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Online Travel

Flickr users react negatively to Yahoo's changes

Whether it's Flickr users or Facebook users, people often react negatively to changes. Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer's decision to eliminate Flickr Pro and her diss (since retracted) of professional photographers didn't help matters. Give her credit, though, for trying to modernize some of Yahoo's -- shall we call them legacy -- services.

12 years ago

Airlines

Tablets are the fastest growing device used by airline passengers

In-flight use of tablets and e-readers is increasing faster than smartphone and laptops, likely due to their content that can be easily saved and read onboard without paying for Internet access.

12 years ago

Online Travel

The real-world challenges for travel startups, as mirrored in Hipmunk's story

Funded, lean and focused, Hipmunk can take its sweet, little time honing its product to get ready for a larger profile. Whether it ever emerges from beautiful product to major player is a very open question. There is plenty of money to be made even as a relatively small company, but Hipmunk's ambitions are huge.

Dennis Schaal | 12 years ago

Business Travel

Five startups that want to define the future of travel in five different ways

Samantha Shankman | 12 years ago

Hotels

Dubai hotel goes overboard with iPads: Hands out $10,000, gold-plated tablets

Oh good. Because non-gold plated iPads are for the poors.

Natalie Paris | 12 years ago

Business Travel

Top ten iPhone apps for business travelers

Apps for mapping, meals, and itinerary trackers are the lifeblood of business travelers on the road, but any top app list must be taken with a grain of salt since selection is highly personal.

12 years ago

Online Travel

Google Glass: No relief from privacy invasion even at the urinal

You can read this story and, given the privacy implications, almost think it is a hoax. Sure, people can already take their smartphone cameras into public restrooms, but if you can indeed wink and take a photo with Google Glass, then there is literally nowhere to hide.

12 years ago

Online Travel

How Google creatively maps terrain too tight for cars

Google's drivers may feel skiddish about squeezing into some of the tight places that require mapping so Google has rigged all kinds of contraptions to map places such as hiking trails in the Grand Canyon. Google's quest to map the world is one of its most challenging -- and rewarding -- undertakings.

12 years ago

Ground Transport

Amtrak upgrades Wi-Fi giving business travelers another reason to choose rail

Business travelers are already starting to pick Amtrak over airlines for short-haul trips due to time, cost, and convenience; a more consistent Wi-Fi experience would only further the rail’s cause.

David Colker | 12 years ago

Airlines

Distracted flying? Pilots text controllers about flight conditions

As long as the pilot doesn't have a girlfriend in the control tower or vice versa, and they can't send lewd photos, then this sort of texting seems beneficial rather than a hazard. LOL.

12 years ago