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Airbnb raises $555 million in new funding- now it is worth for $30 billion

Airbnb has raised $555 in order to reach the expected value of $850 million; this is a sign to show that the company is growing globally. A source which is close to the company confirms its earlier reports. The funding round is reported by the company named Alphabet, which is the parent company of Google. This $550 million has risen towards $850 million, and the field is about to rise, because of this act. The round valued Airbnb at $30 billion and it has become one of the biggest startups…

Russia threatens Google over Ukraine map names

When Russia annexed the Crimean peninsula of Ukraine in 2014, it created ongoing issues of many sorts, and now one of them involves Google’s mapping

Google’s latest: Virtually visit Loire Valley chateaus

Armchair travelers will soon have a new destination: the fabled chateaus of France’s Loire Valley. Google has signed up 18 of the chateaus for the

Google tests ‘Trips’ App

Google’s new mobile travel app, Trips, is being tested by a small group. The new app allows people to keep track of past and future trips. Using Google Map data, it

They Googled WHAT? 2015’s Top 10 Travel Questions

You can google just about anything—note the lower case ‘g’—but only Google is keeping track of what people are looking for, and releases annual lists of

Google offers flat $10/GB for data in 120 countries for travelers

Google with their Project Fi stated a flat rate $10 per GB data plan that works in 120 countries. Order a data only SIM, put

On the road with your phone? There’s apps for that

Photo: simplesucker.com (makers of plastic windshield mount for phone) Getting ready for a road trip still calls for packing and getting in the car, but

GPS: All roads lead to…a tiny Austrian village

Since July, the software for Garmin’s popular GPS devices has tried to direct a bonanza of tourist traffic to Preitenegg, Austria, seen above. Perhaps you’ve

Switzerland tries new buses with no drivers

If Google’s self-driving cars seem a bit futuristic (even if one got pulled over by a cop for going too slow), consider this: starting next

California cops: How do you ticket a driverless car?

That’s the puzzling question faced by cops in Mountain View, CA the other day. Mountain View, where Google…oops, Alphabet…is the most prominent corporate citizen

Airbnb raises $555 million in new funding- now it is worth for $30 billion

Russia threatens Google over Ukraine map names

When Russia annexed the Crimean peninsula of Ukraine in 2014, it created ongoing issues of many sorts, and now one

Google’s latest: Virtually visit Loire Valley chateaus

Armchair travelers will soon have a new destination: the fabled chateaus of France’s Loire Valley. Google has signed up 18

Google tests ‘Trips’ App

Google’s new mobile travel app, Trips, is being tested by a small group. The new app allows people to keep track of past and future

They Googled WHAT? 2015’s Top 10 Travel Questions

You can google just about anything—note the lower case ‘g’—but only Google is keeping track of what people are looking

Google offers flat $10/GB for data in 120 countries for travelers

Google with their Project Fi stated a flat rate $10 per GB data plan that works in 120 countries. Order

On the road with your phone? There’s apps for that

Photo: simplesucker.com (makers of plastic windshield mount for phone) Getting ready for a road trip still calls for packing and

GPS: All roads lead to…a tiny Austrian village

Since July, the software for Garmin’s popular GPS devices has tried to direct a bonanza of tourist traffic to Preitenegg,

Switzerland tries new buses with no drivers

If Google’s self-driving cars seem a bit futuristic (even if one got pulled over by a cop for going too

California cops: How do you ticket a driverless car?

That’s the puzzling question faced by cops in Mountain View, CA the other day. Mountain View, where Google…oops, Alphabet…is

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