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The Uber Tip Veterans Know and Use
On my Uber ride today the driver told me more and more of his customers at the airport are using a novel way to connect with him. The particular airport I flew out of didn't allow Uber so the drivers...
Imagining a World with Electronic Passports
There is something – Oh I don’t know – let’s say backwards when it comes to traveling on an airplane. In an age of state-of-the-art electronics – smartphones with dual-core processors and amazing screens, why do we need paper passports...
Off to San Jose, Interactive Airport ads and Boingo: I Love this Service
I flew out of JFK as was pretty amazed to see a new interactive ad format which consists of what you may consider to be a giant tablet on the wall allowing consumers to play games on it. I didn't...
Steve Jobs Loses his Stars
It seems Steve Jobs was stopped from taking ninja throwing stars aboard his own private jet as he left Japan. He pointed out he is likely not going to hijack his own plane but still, no deal as the stars...
Westchester Airport Evacuated
I just got word that the Westchester, NY Airport has been evacuated - TMC has a team member on a JetBlue flight at the moment and apparently people have been pulled off planes. Update, my team tells me they are...
Online Advertising Powered WiFi
First it was free WiFi on Virgin America courtesy of Google... Now it seems there is a mad rush to give WiFi away in lots of places such as airports and even Times Square. It seemed to first start with...
Made it to Huntsville Airport
This is my first time in the Huntsville airport and apparently AT&T 3G will not be joining me at the moment. I never thought I would be thankful for the Edge network. Tonight I am at an Adtran dinner/reception and...
Boingo on Blackberry
Attention Blackberry Users: you can now quickly and immediately jump on and off over 100,000 hotspots around the world without the painful process of entering a user name and password. Boingo, a global provider of WiFi service has become...
I Love GoGo Inflight Wireless
On my way out to Dallas from New York's LGA the American Airlines flight I was on had signs all over it telling the world it had internet access. My smile was broad with corners of my mouth certainly touching...
Nokia, Sun: Sales Down, Oracle Sells Hosted CRM, American Airlines Does Mobile Boarding Passes and Microsoft Offers Free Financing
Here are some of the news items which caught my eye recently with some commentary: Nokia predicts the recession and a lack of credit will reduce cell phone sales. Nokia Siemens too says there will be a slowdown next year....
Security Friendly Laptop Cases
Perhaps the best news of the month (sure it is the first day of July -- but hey, this is still great news) has to be that there are new security friendly laptop bags coming on the market soon which...
Interviewed by CBS 5
The 4:00 am wake-up call seemed louder than most – even though I went to sleep at 5:00 pm the night before. You see I just couldn’t sleep through the night regardless of how tired I was from the late-night...
Interviewed by CBS 5
The 4:00 am wake-up call seemed louder than most – even though I went to sleep at 5:00 pm the night before. You see I just couldn’t sleep through the night regardless of how tired I was from the late-night...
Update on Flight Delay
Update on my flight. Here is the situation. We are at the Newburgh, NY airport, not in NJ like I previously thought. Air traffic control did not let us land immediately the first go around which is why we are...
AA 366 Takes Off Again
I am on the new plane now after the ordeal we went through a few hours back. This flight has also been dubbed 366 and hopefully we will land in New York’s LaGuardia Airport safe and sound. One thing...
See Through X-Rays and the TSA
Apparently Americans are traveling too much and the TSA believes we need to cut down on the number of pesky travelers who they have to screen. Nothing like some see-through X-ray technology to keep the travelers away. Look on the...
Airline CRM
You I don't mean to complain about the airlines and unless I have a terrible experience somewhere I hate to specify the company name in a derogatory fashion. So suffice it to say I am sitting here -- well actually...
Fluids on a Plane
New rules go into effect tomorrow – you can now carry some liquids on planes. Travel-size toiletry containers of 3 ounces (90 ml) or less that are placed in a “quart-size, clear plastic, zip-top bag.” That includes items like lip...
To Akron, Atlanta and Back
I had a fun but tiring trip from LaGuardia Airport to Akron, Ohio to Atlanta, GA and back home. I got to fly on AirTran to Ohio and was dreading flying on this airline. For some reason I associate the...
Google Internet Booth
You may have seen an Intel WiFi demo area at an airport or in some major metropolitan areas. Microsoft too has set up these areas for people to come and use WiFi while simultaneously learning about the company's products and...
