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About one-third of U.S. households now own a tablet
DigitalFor the first time, a third (34%) of American adults ages 18 and older own a tablet computer like an iPad, Samsung Galaxy Tab, Google Nexus, or Kindle Fire—almost twice as many as the 18% who owned a tablet a year ago. Demographic groups most likely to own tablets include: Those living in households earning [...]
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Tablets are the fastest growing device used by airline passengers
TransportPassengers are increasingly relying on their tablets and other personal electronic devices for entertainment and work on U.S. domestic flights, despite a ban on their use during takeoff and landing, a study to be released Wednesday concludes. The use of electronic devices, ranging from laptops to tablets to smart phones, rose 24.3% this year over [...]
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Dubai hotel goes overboard with iPads: Hands out $10,000, gold-plated tablets
DestinationsGuests at the self-proclaimed world’s most-luxurious hotel, the Burj Al Arab in Dubai, are being bestowed with a new privilege on arrival – a gold-plated iPad. As lesser hotels struggle to provide free wi-fi, guests at the Burj Al Arab, one the world’s tallest hotels, are being offered one of the 24-carat devices, worth £6,715, [...]
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Trend alert: Airlines offer flyers access to thousands of digital publications
TransportAirlines around the world are responding to the large number of passengers carrying smartphones, notebooks, tablets and e-readers by equipping seats with power ports and introducing onboard Wi-Fi and/or wireless inflight entertainment portals. In an effort to offer passengers a much wider variety of news, instead of the rather obligatory bunch of newspapers and magazines [...]
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Lots of people forget to turn off digital devices on flight says study
TransportMore and more flyers are taking their portable digital devices on flights, that much is obvious. If they own them, they will take them on the plane, of course. Now a new survey by Airline Passenger Experience Association and the Consumer Electronics Association puts some numbers behind the trend, and have discovered some interesting findings, [...]
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Flyers don’t need airline apps to book, but they want them to improve flights
TransportTravelers don’t articulate it this way, but many hunger for a HotelTonight-like app for flights. In other words, they are longing for the ability to book flights in a few taps. That’s one takeaway from a March survey of Flightview app users, released yesterday, which found that nearly 50% of respondents expressed dissatisfaction with airline [...]
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Hotels want to solve guests’ concierge problems with a big flat screen
DigitalHotels to guests: Put down your iPads and SmartPhones. There’s something much more visually appealing to distract you in hotel lobbies these days. They are digital screens, big and flashy ones, that hotels are hoping will draw guests out of their rooms and into the lobbies to learn more about the property and surrounding neighborhood. [...]
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Hertz plans to install tablets in every car to expedite pickups and returns
DigitalRoad warriors renting cars want speed and Hertz plans to introduce tablets later this year in the company’s cars and to expand the deployment of ExpressRent audio/video kiosks at rental locations to get customers in and out of their vehicles faster. Speaking at an investor day in Manhattan today, CEO Mark Frissora cited a Maritz Research [...]
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Legislator seeks to fast-track tablet use throughout flights
TransportFrustrated with the slow process at the FAA, Sen. Claire McCaskill said Thursday she will write legislation to allow passengers to use electronic devices during all aspects of flight. In a letter to FAA Administrator Michael Huerta, the Missouri Democrat said she is “concerned” with Huerta’s “lack of direct engagement” on expanding the use of [...]
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Biz travelers are healthy, tech-savvy and love to shop online
OriginalBusiness travelers are more health conscious, more tech-savvy, and more likely to shop online than other American adults. These are the findings of a new study on business travelers conducted by Scarborough Research. According to the research, business travelers, defined as adults who have taken a domestic, round-trip flight during the past year for work, [...]
