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Travel Technology

Media and PR

BBC makes it easier to see the Olympics on your smartphone

Although it's limited at times because of television licensing issues, among other things, the BBC's apps will deliver tailored updates of teams closest to your phone's GPS location.

Skift | 12 years ago

Online Travel

Nokia Transport makes mapping easier for Windows Phone users

The Transport App helps users find the closest public transportation and, although useful, won't compete in the local travel field unless they roll it out to Android or iOS devices.

Skift | 12 years ago

Online Travel

New York’s Metro-North testing mobile ticketing app; will it come to subway too?

Step in right direction, and at some point even train conductors would become redundant.

Skift | 12 years ago

Online Travel

Jetpac gets $2.4 million in funding — social travel or album peering?

Pictures are worth 1,000 words and there seems to be that many social travel apps and sites. Most of them feature photo boards and images, and Jetpac is one of the latest entries.

Skift | 12 years ago

Online Travel

New York City to use old phone booths to broadcast free public Wi-Fi

As opposed to Starbuck with chairs and tables, the city's campaign is targeted a smartphone and tablet users (or  a laptop user with good balance) who need a little extra connection along their way.

Skift | 12 years ago

Media and PR

Stay.com is the latest social travel site to launch its own app

Like many of the other social planning travel sites, Stay looks fantastic and works well. But it could better distinguish itself by being the first of its peers to develop its own expert voice for all its guides.

Skift | 12 years ago

Online Travel

GroupMe pushes specialized group texting for travel planning

There is a ton of skepticism here about whether the startup, acquired by Microsoft/Skype, can really build a seamless, mobile, group-travel planning experience and whether or not people will care if it does.

Skift | 12 years ago

Skift Originals

Apple iTravel patent win is a passbook for check-in technology

With these patents and the looming introduction of Passbook for boarding passes and check-ins, Apple wouldn't be getting into travel transactions, but would be playing at the fringes. The world isn't ending; it's probably only getting more efficient and elegant.

Skift | 12 years ago

Skift Originals

India’s Cleartrip goes mobile with hotels tonight and international flights

Mobile may soon outpace desktops in India as the preferred way to book travel and Cleartrip clearly seems to be out front in its smartphone platform.

Skift | 12 years ago

Online Travel

Virgin’s Wi-Fi is now live at 41 London Tube stations

After six weeks or so of free access, Virgin hopes London residents will find their service a compelling reason to switch carriers before its paywall goes up, post-Olympics.

Skift | 12 years ago