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Beam my Google down, Scotty

By PhocusWire | June 15, 2013

Google is launching balloons into near space to provide internet access to buildings below on the ground. Read More

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TripAdvisor, hotel search and the looming presence of Google on the horizon

By Viewpoints | June 13, 2013

Over the past eight months or so the hotel search landscape has shifted and a gathering of the meta engines is now well under-way. Read More

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Google's products look sharper. These guidelines explain why

By Sean O'Neil | June 13, 2013

Google's design team has published the company's guidelines for making sure all of its icons, logos, and marketing materials are consistent, stylish, and "on brand." Read More

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Waze goes Google, taking it out of play and making maps red-hot

By Nick Vivion | June 11, 2013

Maps continue their red-hot march as the interface for travel, as Google officially agrees to purchase mapping application Waze. Read More

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Introducing the largest travel metasearch engine in the world: Google

By Alex Kremer | June 10, 2013

Did you notice? Google recently indicated exactly what it is aiming to ultimately become in the travel industry. Read More

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App pricing and how much will consumers pay for quality

By PhocusWire | June 8, 2013

Our smartphones are probably one of the most expensive things we carry around each day. Read More

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(Sad) Sign of the times - parents take at least three gadgets on a trip just to keep the kids happy

By Kevin May | June 7, 2013

Remember the good ol' days when kids would build sandcastles on the beach for hours, explore the nooks and crannies of a hotel, and have to be dragged out of the pool every day at 9pm? Read More

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Travel retailing in 2023 - a brief look into the future

By Kevin May | June 6, 2013

We love a bit of crystal ball-gazing at Tnooz, having produced our annual New Year Predictions list each year since the company started in September 2009. Read More

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Think Google Plus is a social network? More like The Matrix

By PhocusWire | June 5, 2013

Pretty much everyone (myself included) has been reading Google+ wrongly. Because it bears many superficial resemblances to Facebook or Twitter we've thought that it is a social network. Read More

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Google Glass is triggering privacy concerns over wearable technology

By PhocusWire | June 4, 2013

It's time to start quantifying the wearable computing privacy problem: devices that make us fitter and smarter may also eat away at privacy unless we act now. Read More

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YouTube channel revamp on June 5 affects travel marketers

By Sean O'Neil | June 3, 2013

On June 5, YouTube's redesign goes into effect for all brand channels. Also, a fun fact: The number of people searching for travel videos on YouTube doubled in the last year. Read More

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New ad alert: Google Ad Image Extensions

By Nick Vivion | May 24, 2013

In the endless battle for advertising dollars in search, Google has been rolling out new products that encourage more engagement with paid links over organic results. The most recent is Google Ad... Read More

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Collateral damage: Google cannibalizing its own PPC revenues?

By Nick Vivion | May 24, 2013

For the first time, there's ample empirical evidence that Google may actually be cannibalizing its PPC revenues in the travel vertical after entering the market with competing products. Read More

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Google launches destination advice on top attractions, plus conversational search

By Sean O'Neil | May 22, 2013

The top attractions at a destination are automatically highlighted in a promotional bar when you search Google for "top things to do at destination X." Read More

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Successful acquisition? Why Yahoo buying Tumblr fails on four tests

By PhocusWire | May 21, 2013

Yahoo's decision to buy Tumblr is bad news for Marissa Meyer's shareholders, because the deal fails the four tests of a successful acquisition. Read More

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