Articles tagged “google”

C'mon Google: You shouldn't be using fuzzy math when boasting about your user-review numbers. You are better than that.

If Google only thinks about Frommer's for its point-of-interest content it will be throwing away the most valuable asset the brand has: Its expert voice and trusted curation skills that go beyond mere listings.

What with interior office maps, trail maps, and now the Maya world, Google's going to have to come up with a new name for Street View.

Google, whose fortunes were built on simplicity, now believes loading its maps with features, including public transit info, will differentiate again Apple's upcoming maps.

With both Frommer's and Zagat in the fold, Google may be able to solve the problem that's plagued travel companies for the last decade: How to effectively bridge travel and local.

Google obviously has clear ideas how it wants to run the brand and the people on staff who they think can do it. But, still, it's a boost for old-media morale when book editors are safe in a merger and an online team is shown the door.

Google going for local, where the real money is for the company, and it looks at trave through that lens as well. Hence Frommer's.

Some old-school operators like Thomas Cook who still publish their reviews primarily on paper could be missing out on business from a younger generation who use web-based reviews for travel decisions.

OpenTripPlanner Mobile’s value lies not in providing transit planning on iOS 6, but in showing the importance of open data and how it fuels sustainable and innovative transportation projects.

The computer-controlled vehicles have gone 300,000 miles without an accident but still have a few skills to learn before drivers are safely texting or reading while on the highway.