DEVICES – Product news, launches and more – May 2013

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Malaysia tourism launches Trip Planner app for iOS, Android

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A rough guide to handling mobile device security

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

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Cyber crime takes advantage of mobile revolution

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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.

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Back to basics – Four essentials for any mobile travel strategy

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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.

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BlackBerry boss: Tablets? Are you kidding me…

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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.

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Visual currency converter – genius or a travel app for app’s sake?

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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.

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Travellers turn to desktops after researching on tablets [INFOGRAPHIC]

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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.

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Why you should be as joined up as your customers

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I recently read two interesting articles regarding the latest announcement from Twitter

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Do travel companies need to revisit mobile security choices for staff?

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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.

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Travel companies are STILL living in the dark ages – stuck in a paper world

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

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