Tech Guide For Travel

Important Differences Between The Kindle And Nook For International Travelers

June 22, 2010 25 comments

Both the Kindle and Nook are excellent reading devices as you can see in the full comparison of the traveling e-readers. Several recent changes to their pricing structure and a new Nook Wi-Fi make the choices enticing, but there are a few key differences, especially if you spend much of your time outside of the [...]

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Use Kayak Explore To Visualize Mutli-City Fares And Find The Cheapest Route

June 15, 2010 0 comments

Using multi-city flights to see more places for less is an effective, albeit time-consuming process. You can however visualize your options and see the prices for each leg of your trip on a Google Maps mashup called Kayak Explore. How It Works Kayak Explore lets you set your home city so you can see the [...]

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Free Ways To Monitor Your Blog Or Website And Get Notification If They Go Down

June 8, 2010 7 comments

Websites and travel blogs hum along perfectly until your go off exploring the heights of Quito or the ancient ruins of Teotihuacan in Mexico. You then return home or to your hostel only to find out your website or travel blog has been down since you’ve left. You also don’t want to waste the precious [...]

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Portable And Dependable Point And Shoot: Casio Exilim Series

June 1, 2010 3 comments

There is one point and shoot digital camera I’ve owned and tested several incarnations of. The Casio Exilim, originally designed to be ultra-slim (and they are, typically around 1.5 cm thick), have many other endearing qualities travelers will find useful. For those of you who may be in the point and shoot market I’ll focus [...]

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Your Guide To Creating Itineraries (And Hopefully Making Money) With UnAnchor

May 25, 2010 2 comments

Jason Demant, the creator of the travel itinerary platform UnAnchor, breaks down how to use the site (which is free to sign up) and start making itineraries you can sell. Jason gives you the steps to getting signed on to UnAnchor and some tips on what makes a good itinerary (my interview with Jason about [...]

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3 iPhone Apps That Get The Job Done On The Road

May 18, 2010 3 comments

These simple iPhone apps for travelers are the ones you’ll keep clicking on over and over as you travel around the world. They don’t have too many bells and whistles but they get the important jobs done and do them well. Currency It does what the name implies. The Currency app gives you real-time exchange [...]

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Interview With Andrew Playford About Language Social Network LingoMatch

May 11, 2010 10 comments

LingoMatch, a language social network I reviewed a few weeks back, is a free Web tool travelers can use to practice and meet up with others to exchange their language skills. I had the opportunity to interview Andrew Playford, the founder of LingoMatch, to learn more about the Web app and how travelers can make [...]

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8 Ways To Extend Your Laptop Battery On Each Charge For That Long Plane Ride

May 4, 2010 18 comments

Looking at that battery meter to see it draining away as you’re desperately trying to get some work can be frustrating and having you beg for just a few more minutes. There are a few easy ways you can extend your battery life ever so much when you’re running low and need to finish writing [...]

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Be Warned Of Impending Hard Drive Failures Using Free Software

April 27, 2010 7 comments

Most modern hard drives are equipped with Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology (S.M.A.R.T.) which monitors and scans hard drives looking for signs of impending failure. Hard drives are usually only designed to last anywhere from 3-5 years (although can go bad anytime) and if you’re on the road traveling it can be useful to get [...]

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The Quick VPN Hack: Firefox Plugin FoxyProxy

April 20, 2010 0 comments

Sometimes you want to access US-based websites from overseas or Australian TV sites from France, but you can’t since commercial websites often have regional restrictions in place. They can be annoying and prevent you from discounts on everything from airline tickets to hotel reservations. Using a proxy you can easily get around these blocks and [...]

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