Technology That is Upgrading Tourism Business

Technology That is Upgrading Tourism Business

Technology has revolutionized the tourism sector over the past decade and will continue to do so over the next few years.

This is one of the main conclusions of the report by the consultancy GlobalData, which has dissected what are  the 6 most important technological trends in the tourism sector to be taken into account in 2018.

"Travel revolves around valuable human experiences, but in order to be successful, companies must create a balance between technological innovations and the human element." Improving customer experience must always be taken into account by companies in the world. tourism sector when it comes to investing in technology ", summarizes Elena Mogos, associate analyst of digital travel and tourism at GlobalData.

It is not about creating a hotel application on the mobile phone or offering the possibility of boarding a plane using a QR code on the  smartphone, but how to integrate the latest technological trends in the tourism sector to improve the experience of the clients and the profitability of the industry (from hotels to airlines to travel agencies or tour guides).

The study not only highlights the use of devices or cutting-edge technological solutions, but also offers glimpses of new business opportunities in the sector. Something especially attractive for a country like Spain, which is currently the second world tourist destination with 82 million tourists.

Here you have the 6 most important technological trends of the tourism sector to be taken into account in 2018.

Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality

Lufthansa VR Glasses
The tourism industry has reinforced its commitment in recent times by the technologies of virtual reality and augmented reality, which are used primarily to promote content or anything that can serve to improve customer experiences.

Some airlines have already ventured to use virtual reality solutions in order to teach their customers how inside their aircraft cabins are, an idea that seeks both to improve the sale of tickets and reinforce auxiliary services on board.

Lufthansa, for example, started a pilot project at the Frankfurt airport last spring in which it offered passengers the opportunity to experience the advantages of traveling first class up to 40 minutes before takeoff, at the same boarding gate, with the aim of convincing passengers to request an upgrade to change class and gain in comfort.

Virtual reality glasses are also becoming more common in the travel agencies with which, for example, you can experience in the first person how it is to walk the paradisiacal beaches of the Riviera Maya or live extreme sports activities. An alternative to old paper brochures or YouTube videos that, according to different experiments, has a much higher conversion ratio.

Artificial intelligence

Caravello App

Artificial intelligence is one of the fashion concepts of this 2018 in the universe of technology and its impact on the tourism sector is much more immediate than many can imagine. One of the most obvious examples is the use of chatbots and virtual assistants  who are starting to use different airlines, some of them developed by the Spanish startup Caravello.

These assistants offer automated solutions to the client that go from the purchase of a ticket of an airplane in 15 seconds until the search of destinies or experiences from a price determined by the user. The Hilton hotel chain took that idea a step further in 2016 with the presentation of a robot receptionist using the IBM Watson artificial intelligence platform.

One of the technological challenges that the tourism sector faces are use and interpretation of  big data, the vast amount of data describing our habits and tastes, for example, offer solutions useful for both the customer and the hotel.

It is not just that the system automatically offers a family discount in the hotel restaurant when it detects that a family has booked a room, but even orders to suppliers can be anticipated and adjusted according to the type of customers each week have the establishment.

How Technology is Helping Tourism

How Technology is Helping Tourism

The technology is updating tourism with a lot of useful stuff like the Internet of things, voice searches, wearables of Disney system and internet connectivity. 

 

Internet of Things (IoT)
Anyone who has ever traveled by plane knows very well the anguish of facing the baggage belt when landing at the destination airport, especially if it is a trip with several stops. The fear of losing bags goes through airports around the world every day and has a simple solution thanks to the development of the Internet of Things (IoT).

 

Studies suggest that the demand for smart luggage will add 2,400 million dollars in 2022, a figure that reflects the growing interest in providing solutions to the sector ranging from the implementation of smart sensors to Bluetooth devices or, above all, the RFID tags that they can be easily identified automatically.

 

These systems of digital tracking of the suitcases allow knowing at all times where they are and, in the case of airlines such as  Air Delta, the passenger can consult it in real time through an app on the  smartphone.

 

But the IoT revolution in the world of tourism goes much further. The technology already allows today to replace the keys or access cards to the hotel by mobile phone, so that the guest only has to bring their device to the door to open their room, a solution in which companies work Spanish as Checkin. 

 

Voice searches
"Voice control is going to be the most disruptive technology in the next five years, because the implementation of artificial intelligence is going to take more time," explained a few months ago the president of Expedia, Barry Diller, during a conference in Las Vegas.

 

Voice searches are increasing at an exponential rate thanks to the the emergence of the  smartphone,  smart assistants such as Siri (Apple), Alexa (Amazon), Cortana (Microsoft), Bixby (Samsung) or the Google version, as well as being driven by the arrival of intelligent loudspeakers, increasingly frequent not only in homes but in the rooms of many hotels.

 

This type of systems can be very useful for multiple tasks and services ranging from communication with a reception (especially if it is foreign tourists) to the request of room service, the recommendation of plans or places to eat or the agenda of hotel events.

 

The potential for the industry is enormous because, although the technology is still in an incipient state today, the idea is to offer a specific solution to the client's question, instead of the dozens of alternatives that have to face when making the same request by writing it on Google.

 

Connectivity
When traveling, people want to remain connected to the rest of the world, either to look at possible places to go, read recommendations for places to eat or have a drink or, above all, to share their experience with friends and family. through social networks.

 

That's why connectivity is an essential factor that more and more hotels take into account in the customer experience; The lack of Wi-Fi coverage in a room can generate frustration that is translated into a negative comment for the establishment, with the danger, that this can entail.

 

But in addition to offering comfort to the user, connectivity can also, be used to boost energy efficiency in order to save costs with measures ranging from turning off lights and air conditioning in empty rooms to the use of artificial intelligence for the system to calculate When it should start to work so that the guest finds the room at the ideal temperature when entering through the door.

