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United becomes first international US-based airline with wi-fi

, Jan 15th 2013 Discuss [0]

This week the folks at United Aircraft have let it be known that they'll be bringing wi-fi connectivity to their planes, this making them the first US-based international carrier to offer said connections while traveling over the ocean. Jim Compton, Vice Chairman and Chief Revenue Officer for United, spoke up about the service, noting that this is part of their efforts to make the airline the top choice for international flight - “With this new service, we continue to build the airline that customers want to fly.” Read The Full Story

Kayak’s Price Trend crunches big-data for travel save promise [Updated]

, Jan 15th 2013 Discuss [0]

Big data used for small prices: that's the sort of number crunching we can get behind, and with more than billion price records to go on, KAYAK's promise to warn you if airline tickets are likely to rise or fall in the near future could supposedly save you a bundle. The price comparison service has been collecting up queries from the past year of searches, cooking up an algorithm in the process that can suggest you hold out a little longer if it predicts prices might fall within the next seven says, or conversely alerting you to a likely increase. [Updated after the cut] Read The Full Story

Delta releases iPad app with new “Glass Bottom Jet” feature

, Jan 15th 2013 Discuss [0]

Delta Airlines has released a new iPad app that comes with quite a bit of new features that the airline's current iPhone app doesn't offer. Most notably, there's a new "Glass Bottom Jet" feature that allows you to explore the places that you're currently flying over -- a great feature that can help pass the time on that long flight. Read The Full Story

Trakdot baggage tracking lets you follow your luggage in real-time

, Jan 7th 2013 Discuss [0]

With a significant number of the world's technology bloggers and journalists descending on Las Vegas this week for CES, losing luggage was a very real threat. It's an occurrence that is never welcome, but just because the airline loses your baggage, it doesn't mean you have to be left in the dark as to where it ended up. Trakdot is trying to take some of the stress out of losing track of your baggage by introducing its new Trakdot Luggage tracker this week at the show. Read The Full Story

Foursquare and NASA launch new Curiosity Explorer badge

, Dec 27th 2012 Discuss [0]

If you're familiar with Foursquare then you know all about the "badges" that the service awards its users for checking into specific types of places multiple times. This time around, though, NASA and Foursquare have teamed up and launched a Curiosity rover-themed badge that users can earn for checking into science-related places frequently. Read The Full Story

Boarding pass barcodes open airport security loophole fears

, Oct 26th 2012 Discuss [0]

Security flaws in how airline boarding passes encode passenger approval information could open a loophole for terrorists, researchers have warned, after exploring the barcodes printed on US passes. Data on whether individual passengers have been cleared for the US PreCheck system is included in the barcode on the boarding documents, with Puckinflight highlighting that such information can be extracted using smartphone scanning apps. With it, passengers can discover whether they'll be allowed to go through security without removing shoes and other clothing, and leaving items such as toiletries and laptops in their bags. Read The Full Story

Google Field Trip app acts as a virtual tour guide

, Sep 27th 2012 Discuss [2]

Google launched a new app today called Field Trip. The company says that it's essentially "your guide to the cool, hidden, and unique things in the world around you." It works as a virtual tour guide of sorts, automatically providing you with information of a particular point of interest that you come across. Read The Full Story

Google tipped to acquire travel brand Frommer’s

, Aug 13th 2012 Discuss [0]

Google is buying travel brand Frommer's, according to The Wall Street Journal. The search engine is reportedly purchasing the brand from John Wiley & Sons in order to bolster its search results regarding local places and attractions. In case you’re not familiar with Frommer's, it provides a detailed database of places to visit in various cities across the world, as well as hotel, restaurant, and store listings. Read The Full Story

High-tech Virgin America again rated top airline

, Jul 6th 2012 Discuss [1]

If you want to fly the friendly skies in the best airline possible, Sir Richard Branson's fleet of state-of-the-art aircraft might be the ticket you're looking for. His Virgin America line was rated the number one domestic airline in the US for the fifth year in a row. Could it be the free in-flight video games? Read The Full Story

Delta expanding WiFi access to international flights starting next year

, Jun 29th 2012 Discuss [0]

Delta Airlines will be expanding WiFi access to more than 150 international aircraft including Boeing 777, 767, 747, Airbus 330 and transoceanic Boeing 757 starting at the beginning of 2013. Existing air-to-ground service has been conveniently available on domestic flights within the US, but international access has always been constrained by this ground-based technology normally used by airlines. Read The Full Story

Royal Caribbean to offer faster on-board Internet

, Jun 26th 2012 Discuss [1]

For millions of vacationers every year, there remains only one form of travel where you can truly leave all the digital disruptions of your life at home - on a cruise ship. That's mainly because all those distractions simply don't work. Mobile phone service is unavailable and even if you're willing to pay the outrageous Internet fees, you can only browse at speeds that remind you of the days of dial-up. Read The Full Story

Clear airport security alternative relaunches

, May 23rd 2012 Discuss [4]

Clear, the service that tried to attract people to the idea of a faster and more secure way through airport security, is back up and running after it had to shut down in 2009 due to poor management and massive debt. Clear CEO Caryn Seidman Becker was quoted as saying that the new company will be even more attractive, saying anyone who registers will be able to get through security in five minutes or less. Read The Full Story
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