Does being cut off from the outside world give you the heebie jeebies?
It’s summertime, which means it’s time to hit the boarding gates of the nearest terminal and get out of town. And if you’re going somewhere exotic that requires you to dig your passport out (hey, Mexico still counts), you may be wondering what life is like when the …
What sound do cars make?
BRRRRRRM. Right?
Wrong. Not all of them do, not anymore. The latest electric cars are near-as-dammit silent when they’re doing under 20 miles per hour. Above that, and you might – might – hear a soft vvvvmmmmmmm.
This is more of a problem than you might think. As pedestrians, millions of us have ears …
If you’re one of those people who starts getting all twitchy the moment you’re out of range of a wifi hotspot, we have good news for you: soon, you’ll be connected anywhere you can take a car.
Ford is updating its in-car SYNC with MyFord Touch technology to add a rolling wifi hotspot for passengers to connect to.
It will support up …
If you get nauseous looking at screens on the seat in front of you, American Airlines plans to roll out in-flight streaming to your own personal, Wi-Fi enabled doodad. At the very least, you might get a little bit more privacy.
Customers will be able to stream TV shows and movies directly to their laptop, iDevice, smartphone or …
After a long, cold, dark, snowy, jerky winter, we’ve officially hit some nice weather. And not the fake nice weather where it’s nice for half the day and then it rains and then the next day it snows—fool me once, shame on you; fool me pretty much all of April, shame on me for breaking out my short-shorts and donating all my warm …
Regular commuters on London’s Underground rail network have now got a new incentive for keeping their journeys short: a social network that turns the Tube into a game.
It’s called Chromaroma, and it’s easy to play.
Pretty much everyone in London already has an Oyster card – an RFID-enabled smart card that they can top up with …
Google can go right ahead and snap up travel software company ITA Software for $700 million, but only if it agrees not to kick the competition to the curb, says the Department of Justice in a statement.
Well, sort of. The DOJ’s antitrust division filed a civil antitrust lawsuit this morning to block the proposed acquisition, then …
Planning a vacation around Europe? Don’t bother. Google has captured all of it on Street View by now. All of it. These newfangled Street View trikes let Google go where no car can, joining hoards of black-socks-with-sandals tourists inside the Roman Colosseum, the Baths of Diocletian, the Cupola in Florence and Chateau de Fontainebleau …
If you’re planning to visit London for the Olympic Games next year, you need to register now to book your tickets. But don’t worry about tickets for the famous London Underground transport system, because you might already have one in your wallet.
Banks are already rolling out next-generation contactless bank cards, which can be used …
Hipmunk, the ballyhooed startup that first sought to reduce the agony associated with finding decent airline fares, has invaded — or is that infested? — a new market. Logically enough, it’s hotel search. And as they did with fare search, Hipmunk has created a speedy and intuitive way to gather and parse all the info you need to find a …
Traveling during December can be especially busy, and it’s hard to navigate the roads clogged with traffic and the extra long airport security lines. Luckily for us, apps can make getting home for the holidays a lot easier. Here’s our favorite helpers to aid you during this time.
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