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Apple going for wrists might be a smarter move than Google's focus on the face

By PhocusWire | June 25, 2013

According to a recent study of 4,600 adults, 12% of us would want to purchase wearable technology, like glasses, on our face. Read More

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What hotels need to know as Google expands Knowledge Graph

By Viewpoints | June 25, 2013

For the past few days you might have noticed a new black bar appearing at the top of some Google search results. Read More

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Warning to travel brands - will your mobile website be penalized by Google?

By Stephen Joyce | June 24, 2013

Earlier this month, Google announced that it would begin penalizing websites that did not offer a good mobile experience for smartphone users. Read More

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Four Big Picture questions around airline IT and distribution

By Timothy O'Neil-Dunne | June 19, 2013

As in previous years there is a fair amount of a buzz at the SITA IT Summit around some new products and services for the airline and airport world. Read More

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Google pushes review-influenced recommendations above local organic search results in US

By Sean O'Neil | June 19, 2013

An interactive "carousel" of image-based recommendations appears when users search for local destinations, such as hotels or restaurants, in the US. Read More

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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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