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Those who use Google Maps as their primary tool for navigating the world's many public transit systems will benefit from more precise information today, as Google announces the integration of public transit schedules for over 1 million stops worldwide.... Read More

The importance of relevancy cannot be overstated in today’s search marketing industry. At the back of every advertiser’s mind, there’s always the need to ensure the copy they produce will be relevant to the people they want to reach.... Read More

From scary new fast food possibilities for airport food to exciting new security device contracts, read the stories that caught Tnooz's eye for 16 August.... Read More

Every now and then I come across a strategy that is absolutely brilliant and need to share it with the world. I recently found strategy like this from Expedia, while doing competitor research for a client.... Read More

Just over six months after ex-Star Trek frontman William Shatner supposedly ended his reign as the figurehead of Priceline's marketing, when he plunged off a bridge in an ad, he's back.... Read More

Uber, the US car service users can order via an smart phone app, faces a roadblock as Boston officials claim that the service illegally uses iPhones to calculate the fees the company charges riders.... Read More

36 years later, with the help of Colombian travel blog See Colombia, a woman kidnapped as a child has been reunited with her long-last family.... Read More

Travel search startup Hopper has announced an additional $12 million investment round led by OMERS Ventures, the venture capital arm of one of Canada's largest pension funds.... Read More

Apple's iPad has created the biggest shift in the way pilots fly airplanes since the birth of the jet engine and the biggest change in in-flight entertainment since the first movie screens.... Read More

Israel restores its hotel ratings system, 18 hikers get into trouble with their smartphones while hiking in Scotland, and other travel tech news that Tnooz is following for 15 August.... Read More

With athletes and spectators heading home after a fortnight of sporting action at the London 2012 Olympics, hoteliers are bracing themselves for what their customers will be adding by way of reviews.... Read More

Data trends on cheapest hotel rates as well as median rate for three months of three, four and five star hotels across some of the major cities in Asia.... Read More

Google recently released upgrades for two of its free products -- Google Translate and Google Now -- for Android devices. Google Translate is an app that turns your smartphone camera into a translation tool.... Read More

First iPads and now iPhones: Vancouver's Opus Hotel is boldly going where no hotel has gone before, as the boutique hotel in Vancouver's Yaletown district plans to replace all of their oh-so-quaint traditional landline phones with iPhones... Read More

US airlines are raking in enormous piles of cash from add-ons and fees, with the leader on a per passenger basis being budget carrier Spirit Airline.... Read More