227 posts and columns on travel
Oh, the Places Your Phone Will Find
Field Trip, made by a division of Google, sends you, by way of pop-up cards, short blurbs about unique, sometimes-hidden locations as you pass them.Pinterest Does Location: Not Just Pin Boards, but Now Pin Maps
Next for Pinterest: Location.TripAdvisor Mostly Meets Street’s Expectations With Third-Quarter Earnings
Marketing expenses grew 45 percent as the travel site launched a national TV campaign.Sherpa Ventures Starts $150M Fundraising With $15M Infusion From TPG
Now the well-known Silicon Valley pair will have some walking-around money.EatWith, an Airbnb for Dinner Parties, Sets Its Sights on U.S. Cities
Why fall into tourist traps when you can eat with local hipsters?KatieCam: What’s On Nuance CEO Paul Ricci’s Bookshelf (Video)
Because Siri won’t read “War and Peace” to you.KatieCam: Jeff Zucker’s Summer Travel Plans
Jeff Zucker, CNN president, tells Katie Boehret about his summer plans.Five Startups for $16 Million: Yahoo’s Mayer Is Buying Up Most Mobile App Companies on the Cheap
Warm entrepreneurial bodies: Priceless!News Byte
Yahoo Snaps Up Two More Small Mobile Companies — MileWise and GoPollGo — In Ongoing “Acqhires” Effort
In its ongoing quest to snap up every small mobile startup around, Yahoo said today that it had bought travel rewards app MileWise and GoPollGo, a social polling app. Both services will be shut down, and staff will be integrated into the Silicon Valley Internet giant’s burgeoning New York mobile team. In recent months, Yahoo has acquired Stamped, Summly, Astrid and more, as part of its efforts to build out its mobile offerings.News Byte