Verizon iPhone Sales Underwhelm
For a long time now, AT&T has been the company that many commentators have loved to hate, and these people have been unable to contain their delight at seeing AT&T losing its exclusivity on iPhone […]
2011
Paper Shower combo Wet and Dry Naps
As travelers we can't always rush out and have a hot shower whenever we feel like it. So here is an interesting product with an innovative twist for cases when you need either a little
Facebook Challenge – Win a Free Trip for Two to Britain
Facebook continues to be a bit of an impenetrable mystery to me, although I do now have some sort of rudimentary Facebook page up and there is hopefully even some sort of Facebook ‘Like’ link
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Weekly Roundup Friday 11 February 2011
Good morning We have an interesting new reader survey this week, so keep reading down past the introduction, please. It has been another week with occasional weather challenges, alas. Now, I know what you're thinking.
Airline Roundup Friday 11 February 2011
There was a great headline grabbing story early this week about how a group of Belgian student passengers 'mutinied' on a Ryanair flight scheduled to fly from the Canary Islands up to Charleroi airport in
Security Roundup Friday 11 February 2011
You read it here first. Starting on 3 December last year, I wrote a five part series on how airport security needs to be improved, and wrote not just about the problems but also about
Warning – The End of the Internet As We Know (and Love) It?
What a wild ride we've all enjoyed over the last decade and a half or so, but – and as earlier predicted – this looks likely to soon end. You might have read recently about
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TSA’s ‘Inexcusable Delay’ in Providing Body-Scanner Radiation Data
The good news? The TSA is assuring Congress that over 15 million x-ray body scans have now been performed on passengers without any malfunctions putting the screened passengers at risk of an excessive dose of
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This year’s cheesiest (but yet sensible) Valentine’s promotion?
As is invariably the case, all sorts of companies try to climb onto the coattails of all sorts of events to sell their products (need I say 'Superbowl'?). Valentine's Day is no exception, and the
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A Reader Asks : What are my rights if my flight is cancelled?
Reader P writes Recently, I have been asked to teach a course in San Francisco (I am in LA) flying up one day a week. I flew up Sunday, taught early Monday morning and have
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Weekly Roundup Friday 4 February 2011
Good morning Thanks for everyone who participated in last week's survey about whether or not you own any types of tablets and/or ereaders. Fortunately, we got a good set of responses, which hopefully provides some
Airline Roundup Friday 4 February 2011
If the previous week was dismal, what term can we use for the last few days? More than ten thousand of flights canceled, to say nothing of poor Queensland Australia – the half of the
