Travel Technology

Amazon pioneered e-commerce recommendations like this years ago. That being said, it is logical that Square would leverage its payment data, which show a lot more intent about future purchases than Foursquare's check-ins do.

Yahoo is hungry to buy small companies and absorb in the talent, unlikely the interest is in building out the Milewise brand and service as a standalone. None of the miles/points startups -- AwardWallet, Traxo, UsingMiles, Superfly -- have broken through yet, and Milewise is in the same general category.

Big stakes game of hide-and-seek in the local taxi business in New York City, with huge entrenched players on one side with some legit demands, pushing against brash upstarts with dreams of disrupting.

Hailo can block passengers and drivers for bad behavior, but the question now looms whether the TLC will block Hailo for jumping the gun.

Most of the AR efforts, especially in travel as listed here, have bordered on gimmicks for the sake of it, without any considerations of real-life user experience. Will Google Glass break through that AR barrier?

If Priceline's stats hold up industrywide, then airlines know that their mobile apps and mobile sites will have to cater to younger travelers who seek a lot more flexibility.

Adding rentals and expanding its customer base is a natural path for the home exchange company to take given its large portfolio of global homes.

Google began selling Google Glass to developers for $1,500, but forget about loaning or selling it to someone else. Google would immediately disable the device -- and probably its relationship with you.

Skiers are more affluent than bowlers, for example, so it's not surprising that lots of ski buffs are packing mobile devices. But the're not just packing, they are transacting, too.