Reading an ebook is a simple task: push a button or touch the screen to turn the page, and if you want larger font or another background color, open the settings. Keeping things simple is not always easy, but Thorium Reader is an application that has managed to do just … Read >
A voice of reason about concerns of regularly accessing media on a mobile device or PC: “a recent review of over 200 studies about social media concluded there was almost … Read >
Reuters Institute has published a survey on news business that highlights the key trends for 2020. Overall, the results don’t feature any dramatic surprises, but rather reinforce the trends already happening. The most concrete, the most likely to … Read >
Unesco nominates destinations in all parts of the world as World Heritage Sites annually. Only the destinations that have outstanding universal value and meet at least one out of ten selection criteria can be listed as heritage sites. In 2019, 11 out of 29 … Read >
Travelers who have visited a popular tourist destination during the high season surely have experienced never-ending crowds, time-consuming queues, and overpriced restaurants and shops. Overtourism is an emerging problem, particularly, in select cities in Europe. World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) and JLL have published a study that rates cities … Read >
Tourism is a key industry in Australia that is studied in universities. Professors of the University of Canberra have published a study The social media tourist gaze that focused on the effect of social media on travel. They discovered a relatively rapid transformation of travel interests and experiences caused by … Read >
Just like newspaper and magazine editors who don’t understand how they coped without statistics of articles published in their print products, I don’t understand how I survived without apps introduced in one of our 2019 articles. No wonder the post about writing tools made it to the top 10 list … Read >
A city break in Europe is always a fascinating experience, but choosing a new exciting destination that matches the earlier trips can be a challenge. British consumer association Which surveyed its members for the best cities in Europe to visit right now.
Which published the … Read >
Italy Revives Abandoned Villages as Experiential Travel Destinations
Entrepreneurs are reviving ancient villages that have been almost completely abandoned in Italy. The concept is to rebuild existing worn out or ruined buildings as inns or guesthouses that provide high level hotel services for guests. … Read >
Artificial intelligence (AI) is a software technology that usually relies on large amounts of data that is fed to smart algorithms for making informed choices. It is not black magic that solves all the problems of the world, but AI has been successfully used for specific applications. Book publishers, newspapers … Read >
