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Update From gosimply: The Service is Not for When You’re Suddenly Stuck at The Airport
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After my whiny post which illustrated the challenges I had with the gosimply service, a nice email came (below) in from Tim Hagger, Managing Director at gosimply. In it, he makes it clear that the service is designed to provide a pass 24 hours ahead of time, not when you discover at the airport that [...]
04/15/2009 11:53 PM
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U.S. Investors Bail on Virgin America: Can They Stay “American?”
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The Wall Street Journal reports:
The U.S.-based investors in Virgin America, the discount airline founded by Sir Richard Branson, recently cashed in their stakes in the startup carrier, according to people familiar with the situation — raising new questions about whether the airline can continue to comply with U.S. airline “citizenship” rules.
If the don’t replace this [...]
03/11/2009 12:35 AM
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Wireless Industry Agrees to Standardize on Phone Chargers!
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Say hallelujah. The Wall Street Journal reports that a consortium of 17 handset makers and cellular operators have agreed to agree on a standard charger for all member phones. Apparently, discarded chargers currently create more than 51,000 tons of waste a year.
Expect deliverance from charger hell by 2012.
02/18/2009 12:18 AM
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Better Than Bluetooth: Lenovo Laptops to get Email Via BlackBerry, Even When Asleep
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Lenovo Group Ltd and Research In Motion Ltd., have created an accessory card that will download e-mail through the owner’s BlackBerry, even when the computer is off or asleep. This from Salon:
That means that when the ThinkPad boots up, new e-mail will already be loaded. There’s no need to establish a secure Internet connection to [...]
02/17/2009 01:49 AM
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Bad Week for Virgin America: Blogger Black Eye and Imminent “Competitive Harm”
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According to the Wall Street Journal, Virgin’s battle to prevent disclosure of their financial and traffic data has come to an end:
The airline has sought to keep its data under wraps, claiming it would suffer “competitive harm” if forced to open its books.
Rivals have pressured regulators to make Virgin America disclose a range of performance [...]
01/30/2009 03:51 AM
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Commercial Flights Becoming The New “Flying Office” For CEOs
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In todays Wall Street Journal, reporter Joann S. Lublin provides us with a piece titled Claiborne’s CEO Crams Into Coach to Cut Costs. Seems quite appropriate for a blog titled InFlighHQ. Lublin describes how in these times of financial distress, more and more CEOs are flying coach.
Twenty-eight U.S. companies, from Altria Group Inc. to [...]
12/30/2008 12:45 AM
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Accessing Airport Lounges with Gosimply: Simple it ‘Aint…
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That is if you are uninitiated with the service and/or at the airport when you decide to access a lounge (or at least a Continental President’s Club lounge…)
I’ve been intrigued with gosimply for some time and decided to try it today. The promise is inviting:
Relax in 1st class comfort and treat yourself to an executive [...]
11/06/2008 08:37 PM
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Business Travel Tip: Hotel Loyalty Plans are Worth It
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The Wall Street Journal crew recently did some research into the actual value of several Hotel Loyalty Plans that seem to be adding perks all over place, often generously enough to be valuable for even the infrequent traveler who can’t rack up sufficient night stays.
It turns out that in most cases, the free membership [...]
09/25/2008 06:49 PM
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Copytalk: Transcription on the Go — Sadly, it’s Fatally Flawed
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The idea sounds fabulous: Call a number, talk for up to 4 minutes , hang up and a human types it up and emails it to you. Call the service as often as you want.
The reality does not quite live up to the promise however.
I’ve been using the service for over a year and [...]
09/06/2008 05:10 PM
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American Airlines began offering in-flight Wi-Fi on Wednesday
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According to Reuters, on Wednesday, American Airlines started offering the option to buy in-flight Wi-Fi to passengers on some of their flights. The service costs about $13 for the flight, but doesn’t let you do VoIP, most likely just to keep the bandwidth use in check.
The service, which has been in the works for [...]
08/22/2008 01:29 PM
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