If your mobile application is pending approval by Apple then it’s probably a good idea to take a deep breath before reading further
App Store numbers not for the faint hearted but one travel company is getting it right
January 30, 2013 By 1 Comment
Lessons for mobile app developers on why Google Maps for iPhone looks so good
December 14, 2012 By Leave a Comment
A round-up of frustration detection, user prompts, and other techniques for getting people to like your travel app.
Mobile, maps, travel and the Walk-In Economy
October 8, 2012 By 11 Comments
The War of the Maps (Worlds? Ha!) between Apple and Google is that the struggle is not about immediate revenue, it is about ownership of geo-behavioral data and overall strategic positioning
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Google aims to release a Maps app for iPhone and iPad
September 26, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Travellers griping because Apple removed Google Maps from iOS 6, take heart: Google plans to make a standalone map app available by the end of 2012.
iPhone5 – new maps, Passbook comes front and center, and more
September 12, 2012 By 4 Comments
The world’s leading selling smartphone got an update today. Here are the relevant points for travel tech.
Prediction: By 2017, wireless charging pads will be a standard amenity at major hotels
September 11, 2012 By 4 Comments
Nokia is spotlighting a new industry standard for wireless charging pads that ensures that various devices, such as smartphones, tablets, and other devices, can get juiced up at the same time.
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GateGuru app gives Windows Phone a chance
July 11, 2012 By 1 Comment
GateGuru, the consumer mobile app for airport navigation, has debuted a version on Microsoft’s mobile operating system Windows Phone 7 (WP7).
TripList is the latest app for making foolproof packing lists
July 4, 2012 By 4 Comments
New app TripList is the latest aimed at helping consumers create packing lists.
Is this the most bizarre yet useful iPhone travel app yet?
November 20, 2009 By 10 Comments
Dubai-based airline Emirates is behind an amazing new Apple iPhone application which acts as a translation tool by taking a picture of the handset users mouth and then animates to produce a range of phrases.
Built to translate English into French, German and Arabic by Lean Mean Fighting Machine in London, the app is a bit rough around the edges and difficult to set up – but it works.
Here is a demo video.
Verizon welcomes Android, Apple Store remains open
October 7, 2009 By 3 Comments
Google and Verizon Wireless are teaming to get Google’s Android mobile platform humming on the largest wireless network in the U.S., with its 87 million subscribers. Both companies committed to putting a lot of dough into the effort.
In addition to Verizon Wireless, Android has agreements with two other major wireless carriers, T-Mobile and Sprint, and you’ll be able to find Android on nine handsets.
However, rest assured that Apple isn’t discontinuing production of the iPhone because of this new Google-Verizon partnership, and developers — travel code-writers and others — aren’t slowing in their app-building for the iPhone.
Android, in fact, has a lot of proving to do in the marketplace.
