If artists are the guardians of culture, than Austrian artist Manfred Kielnhofer takes that title quite seriously. His eerily beautiful and mysterious "Guardians of Time" sculptures have travelled the world and captured the attention and imagination of millions.
If artists are the guardians of culture, than Austrian artist Manfred Kielnhofer takes that title quite seriously. His eerily beautiful and mysterious "Guardians of Time" sculptures have travelled the world and captured the attention and imagination of millions.
Sometimes it takes a brand decades to use its specific combination of
logo, words, font type, design, colors and value to evolve into a
lifestyle choice. The promise, look, personality and feel is the brand’s
patina. It transcends the commercial transaction igniting what I call ‘magnetic marketing,’
or the time when the buyer and seller travel on the same wavelength,
where they are more tightly attracted to each other, than any other time
in the customer-brand relationship cycle.
The tale of Google and Frommer’s famed travel guides has taken another twist this evening. Associated Press writer Beth Harpaz reports Arthur Frommer confirmed over the phone that he has retaken control of the brand from Google, and plans to continue publishing them in e-book and print formats, as well as maintaining the Frommers.com website. This comes after Google acquired the brand from publisher Wiley in 2012, followed by Skift.com’s revelation last month that it apparently intended to shut production of the books down.
We’re told by a Google spokesperson (check after the break for the full statement) that it has integrated the content acquired from Frommer’s and Wiley into its products including Google+ Local, but returned the brand to the founder and will continue licensing “certain content” to him. Why things took this circuitous route right back to the man who started it all back in 1957 is unknown and terms of the agreement were not disclosed, but we’re sure fans of the budget travel how-tos are happy to see Frommer’s keep going.
[Image credit: Frommer’s, Facebook]
Filed under: Google
Via: Skift
Source: Associated Press
Traveling, even when its meant to relax, can be an immensely overwhelming experience. And sifting through the endless sea of apps supposedly meant to “ease” the process doesn’t exactly help the situation. TripWhat, however, takes those apps you already know and love and combines them to make one, comprehensive conglomerate of an app that takes at least some of the pain out of trip planning. More »
Molon Labe Designs created this concept for airplane seating where the aisle seat can slide in. It’s supposed to cut down on boarding times. But are we really that fat? More »
The truth is that, statistically, planes are one of the safest ways to travel. But with that being said, even walking out your front door is going to come with its fair share of risks. So for all you hyper-paranoid aerophobes out there, the UK’s Channel 4 is producing a documentary—The Crash—that attempts to officially settle, once and for all, which spot on an airplane least resembles that of a deathtrap. More »
Travelers face a dilemma: they’ll often leave a phone in airplane mode to avoid expensive roaming rates or a foreign SIM, but staying offline can break the translation services that might prove vital in a strange land. Google must have heard their plight, as a new version of Google Translate on Android adds the option to download offline packs for 50 different languages. They aren’t as full-featured as their cloud-based equivalents, although there’s good reason for the trimmed dictionaries — at least some packs are over 150MB each. Unless space is just too tight, however, anyone with at least Android 2.3 can ask dónde el baño es without risking some bill shock.
Filed under: Cellphones, Mobile, Google
Source: Google Play
Canon is releasing 2 new models from its “Wordtank” electronic dictionary series on April 4.
“A512″ includes plenty of contents that will be helpful for English study for Japanese for internationally-known TOEIC and TOEFL exams. Users can do a practice listening test of a native English speaker’s voice.
“A511″ is created by collaborating with top Japanese travel agency, JTB, so it is full of international travel information and functions. It has …
Getting the cheapest flights is often a concern, especially if you’re traveling internationally. Google Flight Search is a quick and helpful tool for locating the best prices for flyers, but when the service was launched, it was available only for US-based travelers. Google just recently expanded the service to cover more countries.
Google has now launched the service for five additional countries in Europe, including France, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain and the UK.
The service was launched by Google in 2012 and one of its most important features is the easy-to-use visual flight pricing it offers. At a glance, you can see what it costs to fly into different airports from your home location. This allows you to figure out flexible flights that are near your intended location for less money. The Flight Explorer allows users to see when it’s less expensive to fly, by month or by the day of the week, or to a particular destination.
Hopefully, this is just a first step in a comprehensive launch to cover even more countries.
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