Manitoba couple robbed in Mexico (CBC Manitoba)
Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010
A Manitoba couple was held at gunpoint and robbed while on a trip to Mexico and is now cautioning travelers to be aware of the dangers.
China’s New Travelers Aren’t Far From Home (International Herald Tribune)
Monday, February 1st, 2010
Spurred by a mix of middle-class money, government support and interest in rediscovering China, its domestic tourism market is beating predictions and bucking global trends.
China’s New Travelers Aren’t Far From Home (New York Times)
Monday, February 1st, 2010
Spurred by a mix of middle-class money, government support and interest in rediscovering China, its domestic tourism market is beating predictions and bucking global trends.
Press Release :: Adorama Camera’s New Series of Articles Teaches Snapshooters Basic Picture-Taking Tips
Monday, September 21st, 2009
Top photo retailer offers free, non-technical advice designed to help travelers, family memory keepers and others easily avoid common picture-taking mistakes and upgrade their picture-taking skills. New York, NY ( PRWEB ) September 21, 2009 — The Adorama Learning Center has just published “Fix the Pix” , a new series of free online tips designed to help snapshooters take better pictures. The series identifies fourteen of the most common picture-taking mistakes made when using compact
Augmented Reality in Travel and Tourism: merging digital information with the real world
Thursday, September 3rd, 2009
Early Augmented Reality Travel Gadgets are like having God in your Pocket An early GPS-linked project in the UK demonstrated how a tourism region could put information in the fingertips of visitors. The project used a tiny electronic machine to add interactivity to visiting ancient ruins by linking hotspots to audio/video content to tell the story of the place in a rich engaging way. Today, devices capable of displaying such multimedia are in many travelers pockets! iPhone, Blackber
Obama Administration To Preserve Bush-Era Policy Of Intrusive Laptop Searches
Friday, August 28th, 2009
In June 2008, a federal appeals court ruled that Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) officers can search travelers’ laptops and copy their entire contents without probable cause or “reasonable suspicion.” CBP officers “ can review and analyze the information transported by any individual attempting to enter, reenter, depart, pass through, or reside in the United States,” including information from laptops and other electronic devices. A CBP official dismissed growing public concern regarding th
i-gotU GT200 Bluetooth GPS Tracker Giveaway
Sunday, August 23rd, 2009
The i-gotU GT200 Bluetooth GPS Data Tracker is a handy little gadget for digital camera users and travelers. With the i-gotU software, the i-gotU GT200 keeps memory of your own journey by arranging pictures geographically. It’s a bonus to have with digital cameras and camera phones because the i-gotU software can create a HTML / web file for your friends and families to see the route of your trip on a map and the scenes you have seen will pop up along the route with text introduction.
new Big Bridge now out
Sunday, August 2nd, 2009
The giantic digital annual, Big Bridge , is open for travelers. Bypass rush hour at print journals and head directly out of town. Check out this year's installment of the War Papers , where you'll find features by John Bradley (on Abu Ghraib), Francesco Levato ("War Rug" poems), and my introduction to Come Together: Imagine Peace . BIG BRIDGE 2009 CHAPBOOK: A Time in Fragments Poem by Clark Coolidge; Drawings by Nancy Victoria Davis ----------------------------------------------------
10-in-1 Digital Memory Card Reader
Sunday, August 2nd, 2009
This 10-in-1 memory card reader is ideal for travelers require a card reader or a writer to transfer files from their portable devices to a laptop or the other way in the transfer of data Video / photos / music files between your digital devices such as cameras, mobile phones, PDAs and PCs. The device is compatible with 10 different card formats, on the basis on the SD or MMC format in digital cameras PDAs, MP3 etc + SD MMC Card Reader / Writer is Plug & Play, so you can direct the
The Frugal Traveler’s Top Travel Gadgets Under $50
Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009
From our colleagues at the Frugal Traveler blog:In my romantic travel daydreams, I imagine myself marching off into the hills of Patagonia with nothing in my backpack but a change of underwear and a piece of flint. In reality, however, I — and most travelers today — bring gadgets. Lots of gadgets.Noise-canceling headphones, iPods, digital cameras and GPS devices, they all take up space, consume electricity and distract us from actually enjoying the trip. Gadgets also tend to be expensive, small