
Malaysia tourism launches Trip Planner app for iOS, Android

As smartphones and tablets increase in popularity, so do threats that target mobile devices exclusively.

Opportunist cyber criminals are seeing mobile devices as the new method of spreading their chaos, with ome countries reporting a 400% increase in malware on some handsets between 2011 to 2012.

Believe it or not, people today are more dependent on our phones than even our wallets – indeed some research says that 70% of people who used a smartphone believe that losing their mobile phone would be worse than misplacing their wallet.

Blackberry CEO Thorsten Heins doesn’t see a future in tablet computing, perhaps a sign the company will abandon a follow-up to its PlayBook device.

Pass through a London tube station at the moment and you cannot fail to see a poster campaign for the Apple iPad, reminding potential owners of the hundreds of thousands of apps available.

Tablets – iPad et al – are changing browsing habits for consumers across every vertical, meaning travel retailers especially need to understand the nuances between the various platforms their service.

That Android devices are much more susceptible to malware attacks than Apple iOS devices is not breaking news. This has been a trend for quite some time.

I recently went to a traditional consumer travel show, to see how travel companies today share information and promote their destinations.

Banish how it used to be carried out – travel inspiration and searching for products has changed immeasurably as consumers find new ways of finding the perfect trip.

Do you understand the true costs of travel payments, how to reduce your exposure to credit card fraud and surcharges or how virtual cards work?

Discussing recent hot topics such as the TripAdvisor-Jetsetter acquisition, hotel wifi, Wordpress and hotels, mobile design and user experience.

Ancillary services are here to stay, so how do travel companies and airlines develop their technology and relationships so that merchandising can work for everyone?
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