The Scan: Booking.com enables Passbook via its iPhone app, and more travel tech news

booking.com-apps-

Booking.com, Apple, Amazon, Priceline, TripAdvisor, Flight Centre, Travelfusion, and vStream Digital Media all appear in our roundup of the stories making news and driving opinion on 16 October.

Read More

Apple reveals iOS6, misplaces some towns and businesses

iOS 6 Mapping Application

The much anticipated release of iOS 6 came to a head yesterday, as millions of iOS users were finally able to download the latest update to Apple’s popular software.

Read More

iPhone5 – new maps, Passbook comes front and center, and more

apple-iphone-5-ios6-passbook-itravel-

The world’s leading selling smartphone got an update today. Here are the relevant points for travel tech.

Read More

video advertisements

Google Maps (for Android) integrates schedules for 1 million public transit stops worldwide

Google Maps for Android screenshots

Those who use Google Maps as their primary tool for navigating the world’s many public transit systems will benefit from more precise information today, as Google announces the integration of public transit schedules for over 1 million stops worldwide.

Read More