Until now there’s been no easy way to gift someone a portion of a trip (unless, of course, buying an entire flight outright). With Skyhour—a website and app—everything has changed and the process is beyond simple. On the platform, users buy as many “skyhours” they want and select someone to gift. Skyhours are received by the recipient via e-mail, SMS or the app itself. Recipients …
There’s much to love about today’s update to the Swarm app, which is now entering its fifth generation. There’s enough here, in fact, to not only appeal to current users, but also bring new ones to the geo-location service. The primary value? Life-logging, much like a digital diary with a location attached, certainly rests high on the list. This has always been Swarm’s strength—even back …
Available now on iPhone (and soon on Android), Lonely Planet’s new Trips app is a crowd-sourced travel guide—not by editors and journalists but by regular travelers who want to share their pics and tips. With a focus on sharing photos, the app also includes text and maps—making it incredibly easy to use and just as easy to add to. But CEO Daniel Houghton says they’re …
