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Where’s My Bag? (There’s An App for That)

January 4, 2012

You check in for your flight at the airport ticket counter and trustingly hand over your luggage to an airline employee.  Then your bags disappear from sight.  Hopefully, you’ll see them riding around a luggage carousel after you arrive at your destination airport. But where dos your bags travel during your journey?  And how can [...]

Tagged as: Android phone, baggage, baggage tracker, baggage tracking, Blackberry, Delta Air Lines, Fly Delta app, iPhone, technology, Travel, travel tech, travel technology, Windows Mobile, Windows Phone

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Travel News Update (9/15/10)

September 15, 2010

Here are this week’s travel and travel technology stories on the Web: Avoiding Airline “Add-On” Fees (Elliott.org) “Lexus Lanes” In The Sky (Chicago Tribune via The Seattle Times) Airport Scanner Risks (The New York Times) OpenSkies “Money-Back Guarantee” (AP via The Oregonian) U.S. To Tax Foreign Tourists (The Slatest) $9.99/Day Car Rentals (Maybe) (Chicago Tribune) [...]

Tagged as: Airline Fees, airport pat down, airport scanners, Android phone, car rental, Cruise West, FAA, Google Voice, Nebraska, pilot fatigue, stand up airline seats, Travel, travel photos, travel tech, travel technology, TSA

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Travel Tech: The Guidebook In Your iPhone (Part 2)

September 3, 2010

In the first installment of “The Guidebook In Your iPhone” I investigated reading Kindle Books from Amazon.com and “iBooks” from Apple on your computer, iPad, iPod, iPhone or other smartphone.  But this is not the only ways you can read electronic guidebooks or other publications on your iPhone (a 3GS in my case).  Here’s yet [...]

Tagged as: Amazon.com, Android, Android phone, Barnes & Noble, e-books, e-reader, e-readers, guidebooks, iPad, iPhone, iPod, Kindle, Kindle app, Kindle books, Nook, Nook app, Nook e-reader, technology, Travel, travel tech, travel technology

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Travel Tech: The Guidebook In Your iPhone

August 27, 2010

You thought your iPhone was primarily a telephone.  Wrong.  Then you decided it actually was mostly a computer.  Right.  Finally, you discovered it was not just a telephone and a computer, but also a travel guidebook, too.  Right again — almost; it’s actually a guidebook library.  Here are two popular places to buy electronic books [...]

Tagged as: Android, Android phone, Blackberry, e-books, e-reader, Electronic guidebook, guidebooks, iBooks, iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch, Kindle, Kindle books, Lonely Planet, Rick Steves, Rough Guide, Travel, travel tech

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Travel News Update (5/7/10) from Tales Told From The Road

May 7, 2010

Here are today’s travel and travel technology headlines with links to the stories on the Web: Volcano Forces Flights Off-Course (AP via The Seattle Times) Charleston’s “Fly Southwest” Tax (Elliott.org) iPad Coming To Nine More Countries (Mashable) Goggling Those French Menus (New York Times)

Tagged as: Android phone, Charleston, Google, Google Goggles, Iceland volcano, iPad, Southwest Airlines

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