The many problems with travel apps and how to fix them

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The ease with which one can generate an mobile app has, of course, encouraged many in the industry to go ahead and put resources into creating one.

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Ebookers updates Explorer app, draws in more social elements

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Ebookers has unveiled an update to its Explorer application initially launched last May

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Metaio unveils programming language for building augmented guide apps [VIDEO]

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Metaio is releasing platform-independent, augmented reality production software that unifies all of its software in a language that it calls AREL (AR Experience Language). A video demonstrates the results.

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Mobile, maps, travel and the Walk-In Economy

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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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Latest assault on travel from Google: A virtual tour guide for mobiles

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Following Google’s movement of Schemer to mobile, the company continues to push deep into the mobile travel application space with the FieldTrip app for Android.

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Tripsy switches to Trevi six months after launch

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Stories of travel startups which have shut shop after a year or others which change direction after an initial push are numerous but not that many change name six months after launch

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The Scan: American Airlines hints at location-based feature for iPad app, and more news

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American Airlines’ director of mobile apps talks data says new functions will be unveiled soon, and more items in our roundup

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Blink Booking joins the last-minute hotel booking party in Europe

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Blink Booking is a startup based around a mobile application for last-minute hotel bookings in Europe

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Travel tech ahead: Check-in with your face and get an app on your watch

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Retina scanning for security and fingerprinting are par for the course these days for many travellers (especially entering the US) – but what about a facial recognition tool to get deals?

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Travel writers and bloggers – what technology do they use on the road? [INFOGRAPHIC]

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Writers and bloggers are arguably (or supposedly) at the sharp end of how travellers use technology before, during and after a trip.

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