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Creation of Internet
ARPANET adopted TCP/IP on January 1, 1983, and from there researchers began to assemble the “network of networks” that became the modern Internet. The online world then took on a more recognizable form in 1990, when computer scientist Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web. -
Smartphones with apps.
The BlackBerry's where the first phones in which you could install apps. Business users in the U.S. started to adopt devices based on Microsoft's Windows Mobile, and then BlackBerry smartphones from Research In Motion. American users popularized the term "CrackBerry" in 2006 due to the BlackBerry's addictive nature. -
GPS
The Global Positioning System, originally Navstar GPS,is a satellite-based radionavigation system owned by the United States government and operated by the United States Air Force. It is a global navigation satellite system that provides geolocation and time information to a GPS receiver anywhere on or near the Earth where there is an unobstructed line of sight to four or more GPS satellites. Obstacles such as mountains and buildings block the relatively weak GPS signals. -
Itunes
We all need a little distraction when travelling, the creation of Itunes helped us to travel just with our phones without needing an ipod in order to listen to music -
Hotel? Trivago
It's cuurently the most famous app for tarvelling .Trivago N.V., marketed with lowercase styling as trivago, is a German transnational technology company specializing in internet-related services and products in the hotel, lodging and meta search fields. The American travel company Expedia Group owns a majority of the company's stock. -
Spotify
is a Swedish audio streaming platform that provides DRM-protected music and podcasts from record labels and media companies. As a freemium service, basic features are free with advertisements or automatic music videos, while additional features, such as improved streaming quality, are offered via paid subscriptions. -
Google Translate
Not so long ago, there was the need to carry a phrasebook in the language of the place we were going to travel. Today, all that is needed is a smartphone and with the support of apps like Google Translate or iTranslate, the times of struggle when interacting with locals have come to an end. -
Kindel
This creation was a complete revolution for those readers that kept carrying with 3kg more than normal because they packed books that they wanted to read throught the journey. Again technollogy saves us -
Google Wallet
Everything is so much easier with electronic payments. Among the advantages of going cashless it is worth to highlight two of them: the convenience and the lower risk -
HiJiffy
Chatbots allow a person to interact with either a human or artificial intelligence via a chat interface. Bearing in mind that messaging apps are becoming the new social media, it only makes sense that companies start to integrate this type of services in their repertoire. -
First app for disabled people
RNIB is a company that helps blind people in all the difficulties they can have living a normal live. The RNIB proyect of travelling was the result of the project entitled ‘Travel, Transport, and Mobility of people who are blind and partially sighted in the UK. The aim of the was to gain a clear understanding of the opinions and circumstances of registered blind and partially sighted people in relation to travel, transport and mobility.
