Google will run a short test in a few EU countries to see how the removal of some of its travel features impacts users and businesses as it fights comparison sites and the European Commission.
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Google Flights has launched a new "Cheapest" tab to help users find the lowest possible fares, even if it means less convenient travel options.
Expedia Group is cutting 1,500 jobs, mainly from its Product & Technology division. To help support those affected, the company is paying severance and giving employment assistance.
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Google is working on some experimental features that utilize generative AI. These are part of Search Labs and provide users with accurate and relevant information to help them plan their trips.
Sundar Pichai and other Google execs have been answering employees' questions at an internal meeting. Various expenses are being targeted for cuts as the firm tries to weather the economic storm.
The latest features for the search engine include some new capabilities that offer value for those who want more from their travel experience, including suggested itinerary, flight booking, and more.
Google has introduced a few changes aimed at helping travelers get specific travel restriction advisory like if they need to quarantine upon arrival or show official vaccination documents.
Mozilla has announced that in the coming year it wants to bring down its carbon emissions rather than just offsetting them. Plans include travelling only when necessary and going paper-free.
For the first time in history, two humans were strapped into Virgin Hyperloop's Pegasus pod and safely accelerated to 107mph in 6.25s in a 500m long hyperloop in the desert of Nevada.
Online home rental platform Airbnb has announced its latest initiative in partnership with local tourism promoting bodies. The campaign is based in Vancouver and aims to help the city's economy.
Twitter has told employees and partners that it's suspending non-critical business travel and events to help mitigate the spread of the Covid-19 outbreak which is becoming a bigger concern.
Changes to Google's travel website include helpful recommendations for hotels, things-to-do, forecasting of prices for flight routes and subsequent refunding for tickets in case of bad predictions.
Online short rental platform Airbnb announced today the introduction of new tools and features to improve its search functionality. The new improvements are designed to cater for business trips.
Outings, a Microsoft Garage project, is being retired at the end of this month. Much of the insights provided by the app over its run of almost two years will be used to improved the Bing experience.
The newly patented travel diary system will be able to generate an automatically created travel diary for users, complete with personalized sentences and an interactive graphical interface.
Facebook Fundraisers have received several new features from the social media giant. Additional fundraising categories have been added and fundraisers can now pledge to match donations up to $2,500.
In a bid to make it easier for people to plan trips on the go, Google is rolling out some features that will facilitate users in booking flights and making reservations at hotels in a streamlined way.
Apple, the owners of the headphone manufacturing company Beats, have declared that the explosion of a woman's headphones earlier this year was not caused by the headphones themselves.
After having initially decided not to follow the US electronics ban on international flights back in March, the Australian Prime Minister has indicated that the matter is still under consideration.
The European Aviation Safety Agency has banged heads with the American Federal Aviation Authority and British authorities on concerns regarding the ban on personal electronic devices in the cabin.
The UK's Rail Delivery Group has outlined plans to "harness digital technology" to expand capacity and improve the quality of travel for passengers on the country's congested national rail network.
In a bid to help travelers stay connected, AT&T will soon release its new International Day Pass, offering unlimited talk and text plus access to their plan's included data within 100+ countries.
The Australian government has set its plans in motion for facial, iris and fingerprint recognition to replace manual checking of passports, at major airports and sea ports around the country.
China's Ctrip.com is set to buy Skyscanner in a $1.74 billion deal expected to close by the end of 2016. Skyscanner will continue to operate independently while supporting their existing products.
You'll now have access on Bing Maps to 35,000 cameras across 11 countries to plan your journey, and in combination with the Clearflow traffic algorithm, you should know what time you'll arrive too.
Expedia Inc. issued a press statement today that announced the company would be buying Travelocity and select other assets from parent company Sabre in a deal worth $280 million.
A number of the in-house Bing apps for Windows 8 have received some major updates today via the Windows Store, including the News, Weather, Finance, Sports and Travel apps.
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Tired of having to put away your electronic devices during takeoff? Eventually you might not have to, as the FAA is studying the safety of allowing passengers to use their devices mid-flight.
Microsoft's Bing division has released three new Metro apps for Windows 8 (News, Sports and Travel) as part of the Windows 8 Release Preview launch on Thursday.
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Not one to be left out of any party, especially parties that make money, Google is buying ITA, one of the major travel data analysis firms that sites such as Kayak and Cheapflights.com use to...
A fire in Seattle has severed the power supply to a group of servers, which included Microsoft's Bing Travel section, according to a report by Tech Flash. Not only was that part of Bing knocked...
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I know when going to work one of the most annoying things that can happen is traffic jams especially if you have to get somewhere before a certain time well Microsoft may have a wacky...
As part of the Member-Written Review of the Week, the front page presents to you another review written by one of our very own forum members and posted in Reviews by Members for Members. This...
Yahoo is set to revamp its travel Web site early Wednesday to offer new mapping features and a chat-based collaboration tool, as well as personalized trip recommendations and travel deals. What Netflix has done...
A number of businesses have been developing programmes for making space travel available to the masses: RocketPlane Limited, who have been involved in the recent Vanishing Point Game from Microsoft, have set up a SkypeCast...
Web surfers may soon be able to explore the canyons of Mars and experience a virtual flight over the surface of the moon thanks to a deal announced on Monday between Web search company Google...
