Articles tagged “apps”

Between social seating features from KLM and Malaysia Airlines, as well as two new meet-up tools from FlyerTalk, air passengers should never have to travel alone if they feel like engaging other passengers.

Capturing points of interest on a smartphone is so basic, intuitive, and simple that it's a constant wonder that guidebook companies and local listings operations don't rely on them entirely for gathering data about the world.

BA has created a pretty little app, but this seems like a project driven by an exec saying "we need another app" rather than something that meets a real customer need.

Aesthetics for its own sake, for once, wins out here. Solar's $0.99 app replaces the weatherman's charts with an art gallery in your hand.

SeatGuru is one of the more useful apps for the iPhone, so it's nice that team Android finally has it's services in the palms of their hands.

Better mobile apps -- especially on smartphones -- combined with Airbnb's relatively new Instant Book product brings users and landlords much closer to the last-minute booking options mobile travelers needs.

Oh the pageantry of the games, the patriotism, the thrill of competition, and the almost infinite possibilities of hooking up, thanks to a location-aware dating app.

WeTrip hopes its focus on travel activities will set it apart in the inundated social travel market, but it will need to learn lessons from all who've gone before (and already pivoted).

Skyhook, a location data provider for apps, can now track users while flying. How about connecting this with Uber to have a car waiting at the airport?

Unless you're a dating site or Amazon.com, matching a users with stuff you think they'll like is a promise that's tough to deliver on -- which is why all who've tried before Woofound have done a pivot.