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THack returns to San Francisco - bring your Valley ideas downtown for more creativity and inspiration
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THack returns to San Francisco - bring your Valley ideas downtown for more creativity and inspiration
By PhocusWire | August 16, 2013
After the success of our first developer hackathon on the west coast of the US last September, THack is heading back to California!... Read More
What do some of the top ranked sites on Google have in common?
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What do some of the top ranked sites on Google have in common?
By PhocusWire | August 16, 2013
How much can a search engine change in a year? If it’s Google, the answer is a lot. Best SEO practices suddenly can turn into web page death sentences if you’re not careful.... Read More
Now you can never forget a travel booking - Google Glass integrates reservation alerts
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Now you can never forget a travel booking - Google Glass integrates reservation alerts
By Karthick Prabu | August 16, 2013
Google has issued an update to its Glass software so users are able to receive notifications for hotel bookings and reservations for restaurants and activities.... Read More
How airports fare in the Twitter world [INFOGRAPHIC]
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How airports fare in the Twitter world [INFOGRAPHIC]
By Karthick Prabu | August 15, 2013
In an airport, check-ins go into Facebook and Foursquare, pictures invariably also go to Facebook and now Instagram, but what about the tweets? Indeed, what do travellers tweet about?... Read More
eLong sees the mobile future, creates $100 million fund to back mobile tech projects in China
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eLong sees the mobile future, creates $100 million fund to back mobile tech projects in China
By Karthick Prabu | August 15, 2013
Over the past five years, eLong has been actively working towards its goal of becoming the number 1 player in China's hotel booking market.... Read More
Reality check - local tourism is not ready for mobile payments
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Reality check - local tourism is not ready for mobile payments
By Stephen Joyce | August 15, 2013
I recognize that as a technologist it's easy for me to get caught up in the latest and greatest new technologies and apparent innovation sweeping across the industry.... Read More
Why we ditched mobile and hitched to tablet
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Why we ditched mobile and hitched to tablet
By Viewpoints | August 15, 2013
Behind the scene view of how mygola decided to build an app for Tablet first, but not for a mobile.... Read More
Globa.li, a B2B reservations platform aiming first at African boutique properties, preps for launch
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Globa.li, a B2B reservations platform aiming first at African boutique properties, preps for launch
By Sean O'Neil | August 15, 2013
Globa.li, a US-based reservations platform that aims to connect boutique hotel in Africa and Latin America with sellers of travel elsewhere in the world, is about to close its investment round.... Read More
Unlikely tips for startups and entrepreneurs
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Unlikely tips for startups and entrepreneurs
By PhocusWire | August 15, 2013
I love the startup world, but I really love the weird, atypical, non-Valley, non-20-something-Ivy-Leaguers-trying-to-be-Zuckerburg startups.... Read More
If an online retail giant launched an airline...
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If an online retail giant launched an airline...
By Sarah Kennedy Ellis | August 14, 2013
Tony Hsieh, CEO of shoe online retail giant Zappos and author of Delivering Happiness, has a habit of delivering inspired keynotes - he makes people think about what they do and how they do it.... Read More
40 maps to help you understand the world
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40 maps to help you understand the world
By PhocusWire | August 14, 2013
If you’re a visual learner, then you know maps, charts and infographics can really help bring data and information to life.... Read More
Vacation rental startup TurnKey secures $1.5 million in seed fund
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Vacation rental startup TurnKey secures $1.5 million in seed fund
By Karthick Prabu | August 13, 2013
Austin-based vacation rental startup TurnKey has raised $1.5 million in seed funding from various angel investors in travel industry.... Read More
With or without merger, American Airlines to push direct connect
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With or without merger, American Airlines to push direct connect
By Sean O'Neil | August 13, 2013
American Airlines is set to make concessions to salvage its merger with US Airways, and will try to accomplish its consolidation goals through its direct connect product and other distribution deals.... Read More
Well, this is unexpected: US to sue to stop American Airlines and US Airways merger
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Well, this is unexpected: US to sue to stop American Airlines and US Airways merger
By PhocusWire | August 13, 2013
The US Department of Justice is concerned that the two airlines fly overlapping routes on more than 1,000 routes.... Read More
10 best airline uses of Instagram
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10 best airline uses of Instagram
By Karthick Prabu | August 13, 2013
10 best examples of how airlines use Instagram to engage users, promote its services, gain new customers.... Read More
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