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JetBlue Enhance Website, Release iPhone App

2012-02-08 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Snazzy mobile apps and clean, polished websites are no longer the sole domain of travel search engines. Not now that JetBlue Airways has launched its brand new, native app on the iPhone, which allows users to search for flights and make bookings on the go.

Tags: flight history, flight recommendations, geo-location data, geo-location technology, iPhone app, JetBlue, JetBlue airways, JetBlue app, low-cost airline, mobile sites

Creator of Travel iPhone App Says it Helped Find Bin Laden

2011-05-05 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Tactical NAV iPhone app

The world is a safer place tonight, and that is partially due to an iPhone app for adventure travellers, according to the app’s creator.  Tactical NAV says its app may have been used to track down Osama bin Laden. Tnooz reports that when Navy SEALs successfully stormed Bin Laden’s house, they were using what Tactical […]

Tags: Afghanistan, army, camera, GPS, iPhone app, navigation, Navy SEALs, Osama Bin Laden, Pakistan, Tactical NAV, travel app, waypoint sharing

Expedia Says Hotel App for iPhone Coming

2011-03-24 by Aleksandr Shatskih

iPhone

Expedia’s recent acquisition of mobile app developer Mobiata has paid off, and the web-based travel company says it has created an Expedia Hotels app for the iPhone and iPod touch. Within four taps of a finger, Expedia says, a traveler can go from researching hotels to booking a room. The app will also make use […]

Tags: Expedia, GPS, hotels, iPhone app, iPod Touch, Mobiata, smartphones, travel agency, TripAdvisor

Room 77 Shows Your Hotel Room View Before You Get There

2011-02-28 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Room 77 makes it easy to find the hotel room that's right for you.

Room 77, a new visionary Internet start-up, has created a web application and iPhone app that will show you the exact view you will get from your hotel room.

Tags: hotel room, iPhone app, Room 77, view, website

goHow Airport Mobile App Helps You Make the Most of Your Flight

2010-12-06 by Mihaela Lica Butler

goHow Airport app screenshot

The Metropolitan Airports Commission (MAC) has launched two new technology-based services to help travelers make the most of their trip through Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport (MSP).

Tags: Airport app, iPhone app, travel apps, travel technology

Toktumi Line2 Delivers for iPhone

2010-11-13 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Line2 could save users a world of trouble

Toktumi’s Line2 application for the iPhone can save users time, aggravation, and best of all money. Line2 allows mobile users to hook up via Wi-Fi and VOIP networks when lost signal or even minutes are low. This is the first dual mode cell/VOIP application for iPhone.

Tags: cell phone, iPad, iPhone, iPhone app, iPhone technology, Line2, mobile, mobile phone, mobile travel, texting, Toktumi, tourism tools, travel tools, VOIP, Wi-Fi, wireless

Once A Boy Cried Tripwolf – Softly

2010-11-06 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Tripwolf landing

Tripwolf is one of the most complete and useful online travel tools in the world. With its new iPhone and Facebook integration the service should be at the top of the travel booking heap, but somehow it is not. Regardless, Tripwolf is a complete online travel experience, maybe even the best one yet.

Tags: booking sites, iPhone app, online travel, online travel booking, travel app, travel guides, travel portal, travel startup, travel tools, TripWolf, Venture funding

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