Contents Apple Maps • iPhone 5 • Best Smartphone Camera • New Nooks • Autonomous Cars • SHA-3 • Motives for Creating Startups • Startup Squatter • Tech Briefs • Google Sea View A Worm in the Apple The iPhone 5’s new operating system, iOS 6, which is also available for owners of older iPhones and iPads,…
2012-09-20 Update: We shared this review with the folks at EuroCheapo via Twitter and they replied: Excellent recap. You know what you’re talking about & touched on nearly every design/feature debate we’ve had the past 4 months. New York-based EuroCheapo, which has been around since 2001, just relaunched its hotel search and booking site. Interaction designer…
Contents Airbus Catapult • American Airlines’ Bad News • Marriott in Cusco • Travel Briefs • Travel InfoGraphics • What Kids Learn from Travel Airbus Envisions the Future: Airliners to be Launched by Fuel Saving Catapults Airbus has for some time now been rolling out a far-out, science fiction-like vision of aviation’s future. A recent…
Contents Predictions for New Kindles • Nokia 920 • Anonymous Hacking Claims not Supported • Primer on A/B Testing • T-Mobile: Bring your Own iPhone • Startups’ Enterprise Advantage • Tech Briefs • TechPop • Blue Sky and Clouds in Your Office Recent Gadget News 1: Amazon Announces new Kindles Amazon announced a range of…
Contents Wiki Travel Lawsuits • Restaurant Yield Management • Beautiful Caves • Travel Briefs Wikimedia Travel versus Wikitravel The Wikimedia Foundation (parent of Wikipedia) confirms it will create a wiki travel guide. Much initial content will be forked from existing content at Wikitravel.org. Wikitravel is now owned by for-profit company Internet Brands, which has sued…
Startup Mapov combines hotel deals and TripAdvisor review data to inform a novel map-based hotel search. My colleague Troy (an interaction designer) and I looked at the site. We tried our usual Paris hotel search scenario since the number and density of hotels in Paris makes for a good design and performance stress test. Pros:…
Whether you are building a professional online identity or satisfying your creative itch with a personal blog, branding is an integral part of building a successful online presence. In this post I discuss how branding considerations drove choices I made as I began building my online presence. Your Domain: The Beginning of Your Brand I…
Contents Samsung Copying • Nokia to Benefit? • Amazon Web Services Impact • Amazon Prime Popularity • Zero-day Java Exploit • Tech News in Brief • 3D Printed Shoes and Airplanes Even considering the $1.05B Verdict, Copying Has Paid Off for Samsung This article argues that Samsung’s strategy to copy from Apple’s iPhone design was…
Contents $1.95B in Hotel Fees • Class Action Hotel Pricing Lawsuit • Authenticity of Travel Reviews • Hotel Lock Fixes • Low/No FF Miles • Hertz to buy Dollar Thrifty • Happy Birthday Rollaboard • Travel News in Brief • Travel Aspirations: Waterfalls and Balloon Rides $1.95B: Hotels, Like Airlines, are Increasing Revenue Through Ancillary…
Contents Password Security Must-Read • Biggest Data • Amazon Glacier Archive Storage • 10 Best Y Combinator Startups • Most Hated Co. in Tech • Nikon Android Camera • Real Life Hover “Bike” What Every Computer User Should Know About Passwords Advances in technology and public access to long lists of compromised passwords are making password…
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