By Adriana Lee |
Did an iPhone actually interfere with an airplane’s navigation during flight? That’s the claim that went out over the Web yesterday, as Bloomberg reported on a small regional airliner whose compasses glitched-out at 9,000 feet. The incident, which occurred in May 2011, led pilots to…
By Adriana Lee |
Promoting its new super-cheap Los Angeles to Las Vegas direct route, Virgin America has debuted “Seat-to-Seat Delivery,” a feature that lets travelers send unsolicited drinks or food using the in-flight seatback system. Airline President Sir Richard Branson can’t help but get a little cheeky in…
By Adriana Lee |
Cubicles? Who needs a cube when the big, wide open world is your office? Marissa Mayer notwithstanding, it is clear that more companies have embraced telecommuting and remote offices over recent years. The time was ripe for it: Enterprise adoption of tablets and ultrabooks has been…
By Adriana Lee |
If you’ve flown anywhere over the past few years, then chances are, you’re seen or been imaged by those TSA-endorsed full body scanners. The machines have kicked up quite a storm among passengers and privacy advocates, who compare the much-too explicit x-ray systems to invasive…
By Brandon Russell |
The FCC is pushing for airlines in the U.S. to adopt better in-flight Wi-Fi technology, with the stipulation that regulatory approval time will be cut down by as much as 50 percent. Under the new framework, the commission wants terms to be simpler, which it…
By Adriana Lee |
If you’ve flown anywhere over the past few years, then you’re probably pretty familiar with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) rule of shutting off electronic devices while on board a plane. While some airlines limit the duration to take off and landing only, as in-flight Wi-Fi…
By Adriana Lee |
Staying connected in mid-air is a tricky thing. In-flight online connectivity is still a nascent niche, and no one’s completely nailed it just yet. Oh, but they keep trying. In one corner, you’ve got JetBlue’s ambitious new initiative to equip airplanes with ViaSat Wi-Fi for…
By Sean P. Aune |
American Airlines has chosen the Samsung Galaxy Note as the device it will outfit its 17,000 flight attendants with going forward to better accomodate its passengers. While we’ve heard many stories about airlines replacing flight manuals with the iPad, we haven’t heard much about what…
By Adriana Lee |
Good news for travelers who need to stay connected en route: According to an internal company email acquired by The Verge, JetBlue is reportedly planning to unveil high-speed wireless Internet access early next year. Unlike several of its competitors, the airline won’t be hitting up…
By Todd Haselton |
Google announced on Wednesday that it has updated its Google Maps for Android application with support for travel schedules for more than 1 million public transit stops around the globe. The app already provides information for me in New York City, for example. I can…
By Todd Haselton |
You’ve probably heard of Frommer’s, the publishing group that sells popular travel guides to nearly every destination in the world. On Monday, parent company John Wiley & Sons said that it will be selling a number of its assets and that it’s selling all of…
By Todd Haselton |
I love Google Translate for Android. I used it every day during my trip to Barcelona for Mobile World Congress in February. I was easily able to type out a text message in English and have it translated for my cab drivers, restaurant hosts and plenty…
By Mark Hearn |
As consumer technology continues to spring forward, businesses are looking for ways to appeal to customers’ modern needs. Case in point, the Opus hotel has done away with traditional in-room phones and replaced them with iPhones. While this may not sound too beneficial to locals,…
By Adriana Lee |
British Airways met with some controversy when it announced a new personalized service approach on Thursday. Privacy advocates were appalled with the company’s plans, as the new feature (called “Know Me”) would have staffers conducting Google Image searches on customers. According to airline representatives, the…
By Adriana Lee |
Got a Mac? You may not want to use it for making your next online hotel reservation. When popular travel site Orbitz saw that Mac users were spending $20–30 more on hotel bookings than PC users, it got an idea: Why not dish up more…
By Adriana Lee |
With summer finally here, lots of travelers will be hitting the road and airways on holiday. And among the things people will need to pack are the tech accessories they need to go along with their smartphones, tablets and/or laptops. Everyone’s habits and preferences are…
By Mark Hearn |
Airport food and beverage operator OTG will soon be stocking airport terminals across North America with free to use iPads. Similar to what you’d find at a retail store display, the iPads will be locked to tables and have restricted access. Among the applications said…
By Sean P. Aune |
Those of you that have to travel through LAX (Los Angeles International Airport) will be happy to know that you will soon be able to use free Wi-Fi, but there will be a small catch. While many airports around the country have been offering free…
By Adriana Lee |
Oy. As if flying isn’t annoying enough. Seems several flights from Branson’s Virgin Atlantic will soon be filled with the sounds of calling. The airline is outfitting several planes with onboard equipment that will enable in-air mobile calls, texts and web surfing. Those of us…
By Mark Hearn |
Government-owned Amtrak, which oversees that nation’s railroad services has been training its conductors to use an iPhone ticket scanning application. Amtrak has plans for around 1,700 conductors to use the app across the country by late summer, while it’s currently being used on routes from Boston…
By Adriana Lee |
In Part 1 of my tech travel journal, I explained how I was traveling recently without a laptop. Well, actually, I did have one on my trip to San Francisco, but it was emergency backup only. Otherwise, with one tablet, three smartphones and a mobile…
By Adriana Lee |
Being away from home for nearly two weeks can be a tough proposition — especially when you leave home intending to work. You’re not packing suntan oil and swimsuits, but power adapters, accessories and other portables. Not that I’m complaining — after reading about Mike’s…
By Emily Price |
Check out the updates to this post at the end. Story may be changing: CDMA iPhone 4S customers (Verizon, Sprint) are getting a little bit of a better deal on the iPhone 4S when it comes to international roaming. We all know that the iPhone…
By Damon Brown |
I like to travel. I mean carry-my-passport-at-all-times travel. When I was younger, people only needed to hint that we could be flying somewhere and I’d be pulling out the Postal Service “hold mail” forms. A busy career and a busier home life have slowed me…
