Articles tagged “apps”

The notifications are a clever move by WorldMate, although perhaps they should be called Book WorldMate Alerts instead hotel price alerts.

Kayak doesn't have to disclose mobile revenue and wouldn't unless it paints an upbeat picture, which it does.

In the transition from dashboard unit to mobile app, TomTom is taking advantage of access to new features like social apps, while maintaining product identity through design, and it's also creating hands-free kits.

These apps range somewhere between super useful, like XE Currency’s converter and Wi-Fi Finder, to frivolous tech luxuries like tracking your travel buddies by GPS and turning photos into postcards.

Food Network has figured out how to make its TV content relevant and fun for mobile users. The app encourages users to share their favorite stops on Facebook or custom build road trips based on themed shows.

The app has reached one million downloads in only three months proving travelers' growing reliance on real-time mobile updates and the benefits of making open data on city transportation public.

In this travel app let down, mobile supporters can focus on the fact that the climbers used their smartphones to call for help, while cartographers have a new anecdote for why maps are still relevant.

Trover's team realized early on that people were neither planning itineraries nor connecting with frieds, so it switched to a Pinterest-like model that trades on inspiration rather than organization.

Cleartrip has improved its mobile game from site to app – a necessary move to keep up with the global trend of mobile reservations – but they’ll need to quickly add on more services to remain ahead of the trend.

The update helps travelers translate the physical world around them, as well as improves upon the app's voice translations, dialects, and Japanese symbol recognition.