New application lets you hold Vegas in the palm of your hand
Wondering what to do in Las Vegas if you’re not much of a gambler? With Vegas.com’s new Mobile Concierge and Box Office in your pocket service, the answer can be as close as your handheld device.
Need a parking spot in San Francisco? Check your Smartphone
If you plan to be in San Francisco and you need a parking spot, help can be as close as your Smartphone.
Hotels testing new features
Where can you find a waterproof mattress and wireless electricity? In the X-room, a test guest room at the Courtyard by Marriott in Newark, Del.
Hotels geek out
Today, being a “connected” hotel means a lot more than offering Wi-Fi in each room. Some hotels are really upping the ante with everything from iris-scanning technology to Guitar Hero tournaments.
Paper is out, cellphones are in
Continental Airlines is testing a check-in system that allows passengers to display an encrypted bar code on the screen of their handheld mobile device — instead of a paper boarding pass — as they pass through security.