Audiobooks have become popular in situations when reading a book is not possible, such as driving a car, while doing household chores or simply when it is time to let the eyes rest. Even the popular music streaming service … Read the Story
This road trip started from southern France, Cote d’Azur (also known as Riviera, here is a Riviera guidebook), continued to northwest Italy via the lower Alps, passed through Mont Blanc along a long tunnel that ended in Chamonix France, continued to … Read the Story
During our travels in Central and Southern Europe, I have been surprised to find out how popular activity hiking along the ancient pilgrim routes in France, Spain and Portugal is. The pilgrim destination is Santiago de Compostela … Read the Story
During the summer of 2021 it became obvious that many travelers had chosen their own cars, campervans and motorhomes to tour Europe instead of flying to a remote island faraway from home. Camper parks, camping sites, and motels had customers to … Read the Story
The annual European Capital of Smart Tourism competition is intended for cities in the EU region that want recognition for their work in making travel more sustainable and accessible. Digital technologies provide possibilities to achieve … Read the Story
Instagram is so dominant social media service for sharing photos that trending hashtags and number of likes for images indicate the popularity of not only photos but subjects on those pictures. Inkifi, a photo … Read the Story
Self-publishing News: New Year New Predictions
Alliance of Independent Authors takes a look at developments of 2018 that are likely to strengthen in 2019. Subscription platforms, artificial intelligence and blockchain are the usual suspects in the … Read the Story
Large English-language markets, such as the US and the UK are leading the transition to ebooks, but large European countries, like France, Germany, Italy and Spain are beginning to turn to digital reading as well. A survey conducted in France indicates … Read the Story
I have seen many kinds of street-side libraries where book lovers let passersby and neighbors take a book from the selection. If these readers have books they can donate, they may return a title into the selection. A Bookcrossing box in … Read the Story
Bill Gates Discusses His Lifelong Love for Books and Reading
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Bill Gates is the man who started the personal computing and software revolution in the late 1970s – early 1980s when his company Microsoft managed to make … Read the Story
Public libraries all over the world have a new problem to solve: how to provide the best possible services to citizens when the core service of a library – printed book – is transforming to digital format. Ebooks can be checked … Read the Story
In 2016, my long project of photographing and writing a travel guidebook about Lapland was completed and the book will be published in early 2017. Since it was a long project, photos from Lapland has been included in earlier galleries as … Read the Story
