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How Chinese investments are shaking up India's digital economy

By Madhav Chanchani - Economic Times | January 15, 2018

When online grocer Bigbasket went to market in early 2017 to raise capital just a year after securing $150 million, the list of suitors was very different. Read More

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Behold the electric flying taxi

By Andrew Hawkins - The Verge | 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. Read More

News / Technology

Expedia knows how online travel makes you feel

By Jamie Biesiada - Travel Weekly | 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. Read More

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Nobody has really come up with a use for Blockchain

By Kai Stinchcombe - Hackernoon | December 28, 2017

Everyone says the blockchain, the technology underpinning cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin, is going to change EVERYTHING. Read More

Opinion / Technology

PhocusWire Forecast 2018: Our view on Technology

By PhocusWire | 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. Read More

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PhocusWire Forecast 2018: Nine unstoppable tech moves

By Bernard Marr - LinkedIn | 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. Read More

Opinion / Distribution

PhocusWire Forecast 2018: Gordon Wilson of Travelport has five trends to follow

By Gordon Wilson - Travelport | 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. Read More

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Augmented reality specs - the race is on

By Laurent Hrybyk - Wired | December 13, 2017

Though the Next Big Thing won’t appear for a while, we know pretty much what it will look like. Read More

News / Technology

Think you're leading the way in AI? Look outside the window

By Kevin May | 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. Read More

News / Startups

Where angel investors should place their bets in travel

By Chris Hemmeter - Thayer Ventures | 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. Read More

News / Startups

Tech rental ecosystem grows: MyVR lands $6.1M

By Kevin May | December 6, 2017

MyVR is the latest company to capitalize on the emerging sub-network of services around providing services to private accommodation sellers. Read More

News / Startups

It sucks to launch a travel startup (but you still should)

By Jenny Silber - VoyagerHQ | 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). Read More

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VIDEO: PhocusWire PundIT Show - Episode 6

By Kevin May | November 20, 2017

Redeam was the talk of the show - at least the first half of it - at The Phocuswright Conference 2017. Read More

Notated News / Technology

Bitcoin transactions and energy consumption - who knew?

By Christopher Malmo - Motherboard | 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... Read More

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