What you missed on Tnooz this week, Sunday 6 June to Saturday 12 June 2010.
The Week in Travel Tech – TripAdvisor LinkGate, iPhone 4, Social-Search Battle
June 12, 2010 By Leave a Comment
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Western retro — Utah running out of printed maps, travel guides
June 11, 2010 By 2 Comments
Online travel guides, GPS systems and maps accessible through your mobile device are all the rage, but state officials in Utah are running out of the print versions of the official state road map and the Utah travel guide.
FourSquare shows more potential, PlanetEye sees an intriguing use for travel
June 11, 2010 By 6 Comments
Canadian travel content and technology firm PlanetEye is having a lot of fun and getting some interesting results after playing with FourSquare for a few weeks.
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Google teams with South African Tourism in World Cup maps mashup
June 11, 2010 By 6 Comments
Soccer fans visiting South Africa for the 2010 FIFA World Cup can look to Google Maps to check out the country’s tourist attactions, if that is their goal.
Will BP social media and public relations efforts appease worried hoteliers?
June 11, 2010 By 3 Comments
As the oil spill continues to threaten Gulf coast beaches and tourism, BP is going into overdrive to contain the mess — the public relations quagmire, that is.
Thomas Cook wants to be a top online travel agency, so who might it buy?
June 11, 2010 By 9 Comments
European tour operating giant Thomas Cook is stirring things up again this week and talking about its plans to develop a major online travel agency to rival Expedia in Europe.
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TLabs Showcase – Trazzler
June 11, 2010 By 4 Comments
TLabs Showcase focus on startups featuring US-based and Twitter founders-backed Trazzler.
Johannesburg airport gets aircraft technology upgrade in time for World Cup
June 11, 2010 By 2 Comments
Technology at Johannesburg Airport in South Africa (OR Tambo) was upgraded last month to improve aircraft-to-ground crew communications.
iProblem was AT&T flaw — Feds open iPad security breach investigation
June 10, 2010 By 2 Comments
By now many of you have heard that the Apple iPad has had a serious security leak, leading to the hacking of 114,000 email addresses off the AT&T website.
