Trapster App is hacked! 10 million users’ passwords at risk

In a recentreport by ZDNetwe learned thatTrapster, every speed demon’s favorite iPhone app was hacked today. Trapster’s 10 million plus users received the following e-mail notifying them of the attack. Trapster recently madeour list of 2010’s best travel apps, because the highly rated app alerts you as you approach speed traps, red lights, speed cameras, police check points, accidents and other roadway hazards. It operates like a social network, similar toWaze, reporting information from over 10 million users....

2 min · 272 words · Claudia Farley

Travel essentials: 10 iPhone apps to take on holiday

Summer is here! It’s time to start booking flights and packing your suitcase. Here are 10 awesome iPhone apps to help make the most of your sunshine get-away. 1. Skyscanner is a great starting point when planning a trip away. It’s a really simple and easy-to-use app to find and compare over 600 flights. Just enter the destination details and date and Skyscanner will find the flights for you. You can then filter the results by airline, number of stops, time of day, duration and airport....

6 min · 1135 words · Jerry Olson

Travel startup Wanderfly lands a huge partnership with The New York Times

Traveling is one of life’s greatest pleasures. The exploration process allows us to learn about ourselves and the rest of the world at once. But when you know you want to get away, how do you decide where to go?Wanderflyis the digital version of spinning a globe and throwing out your finger to pick your next destination. The site acts like a Pandora of a travel, analyzing a destination’s DNA and mapping it to what user’s want....

3 min · 477 words · Caroline Brown

Traveling abroad? Droam will help you avoid roaming costs

Most of the attendees atThe Next Web Conference, taking place in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, are not from The Netherlands. We are very proud of that and have always considered the conference an international event. To make it easier for people not from The Netherlands we always try to help with hotels, travel and finding their way around Amsterdam. For this conference we’ve gone one step further and have partnered up with Droam to also make it affordable to use your devices here and enjoycheap dataroamingwithout being charged absurd amounts of money by mobile operators....

3 min · 543 words · Michael Weaver

Travelling to Taiwan? Free public Wi-Fi launched in Taipei.

Free Wi-Fi is something Internet addicts are constantly looking for, especially when travelling. Next time you’re flying to Taiwan, perhaps to catch this year’sIDEAS show 2011, looks like you’re covered as the Taipei city government has just finished implementing the first stage of introducing free public wi-fi throughout Taipei. Taiwan tech blogTechOrangereports that currently, the free wireless Internet connection is limited to public areas such as the MRT, shopping areas, office areas, hospitals, and libraries....

2 min · 343 words · Lori Cole DVM
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