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Stay.com App Updates Travel

2012-07-12 by Aleksandr Shatskih

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Stay.com, which was named one of TIME Magazine’s Top 50 websites in 2010, offers a new collaborative travel app that allows users to navigate a ‘city in their pocket’ by downloading their own guides for use offline, saving on international data charges. Each combines advice from Stay.com’s international travel experts, partner sites, input from fellow travelers and friends and users’ own preferences. The Stay.com app can be downloaded free from the Apple App Store, Google Play and www.stay.com.

Tags: collaborative travel, geo travel, geo-location, Google Places, GPS functionality, Joachim Paasche, TimeOut, travel apps, travel tools, TripAdvisor

Maribor 2012 App Unleashed

2012-04-04 by Aleksandr Shatskih

For those readers who want to keep up to date with all the latest and events and news regarding The European Capital of Culture Maribor 2012, a great new app has just been released to make the party that much more accessible.

Tags: augmented reality, European Capital of Culture, European Capital of Culture projects, geo-location, Lifetouch Project, Maribor 2012, Maribor 2012 app, Maribor app

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2025-06-24 By Phil Butler

Strange sightings, missing livestock, and echoes of ancient myth blur the lines between legend and reality in Crete’s Asteroussia range. For years, shepherds in the remote southern highlands of Crete — particularly in the Asteroussia and White Mountains — have spoken of something… unusual. Fast-moving shadows. Livestock found drained of blood, but left unbroken. Dogs […]

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Wildfires Rage on Chios and Crete: Villages Evacuated

2025-06-24 By Phil Butler

Fires raged across two of Greece’s iconic islands over the past 48 hours, prompting mass evacuations, severe infrastructure damage, and a nationwide emergency response. On Chios, the blaze erupted with terrifying speed, forcing residents from 17 villages, including Dafnonas, Nea Moni, Resta, and Agia Paraskevi. Flames reached as far as the Monastery of Agios Markos, […]

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Chania Revives Klidonas Tradition in Chalepa on June 25

2025-06-24 By Mihaela Lica Butler

Chania hosts a revival of the Klidonas tradition in Chalepa on Wednesday, June 25, at the Chania Municipal Nursing Home square.

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2025-06-24 By Iorgos Pappas

Volunteer tourist guides, historians, and locals will shape Agios Nikolaos thematic tours, beginning summer 2025.

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