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Feb 2, 2017
New Cool Up-and-Coming Travel Gadgets - February
New Cool Up-and-Coming Travel Gadgets - February
Apple, Google And Microsoft Will Roll Out Foldable Phones With The Help Of LG While Samsung Will Make Its Own
itechpost.com/articles/20161217/apple-google-microsoft-will-roll-out-foldable-phones-help-lg.htm
Samsung already has plans for two foldable smartphones on the table. In fact, the expected release date of these phones is this year.
Jan 30, 2017
Family Road Trip Getaway To Snowy Hudson Valley
Family Getaway To Snowy Hudson Valley
My wife's birthday was earlier this week. For birthdays we do not give things, but instead, we have decided awhile ago to give each other experiences. Tangible gifts are for other times of the year. For this celebration, and since we have not taken a long vacation in awhile, we took off three days during the week to go up North to the Hudson Valley, specifically New Paltz and the grandiose resort Mohonk Mountain House. Below is our experience and travel and gadgets tips.
Getting There
Jan 26, 2017
Travel News - Gadget Related - January
Travel News - Gadget Related - January
5 ways tech will make flying better in 2017
businessinsider.com/how-tech-will-improve-air-travel-2017-1
A Luggage Tracker Mobile App
Jan 23, 2017
Amazon Tap with Alexa and How It Is Useful For Travel
Amazon Tap with Alexa and Travel
Amazon Echo, with Alex artificial intelligence assistant, is a home based hub that responses to a verbal request with responses on a multitude of topics. It can play music, tell you the weather, latest sports scores, and news headlines. Through skills that are available on Amazon's Alexa Skills page, Echo can increase a number of topics that it is able to answer. Amazon Tap is similar to Echo, except it is designed to be portable, making it great for travel, and needs to be tapped to activate.
Through learning these skills and quite a few companies developing new ones, Alexa is broadening out into the travel world.
Heading Out
Find out from Alexa what the weather is like outside and get a forecast.
Order Uber for your trip using Alexa.
City Guides
Alexa can also "learn" city guides. You can find out information within major cities, as currently available, before heading out to sight see.
Jan 16, 2017
Super Bowl LI Travel & Gadgets
Super Bowl LI Travel & Gadgets
Super Bowl LI will be held at NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas on February 5. On the east cost at this time the temperatures are around 36 degrees Fahrenheit. While in Texas, they are around 67°F. That feels a lot better and requires a lot less clothing.
This also means lighter packing. So grab your sunglasses, gadgets, and tickets, if those are still even available, and head over to the big game.
Smartphone
There is a multitude of ways that this device would come in handy before and during the game. You can keep track of the latest news on the weather, roster, team news, and such. You can also watch the game on the phone while out and about
Phone Charger
Not going to get far without one of these if you use your phone quite a bit. And you want a power bank that can charge a phone several times and has at least 5000 mAh. As well as do it quickly with 2.0 or higher USB connection. Below chargers meet all of these criteria and then some
Video Camera
A photo captures a frozen moment in time, video, on the other hand, lets you revisit the moment like you were there once again hearing and seeing everything again as well as share it with others.
Camera
I don't think it is even necessary to say digital camera nowadays, it is a given. Phone cameras are nice for a quick shot or some selfies. Though to get great shots of the area, the event, the action, and your entire group, you would need a camera with great optical zoom and fast shutter speed.