Gumbo’s Pic of the Day, Aug. 15, 2015: Dom Luis I Bridge, Porto
August 15, 2015
This stunning bridge connecting Porto, Portugal and its sibling Vila Nova da Gaia across the Douro River is a great place for a view
This stunning bridge connecting Porto, Portugal and its sibling Vila Nova da Gaia across the Douro River is a great place for a view
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This stunning bridge connecting Porto, Portugal and its sibling Vila Nova da Gaia across the Douro River is a
Vienna already has 200 free WiFi spots—and that will be doubled by the end of 2015!” Vienna is going public WiFi in a big way, with 150 free hotspots (not yet the 200 advertised in the poster)…
Airbus, which recently filed design patents for a huge follow-on to the A380 also has its mind on smaller and faster. Last week, they filed for U.S. patents on technology and design for a plane that would fly at more than 4 times the speed of sound…
A new use every day for aerial drones. This time, it’s a video of the midnight sun in Norway’s Arctic
Imagine sitting in your armchair with a virtual-reality helmet and a remote control and “visiting” the streets of your favorite city, an art gallery, the Grand Canyon, or…? There have long been travel documentaries and the like for armchair…
Got to feed the hungry baby: growing air traffic means higher fuel usage. You may have noticed a number of announcements and articlse in recent weeks about airlines signing deals with producers of biofuels–fuels made from plants, from…
United Airlines, which has been plagued by computer glitches over the past few years, some of which have led to disruptions of flight schedules, has given two computer hackers a million MileagePlus miles each for helping find security glitches in…
Almost every day there’s another story about the future of drones for delivery; just look a few days ago in
We’re used to using Google’s Street View tool to walk around cities all over the world, and even through locations such as airports and shopping malls, but now Google has opened a new frontier with its first vertical set, the iconic face of El Capitan…
Hotel concierge apps are becoming very popular with many travelers, and major Hotel brands now consider them as “must-haves”. The apps allow access to a guest’s smartphone and help to anticipate their needs before arriving at the hotel property….