Tagged With "Digital"

I'm not sure if all of their reasons to why tourism is up in Manchester are right, but at least some of them are. I think the main reasons tourism's up is that people are discovering how nice a destination it is and how inexpensive the city can be compared to London. And they tell their friends. Visit Manchester has really done a great job promoting the city and it's paying off. Here's a trip report from Gumbo! https://www.travelgumbo.com/blo...ty-will-surprise-you

Just a few of the recent steps taking air travel further into the 21st century.   American Airlines, which recently traded in its 40-lb pilot books for iPad-based and rapidly updated files, is now doing the same with its flight attendant...

Germany is building a new bridge on the Autobahn at Nuremberg which will use embedded sensors to provide maintenance and traffic information.

Mandarin Oriental launches a 'Digital Detox' program to help spa guests deal with the stress of a digitally connected lifestyle.

I met a war vet many years ago. He laughed as he told me about coping with stress. "When you stop in your car and the guy behind flashes his lights at you. Again and again. You get so stressed. When I was a young man I had the same problem. Lights flashing in my rear view mirror. But I was flying a Spitfire Aircraft. The flashing lights were his forward machine guns as he tried to shoot me down. Now THAT was stress"

Have you considered life as a digital nomad? This post looks at how the world is changing as people adopt a mobile digital lifestyle (sponsored content).

London had a record—just under 17 million—overseas visitors in 2013, even more than in the 2012 Olympic year.   Meanwhile, Manchester, hometown of the Industrial Revolution and of one of the world's most famous soccer teams would like more visitors.

I've never set out to document Paris at night, never had a conscious plan to record a particular area or its life. These are just selections from several visits, held together only by the late hour or by something that pleased me.