Each year, Travel+Leisure asks its readers to vote for the best hotels, airlines, resorts, cruise lines, cities, car rentals, and even islands. In many categories, results are more or less as one might expect, but some major surprises can be found, for instance, in … Read >
Icons is a sign language that crosses all language barriers
One of the best aspects of traveling is to chat with local people. Without local language skills, however, even asking for help can be difficult in countries where mastering foreign languages is not regarded important. A translator app on mobile phone is handy, but not all people want to interact … Read >
Travel news digest: Airbnb says road trips are in, EU opens borders for tourists, campervan packing tips
EU to allow visitors from 14 countries in July
European countries are opening their borders for travelers in July 2020 after the first wave of corona virus has subsided. Travel within EU is mostly allowed (Sweden is an exception), and 14 countries outside the EU … Read >
People like to get news from social media, although they don’t trust the services
At first, it may feel strange that photo sharing service Instagram and messaging service Whatsapp are developing into news channels. That’s what Reuters Institute Digital News Report 2020, a survey that examines … Read >
Try typing on a historical typewriter at the comfort of your computer
Typing was a loud task at the time when writers used mechanical typewriters. You had to firmly hit the keys so that ink ribbon passed enough ink to a sheet of paper to form a visible character. The loudest source of noise sometimes was the writer who discovered a hopeless … Read >
Do travelers really need VPN security for their laptops and mobile devices?
If you travel for work, have adopted the lifestyle of a digital nomad, or simply access any online services that require you to login with personal credentials while on the road, VPN (Virtual Private Network) greatly increases your online security. I’ll show you three … Read >
Ebook news digest: travel is resuming, digital product licenses, working from motorhome
News about ebooks, writing and travel
Rick Steves about travel writing and the slow return Of European travel
Travel professionals seem to agree that travel will resume in the second half of 2020, but primarily it will regional and conducted by car. As Rick Steves puts … Read >
Bookstores report strong growth for ebooks as people are staying home
Year 2020 may be remembered as a pandemic year, but it may also be remembered as the year when ebooks made a breakthrough to the mass market in countries where print books dominated reading habits. Just like … Read >
It takes longer to read a legal agreement of a popular online service than to read a book
If you had read the Terms of Service for Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or Google, you would have realized how much data the online services collect about you. Well, you not the only one who skipped it. The reason why only few people take the time to read those (often) obfuscated … Read >
What is the best tablet with ereader screen?
The question “What is the best tablet with ereader screen” may mean something else for the person who presented it as it means to our editorial team. In any case, we take the question as a challenge, and try to … Read >