Hainan Airlines has just begin Boston to Beijing non-stop service, a nearly 6500-mile route made possible by the extended range and fuel economy of the 787. As the Dreamliner comes into service on more airlines, more of these very-long-distance...
Airbus, the European plane manufacturer has shown off its first attempt at a battery-powered, no-emission aircraft. It's a single-seater with limited range, but is the first step in a program to achieve a 70-80 hybrid airliner by 2050. It's part of an...
Microsoft's Surface Pro 3 has some great reviews out and does have some excellent features for travelers. It's is a combo tablet and laptop . As a tablet, It has a 12 inch touchscreen , and a nine-hour battery life, As a laptop, it can run...
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation has launched 511PA, a free app for IOS and Android devices that provides information about the state's whole road system (and some on neighboring states!), and also includes a hands-free audio alert system...
Superman and Dr. Who could soon be homeless as payphones give way to "NYFi" terminals on the streets of New York. The city has issued a Request for Proposals to replace its current 7300 street phones with up to 10,000 terminals that would provide...
There have been more than a few tales and ships condemned to sail on forever, or never reach home—Coleridge’s Ancient Mariner, the Flying Dutchman, Edward Everett Hale’s “Man Without a Country”—but this odd...
Well, sort of. Hawaiian Airlines is training its pilots, and some from other airlines, on a full-size, full-control simulator in Honolulu that's so realistic it left a Skift reporter who went along stunned that he was still in Hawaii when the "ride"...
Our long-running geography-culture-nature puzzle has been running for months now, sometimes weekly and sometimes twice a week, but always with the question "Where in the World is Gumbo?" Well, that started me on the next question: How much...
It's a battle in the sky between inflight WiFi providers such as GoGo and Inmarsat to grab the biggest share of the market. GoGo has been ahead, but with only a small portion of the world's planes equipped, the market is still wide open. ...
Sabre, the airline-centric reservation system used by a huge number of travel agents, has added TripAdvisor's SeatGuru app to the information available to agents as they book your flight. SeatGuru combines airline specs with consumer reviews to...
Gumbo was visiting the Hoover Dam , previously also called "Boulder Dam ". This dam is a magnificent feature of engineering! Built in Black Canyon on the Colorado River, it bridges two states, Arizona and Nevada....
As part of its ongoing project to allow Street View users to see the world's great places, the Angkor Wat temple complex in Cambodia is now available. Read more about it here . Then take the tour .
The European Parliament, legislative body of the E.U., has voted (534-25!) to put an end to roaming charges with E.U. for all mobile phone users. the change is to take effect by the end of 2015. Even with caps imposed in recent years, the...
The Kennedy Space Center is one of my favorite attractions in the United States. It highlights some of the greatest technological achievements of our species and is testament to one of the most significant advances of human...
Two companies with a lot to gain from it are offering free inflight wireless for a year: GoGo, which supplies the wireless service to nearly all U.S. airlines is partnered with Samsung, and the free service goes to purchasers of new Samsung...