Hasta La Gadget!

When it was unveiled a few weeks ago, Elon Musk’s Hyperloop project sounded almost too good to be true. Dr. Marco Villa, former director of mission operations at SpaceX, was among those who didn’t get the memo from the naysayers, as he’s just joined a team set on elevating Hyperloop from fantasy to reality. The crowd-sourced startup platform JumpStartFund enabled the group’s formation after the Hyperloop plans were posted there in August; since then, a handful of talented individuals, led by Villa, received permission from Musk to work on developing the project. Joining Villa on the mission to make your high-speed travel dreams a reality is Dr. Patricia Galloway, who once served as president of the American Society of Civil Engineers (and was, notably, the first woman to hold that title). While the rail line is still a long way away from fruition, Villa seems optimistic, stating, “There does not seem to be any technical issues on this project that we can’t solve, even if we do not know right away, we will figure it out.”

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Via: The Verge

Source: JumpStartFund

It may not be as convenient as, say, Three UK’s attempt to abolish data roaming frustrations, but today AT&T has partnered with yet another WiFi hotspot provider to make sharing those vacation pictures with cubicle-bound chums that much easier. International hotspot outfit Fon and Ma Bell have inked a deal that opens their respective WiFi networks up to each other’s customers, though jetsetters will need a device compatible with AT&T’s WiFi International iOS and Android apps. That’s not the only catch, either. Like with AT&T’s other hotspot arrangements, patrons of the US carrier will already need a roaming data plan to take advantage of the free 1GB of WiFi per month — a 300 or 800MB Global Add-on package, in this case. Well, like everyone says: there’s no such thing as free international WiFi sharing agreement data.

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On the heels of a promoted tweet purchased to criticize British Airways’
luggage handling processes, the airline rallies back with an
unprecedented social media marketing initiative to mark the launch of
two of its newest aircraft. By converting a hypothetical into an
actionable challenge, BA begs the question: Who would win in a race between a Tweetliner and a Dreamliner?

A picture is worth a thousand words and having 10,000 Instagram followers is apparently worth more than $150. At the recently opened 1888 Hotel in Sydney, Australia guests can stay one night for free if they contact the media department to show their social media mettle and follow the hotel on Instagram, of course.

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Taxi cabs transport us wherever we need to go – to work, when parking is
a chore; from a bar or restaurant after we have had too much to drink;
out to get groceries when no car is available; and to the airport when
preparing to jetset. Most cab users ultimately end up taking a variety
of personal belongings on board. And while trying to load them in a
rather small space, it becomes fairly easy to leave objects behind,
particularly after a long night of drinking, and perhaps even a bit of
backseat PG13 activity with a date!