Travel Technology

The early adopters in tours and activities could be too early, and to paraphrase a baseball scholar: It is going to get late early for a lot of the startups.

The rate of innovation in mobile technology suggests that even if security still takes too long and seats are too small, flyers can at least rely on updated flight statuses and hassle-free check-ins.

Giving passengers the ability to post photos of aircraft seats should make things interesting, especially given reports over the last few days that United kicked a travel blogger off a flight for doing just that.

The design and choices in it would be be on the key factors in user adoption for Google Glass. That and the price, of course.

Kayak's dropping of tours in its mobile apps shows that the sector may not be as addressable as envisioned and isn't ready for prime time.

The glass and its use case compresses all of our travel communication and gadget needs in one, using the glass UI. Remains to be seen if costs come down, and people are willing to sport the same robot-glasses look.

Airlines are dreaming of the day when they can ditch the complicated, heavy, and expensive seat-back entertainment systems for profit-generating bring-your-own-device systems.

Skype’s gift cards could generate more revenue than Hotel Tonight's and Uber's recently launched and comparable credit programs because Skype is a much larger operation and due to immediacy of the video platform.

JetBlue likely needed to get the kinks out of its mobile boarding capabilities before working on Passbook integration. The airline has admitted that it has paid too much attention to the bottom line over the past few years, and has fallen behind concerning important mobile features that its customers demand.