Tagged: Travel
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Skype offers free Wi-Fi to travellers at US airports News
21.12.2011 Travellers heading to or within the US for the holidays will be able to keep in touch with loved ones back home while on the go, thanks to free Wi-Fi from Skype across select US... -
New Wi-Fi service takes off at Dublin Airport News
19.12.2011 Travellers who are waiting to board their flights at Dublin Airport can now check their email, surf the internet, or catch up on Facebook via a partnership between telecoms... -
Nimble Tours creates mobile apps for tourism News
16.12.2011 Dublin-based start-up Nimble Tours is launching its service to build customised interactive mobile apps for tours. The launch is part of the DCU Business School and LINK’s 12... -
80pc of firms ready to embrace videoconferencing News
13.12.2011 As the first flurries of snow remind us of last year’s weather nightmares, new research among Irish and UK SMEs reveals attitudes to videoconferencing as a way of conducting...Categories: Online Business, Networking & Telecoms, Multimedia, Internet, Hardware, Digital Business, Communications -
Actor Baldwin dumps Twitter, apologises to passengers News
09.12.2011 Actor Alec Baldwin may have sent his last tweet after being removed from an American Airlines flight on Wednesday for refusing to stop playing a game on his phone before... -
RIM fires executives for drunken behaviour on flight News
06.12.2011 BlackBerry maker Research in Motion (RIM) has fired two executives over their drunken behaviour after a transpacific Air Canada flight they were on had to be diverted to... -
Facebook confirms Gowalla acquisition News
05.12.2011 Facebook has confirmed its acquisition of travel app firm Gowalla, whose staff will join its design and engineering teams and no doubt influence the development of Timeline. -
Google+ seeks innovative photographers News
10.11.2011 Google+ might be relatively new, but already the photography community is starting to thrive on the platform, with more than 3.4bn photos uploaded in the first 100 days. That’s... -
World sites from Ireland to Brazil aim to get on UN Geoparks list News
16.09.2011 From the breathtaking Cliffs of Moher in Ireland to Tuscany's Alpi Apuane mountain range, a glacier-covered volcano in Iceland and a mineral-rich outcrop in Brazil and the Aras... -
Irish firms secure contract to deploy net kiosks at UK airport News
06.09.2011 Two Irish companies – pay-as-you-go internet kiosk and printer Surfbox and Wi-Fi firm Bitbuzz – have won a deal to provide internet kiosks with printing and Wi-Fi access to... -
Travelshake launches Facebook microsite app for tourism industry News
05.09.2011 Irish start-up Travelshake has created a Facebook app to let businesses within the tourism industry make a marketing microsite with their Facebook page. -
General Motors and LG to work together on electric vehicles News
26.08.2011 General Motors and LG Group are teaming up to create new electric vehicles, letting GM expand on its range with LG’s expertise with batteries and other systems. -
Ryanair website says ‘oui oui’ to Depardieu drama News
18.08.2011 Michael O’Leary’s Ryanair has moved swiftly to capitalise on the drama surrounding actor Gerard Depardieu’s antics on a CityJet flight on Tuesday.Categories: Media, Marketing, Internet, Games/Entertainment, eCommerce, Digital Media, Digital Marketing -
Boeing 787 Dreamliner completes flight testing News
17.08.2011 The new Dreamliner jet from Boeing is aiming to be a game changer in the airline industry by introducing higher levels of fuel economy and embracing new technologies, such as... -
Company reveals plans for space hotel News
16.08.2011 Russian company Orbital Technologies unveiled plans this week for a hotel in space that could cost visitors about stg£100,000 for a five-day stay. That's in addition to the... -
Connected tourism News
11.08.2011 Technology’s global reach has created lots of new opportunities for Ireland to attract holidaymakers. Laura O’Brien looks at how the Irish tourism industry is making use of it.Categories: Web, Social Media, Mobility, Mobile, Marketing, Internet, Digital Marketing, Consumer Tech, Communications -
New Titanic website puts Cobh connection in spotlight News
29.07.2011 A new and interactive website that aims to strengthen Cobh, Co Cork's association with Titanic and promote tourism in the county is now live online. -
Ryanair’s new tool to help passengers retrieve itineraries News
19.07.2011 European airline Ryanair has developed a new web tool that allows passengers to retrieve future and historic booking information. It will help passengers who have misplaced...Categories: Web Development, Web, Software & Web Development, Software, Internet, eCommerce, Apps Zone, Apps -
The impact of research on city living News
27.06.2011 Kevin M Leyden, an honourary research professor of social science and public policy at the CISC, spoke of the importance of research when designing more liveable cities. -
Canadian teen to be youngest in space News
27.06.2011 When a teenager from Calgary, Alberta, takes off on Virgin’s SpaceShipTwo upon turning 18 next year, he will become the youngest person to ever be in space.