If you want to book a nearby hotel using the Kayak app for Kindle Fire, location-based services certainly would come in handy.
Location, Location: Kayak app for Kindle Fire gets location services
May 24, 2012 By 4 Comments
Survey: US adults doing mobile check-ins more than doubled
May 11, 2012 By 2 Comments
You go out for dinner and check-in from the restaurant using foursquare or Facebook and a companion — or two — wonders aloud why you persist in telling the world where you are.
Boomers taking over from Gen-Y in smartphone stakes
April 19, 2012 By 1 Comment
Babyboomers are overtaking the more youthful Gen Y equivalents in smartphone ownership according to a report from BDRC Continental into British hotel guest habits
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Google Maps adds mainland Britain train network with help from TheTrainline
January 19, 2012 By 1 Comment
Consumers can now plot their train journeys on Google Maps following a partnership with TheTrainline.
How Nokia wants to make location and sharing a part of the mobile DNA
November 26, 2011 By 2 Comments
Interesting developments in world of handsets as Nokia starts testing a platform which brings social media and location-based information to the heart of the mobile.
Survey: Business travelers go mobile and do travel planning at destination
November 14, 2011 By 2 Comments
Business travelers do much of their travel planning through their corporate travel programs, but once they are on the road they do a lot ofresearch on their mobile devices in-destination.
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FourSquare and Zozi partner to bring tours and activities to check-in fans
July 13, 2011 By Leave a Comment
With ten million users now signed up, FourSquare’s use as a distribution platform for travel products seems to be gaining momentum, with tour and activity platform Zozi signing a deal.
Travel is inherently social, but can we please define a social travel website?
July 1, 2011 By 15 Comments
Social travel sites appear to launch every day – some get acquired by Google, some are mobile efforts in Asia, others are just riding the crest of the white hot social travel wave.
Why there is no MOJO for tours and activities yet
April 18, 2011 By 33 Comments
A good portion of the PhoCusWright report about tours and activities that was published in January 2011, is dedicated to “Local, Social, Mobile MOJO”.
Kukunu switches focus, becomes location tip engine Scoville
April 12, 2011 By 2 Comments
A change of direction for travel startup Kukunu after just 18 months of operation with a new site called Scoville, targeting destination services and recommendations.
