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Apple idiocy of the day
Several readers are in airport lounges and another is in a coffee shop and have in common the experience of checking with the Apple Store for updates and being told to install Firmware Update 1.7 for...
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Airlines may chase bandwidth hogs, and empty their pockets
The original Connexion by Boeing 737 tester: Wikipedia Commons If there is a between-the-lines reading to be made of an important US conference on in-flight connectivity this month, it is that that the...
View ArticleApple software failure at heart of MEL’s ‘daft’ draft plan
It seems that relying on Preview software to accurately display a PDF document is like using Apple Maps to find directions. Which is pretty stupid given Apple’s gradual retreat from sensible user...
View ArticleForget batteries 787, IATA 787 is more dangerous
Imagine a world in which there were no publicly published air fares, the airlines owned and kept secret their tariffs, and using a variety of spyware or monitoring technologies, offered you only the...
View ArticleIATA’s anti-competitive self harm over air fares deepens
For those who might have thought IATA’s resolution 787 to destroy open competition was ‘unbelievable’ read on to this article by the US Business Travel Coalition (BTC) here. However, for those who are...
View ArticleThe Rise of the Cynical Flyer. Are FFPs in crisis?
It is articles like this in today’s Fairfax media that must be causing concern among airline propaganda units world wide. The report blows the whistle on a ‘free’ customized web browser for Qantas...
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Virgin Australia put to the Sabre by IT stuff up
(AM update. Virgin flights are expected by the airline to return to the normal schedules in full by noon eastern Australian time). It only lasted two hours at its source, but the lingering misery...
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Qantas scam alert undermines confidence in its web security
Shortly after Qantas tweeted a warning to its consumer data base about an unspecified email scam this afternoon this infrequent user of its services remembered deleting via an email preview program a...
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Time to unshare your personal info with airlines?
Should travelers keep their personal lives blurry when they use social media? Moves by IATA and the airlines to screw individual passengers with specially tailored fares based on their personal data...
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