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Behold the electric flying taxi
By Andrew Hawkins - The Verge
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January 9, 2018
Helicopters aren’t typically found among the gadget and car insanity at CES, but Bell Helicopter doesn’t want to be seen as your typical purveyor of vertical flight.
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Expedia knows how online travel makes you feel
By Jamie Biesiada - Travel Weekly
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December 29, 2017
On the reflective side of one-way glass sits a test subject in a soundproof room, multiple sensors applied to her face, wearing high-tech glasses that track her eyes' every movement.
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Nobody has really come up with a use for Blockchain
By Kai Stinchcombe - Hackernoon
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December 28, 2017
Everyone says the blockchain, the technology underpinning cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin, is going to change EVERYTHING.
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PhocusWire Forecast 2018: Our view on Technology
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December 20, 2017
The problem with technology as a term in the travel industry is that it’s now so ubiquitous that it becomes difficult to single out what developments are the most important for 2018.
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PhocusWire Forecast 2018: Nine unstoppable tech moves
By Bernard Marr - LinkedIn
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December 19, 2017
The speed of change in technology over the past few years has been astonishing - with applications of it related to many areas of the travel, tourism and hospitality sector.
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PhocusWire Forecast 2018: Gordon Wilson of Travelport has five trends to follow
By Gordon Wilson - Travelport
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December 15, 2017
As is customary at this time of the year, we turn out minds, strategy and expectations to what we might expect to happen over the course of the next 12 months.
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Augmented reality specs - the race is on
By Laurent Hrybyk - Wired
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December 13, 2017
Though the Next Big Thing won’t appear for a while, we know pretty much what it will look like.
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Think you're leading the way in AI? Look outside the window
By Kevin May
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December 13, 2017
Artificial intelligence has been the buzz trend of 2017, with countless travel companies eager to claim their prowess in the field or signify how it's become core to their strategy.
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Where angel investors should place their bets in travel
By Chris Hemmeter - Thayer Ventures
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December 6, 2017
The retreat of angel and seed stage funding is not just a travel tech phenomena. But that doesn't mean entrepreneurs should throw in the towel.
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Tech rental ecosystem grows: MyVR lands $6.1M
By Kevin May
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December 6, 2017
MyVR is the latest company to capitalize on the emerging sub-network of services around providing services to private accommodation sellers.
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It sucks to launch a travel startup (but you still should)
By Jenny Silber - VoyagerHQ
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December 4, 2017
Starting a company in the travel industry is hard. 96% of travel companies fail in the first 5 years (as opposed to the 88% cross-industry standard).
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VIDEO: PhocusWire PundIT Show - Episode 6
By Kevin May
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November 20, 2017
Redeam was the talk of the show - at least the first half of it - at The Phocuswright Conference 2017.
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Bitcoin transactions and energy consumption - who knew?
By Christopher Malmo - Motherboard
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November 2, 2017
Bitcoin's incredible price run to break over $7,000 this year has sent its overall electricity consumption soaring, as people worldwide bring more energy-hungry computers online to mine the digital...
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