmer as its 66th language

    Digital

    Google has announced Khmer, the official language of Cambodia, as the 66th language supported by Google Translate. There are an estimated 16 million native speakers of Khmer, mainly concentrated in Cambodia. Apple added Khmer support to OS X Lion back in 2011. Google Translate now comes with its own Khmer virtual keyboard and support for [...]

17 Apr 2013

  • Google’s airport dreams take off: San Jose private terminal approved

    Transport

    In a move that benefits Google executives and other corporate high-flyers, the City Council on Tuesday night approved an elite corporate jet center at San Jose’s airport, without adding an extra curfew provision that had been omitted in the bidding process. In a 10-1 vote, the council approved a 50-year lease agreement with Signature Flight [...]

  • Probe of Google’s anti-trust activities is not off the table

    Digital

    The head of the U.S. Justice Department’s antitrust division, speaking at a Senate hearing, didn’t rule out the department starting another probe of Google Inc.’s business practices if new allegations emerge. Utah Republican Senator Mike Lee today asked Assistant Attorney General William Baer whether the U.S. Federal Trade Commission’s decision in January to close a [...]