London To Install Europe’s Largest Free WiFi Zone

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A deal struck between mobile network operator O2, Westminster City Council and the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea, will enable visitors and residents in those London boroughs to enjoy the largest free wireless hub in Europe, and just in time for visitor numbers to swell for the Olympics this summer!

The deal, which will run at no cost to the councils or the taxpayer, is part of both councils’ plans to ensure that the millions of visitors that come Continue Reading

International Travelers Beware: iPhone 4S is a Real Gas Guzzler When it Comes to Data

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If you plan to travel abroad this year with your iPhone 4S, make sure you have a clear idea of how much it will cost you in terms of data.

A new study released this past week by mobile network monitoring firm Arieso reveals that the iPhone 4S commands twice as much data as the iPhone 4 and three times the data of the iPhone 3G. The increase is nourished by things like Siri, higher resolution Continue Reading

Travel Writing Competition Open To Bloggers

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The British Guild of Travel Writers is running its annual Travel Writing Competition for new writers, in association with Traveller magazine.

The competition, now in its third year, is designed to encourage new travel writing talent and is open to all (English language) writers aged over 18 who have not been published in the travel field. Entrants should submit an 800-word article on the theme A Revealing Journey.

The first prize is a travel writing holiday course with Continue Reading

Traditional Media Companies Collaborate To Protect Their Content From Bloggers

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News publishers in the USA are setting up a guard dog company to protect their content.

Twenty-nine major news and information companies have signed on as initial investors and participants in NewsRight, an independent digital rights and content licensing organisation led by former ABC News President David Westin. NewsRight will ‘facilitate the use of published news content and data analytics with the permission of publishers’.

The 29 founding organisations of NewsRight publish original news reports on 841 websites Continue Reading

Pinterest – Where Expressing and Sharing Your Passion for Travel is Easier Than Ever

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The goal of Pinterest is to connect everyone in the world through the ‘things’ they find interesting. So, how can travel bloggers leverage Pinterest to connect with people all around the world who share similar travel related tastes and interests?

I first heard of Pinterest from my wife last fall. She had been talking with a friend who was really into pinning all kinds of things on nine different boards that included titles like “House Happiness,” “Take Me on a Trip Continue Reading

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