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Crete’s IQ App Guru Comes Out With “6 Clues” This Time Around

2020-07-13 by Phil Butler

Fanis Kourtikakis with his wife Ligeri back home on Crete island

Crete programmer Fanis Kourtikakis creates another brain-training wonder with “6 Clues” – an app that is hard to put down.

Tags: 6 Clues, app creation, app programmers, apps, Brain Stars Evolution, brain training apps, college entrance exams, COVID-19, Crete people, during lockdown, educational travel, exam training, exams, Fanis Kourtikakis, games, Google, Google Play, IQ testing, IQ training, lockdown, pandemic response, People of Crete, programming, technology

A Candid First Look at the €2.3 Million Euro Culture Platform PLUGGY

2019-11-29 by Phil Butler

PLUGGY

A new social media platform called PLUGGY was just released at the Innovathens event in Athens. And no, it is not a vibrator or birth control device. On the contrary, the news from GTP tells of a social media creation brought to life by nine European bodies. Believe it or not, the Pluggable Social Platform […]

Tags: apps, Clio Muse Tours, EU Culture, EU Funding, EU Heritage, EU technology, European Union’s Horizon 2020, Horizon 2020, Innovathens, Pireaus Bank, PLUGGY, technology geeks

Airbnb Eyeballs Tilt Payment App

2017-01-26 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Airbnb

Airbnb is eyeballing a deal to acquire the payment app Tilt for between $10 and $20 million. If the deal goes through it will probably amount to an employee hire and some back end tech only.

Tags: AirBnb, apps, payment apps, rentals, Tilt, vacation rentals

India’s Ixigo Acquires Mobile Content Startup Reach

2017-01-16 by Aleksandr Shatskih

ixigo

Ixigo, the Indian travel search service has announced buying mobile content startup Reach in order to branch out into a wider mobile commerce territory.

Tags: apps, Ixigo, mobile apps, Reach, travel search

OpenKey Releases Version 3.0 Mobile App

2016-05-05 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Via OpenKey Facebook

OpenKey has just released its new mobile app Version 3.0, which is a further enhancement for hotels guests to get key amenities.

Tags: apps, guest services, hotel apps, hotel guests, Jon Alsup, mobile apps, mobile checkin, OpenKey

Travel Buddies – So You Never Have to Travel Solo

2014-06-23 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Mobile app developers, Sound Pipe Media are set to completing an app for their client called Travel Buddies.. With amazing functionality these app developers from UK have really hit a great app for anyone willing to travel and need a buddy. You can easily register via Facebook, Twitter, and then search who is traveling within the network to the same destination as you.

Tags: apps, couples, romantic travel, singles, travel buddy, travel social

Kicking the Tires of Guidekick

2014-04-20 by Phil Butler

Note the audio aspect of Guidekick

Guidekick, a fascinating new mobile app that uses rich media to get a passing tourist’s attention when passing an historic attraction, is a window inside what future travel tech will look. Available in iOS, Android, and even Google Glass editions, the app adds historical and contextual value to the places people visit.

Tags: Aaron Rivera, apps, Garrett Lauringson, Joshua Holland, Mark Paddon, mobile apps, startups, travel apps

Hotels.com Launches Two New Windows 8 Apps

2013-03-12 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Hotels.com has just launched two new apps for Windows 8, one designed to up the ante on mobíle utility, the other specifically for the Windows 8 tablet.

Tags: apps, hotel apps, phone apps, tourism apps, travel apps, travel tech, Windows 8

Six Apps for Entertaining the Kids while Traveling

2013-03-09 by Argo Contributor

apps

Before setting out on a trip, load up your tablets and smartphones with kid friendly apps and movies to provide plenty of entertainment during the trip.

Tags: apps, family apps, kid friendly travel apps, tech apps

Top-5 Must-Have Apps for Frequent Fliers

2013-03-05 by Argo Contributor

apps

Just like every other genre of mobile application, there are more travel apps on the market than a person can shake a smartphone at.

Tags: apps, phone apps, travel apps

Wanderu Wants U 2 Take the BusBud

2013-02-17 by Phil Butler

BusBud

We’ve discussed the need for transportation companies to better engage via the web and mobile many times. So, news that BusBud has launched did not come as a great surprise. What Wanderu has done with fitting the need in this under-served market is interesting, if a bit far off practicality wise.

Tags: apps, bus app, bus travel, Greyhound, travel apps

Jibbigo Translation App Gets New Functionality

2012-10-19 by Phil Butler

Jibiggo

According to news from Mobile Technologies, LLC, the company has developed what they claim is the world’s most advanced foreign language translation tool for travelers. “Jibbigo” is an all-in-one app for iOS devices that can translate 20 languages and dialects.

Tags: apps, language, mobile apps, translations, travel apps

Sabre Launch Travel Industry-Specific App Store

2011-09-14 by Aleksandr Shatskih

A recent report from Business Wire has revealed that the Sabre Travel Network is planning to make the first ever B2B app store specific to the travel industry. Billed as the Sabre Red App Centre, it hopes to become the go-to place for all travel industry app buyers to connect with application developers.

Tags: applications, apps, B2B app store, Eclipse Rich Client Platform, Red App Developer Tool, Red Apps, Sabre Red Workspace, Sabre Travel Network, travel industry

Good: Ness Takes on Restaurant Suggestion

2011-08-26 by Phil Butler

Ness takes lots of data and suggest best choices

TripAdvisor brought you reviews to help you make decisions about travel, Nileguide added depth of information, Stay.com added custom guides, now Ness is adding the personal touch. It seems the search for highly relevant search is not over yet, at least not in travel. Ness Search – Job One: Restaurants Ness Computing seems to have made good […]

Tags: apps, Corey Reese, guides, hotel reviews, iPhone, Ness, Ness Computing, Nileguide, restaurant reviews, restaurants, search, social apps, social graph, Stay.com, TA reviews, travel apps, travel technology, TripAdvisor

Expedia Introduces New Android App and Mobile Website

2011-05-11 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Expedia Android App

Expedia and its sister company Hotels.com released new mobile apps for Android as well as an upgraded mobile website for Expedia.com. Expedia is showcasing the new apps and features at Google I/O Developer Sandbox. Among the new features in the Android app are: Interactive view of all hotels in an area with multiple sorting options […]

Tags: Android, Android market, apps, Expedia, Google I/O, GPS, hotel booking, Hotels.com, interactive, one tap, TripAdvisor

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