 

And of course, WiFi is also an increasingly important element in air travel, a matter in which airlines such as Iberia, Vueling, British Airways, Lufthansa, Norwegian or Air Europa have gotten fully involved.

 

Wearables 
Despite the fact that the industry is moving at a slower pace than expected,  wearables can be guessed as one of the most disruptive elements in the tourism sector.

 

A smartwatch already serves today to board an airplane without the need to print any paper and not even take the mobile phone out of his pocket. Some models can serve to guide the user to reach any point in the city with simple directions.

 

Another good example of how  wearables  are transforming the tourism sector is Disney's MagicBand, an intelligent bracelet that connects to the infrastructure of the theme park and that serves both to access attractions and to pay at food establishments without having to take out the purse.

 

This Disney system also allows establishing a predetermined route through the theme park with which its users can save the endless queues of some attractions: the bracelet will warn the visitor in real time which is the next attraction to visit according to the established schedule.

 

The issue is not just watches or smart wristbands: smart glasses can serve to offer a much deeper experience to the user in a museum to be able to access tons of information through the help of augmented reality.

Make your android phone faster

Make your Android phone faster

If you are a user of Android phones you should know that it is an operating system that does not escape the ravages of time. 

 can be as effective as resetting factory settings when restoring the device's performance and responsiveness. 

It is possible that some of the files in the cache may become corrupted over time, causing all kinds of performance problems, such as applications that load slowly or that close suddenly, that have lag or that are completely blocked and they require that you reinitiate them by force. 

How to clear the cache in Android

As we said earlier, 

Android 9 Pie (9.0 and higher)

Although this task used to require that users initiate the mobile in the recovery mode to access and eliminate the cache, from Android 7.1 onwards, 

Clear the entire cache with Google Files

It seems strange that the only solution to eliminate the cache of applications together in Android Pie - 

1. Download Google Files from the Play Store. Be sure to give the application permission to access your storage and use of the application during installation.
2. Open the application It will automatically inform you about the junk files you have, applications you do not use, and large files that take up a lot of extra space and that you can delete.
3. Remove these strange files and applications to improve phone performance

Clear the cache of some applications individually in the Android 9 Pie configuration menu

Although you can not erase the cache of all applications together with Android 9, 

1. Open the Settings app on your device
2. Go to Applications and Notifications> See all
3. Touch the name of an application, then touch "Data usage"
4. Click on "Clear cache"
5. Repeat in all applications

Older versions of Android (7 or less)

If there is the remote possibility that you are running an even older version of Android, 

1. Turn off your device
2. Keep the power and volume buttons pressed until your device boots in the recovery mode.
3. Select the language you prefer
4. Select "Clean data and cache" and then "Clear cache"
5. Select yes to confirm
6. Once the removal process is finished, select "reboot" in the main menu to restart your device and complete the operation.

The IMessaging tool of Google is Saturation?

 The IMessaging tool of Google is Saturation?

The instant messaging tools on the market are dazzling and seem to be saturated? However, Google wants to borrow another product to create another wave. According to The Verge, Google has developed a new communication tool called "Chat", but this is not a normal app, but the brand name that will be used in the RCS (Universal Profile of Rich Communication Solutions).  In other words, Chat can replace the old SMS tool, so that everyone can communicate like iMessage, but the content of Chat is not encrypted. At the beginning of this year, Google has said that 43 home appliance network operators and equipment manufacturers have signed documents to support RCS, and today it has increased to 55 home appliance network operators, 11 OEMs and 2 OS platforms: Google and Microsoft support ( What about Apple?).
If successful, Chat's new features will appear directly in Android's messaging app (and some synchronization processes are needed, non-telephone devices are more likely to require QR code to access permissions), and subsequent messages can be moved by moving data. Transfer, not the traditional phone tariff plan. The user sends a text message like an iMessage. If the other party's device supports RCS, the content will automatically become rich text and vice versa. To find out what it feels like to actually use it, see the demo video above in MWC USA. 

As for Allo, Google's Anil Sabharwal said they "suspended" the development. This seems to be because Google wants to focus on the development of the messaging app, but the Duo video calling tool that was launched in the same period will continue to be retained, and Hangouts will go to the market that is biased towards the enterprise. 

In the past few years, Google has been working hard to develop tools for RCS support. Currently, it plans to launch Chat in the next 12 to 18 months, but the success of this new product depends on the support of operators.

 According to The Verge, the US Sprint is already compatible with Android devices using RCS, and T-Mobile is about to join, but AT&T and Verizon have no relevant timeline.

Top 10 games for mobile phones with the best HD graphics of 2019

Top 10  games for mobile phones with the best HD graphics of 2019

Power without control is useless. That's why, even if a game looks spectacular, it will not be much without solid gameplay on which to sustain itself. That said, mobile games in HD are the order of the day, and some already have graphics that rival even those of the consoles themselves.

If you have a high-end phone, with a good GPU and a large and colorful screen, you may want to try one of these AAA games for Android. Titles where good graphics prevail, yes, but with a game experience that is worthy.

Next, we tried to gather games of different genres, both adventures, like RPGs, arcades and shooting games. It is certainly a rather subjective list, so do not hesitate to leave you opinion in the comments area with your personal recommendations.

Asphalt 9: Legends

We started with one of my favorites. I'm a fan of racing arcades, like the classic PS3 Blur. This Asphalt has the same essence: impressive graphics and crazy gameplay that takes you away from the simulation in pursuit of pure and hard fun. The best thing of all is that it is not necessary to have a phone from the ciborium to enjoy it. One of the best graphics games for Android, without a doubt.                      

Cover Fire

A shooter of the lifetime, but with graphics that take your breath away. This wonder for mobile devices has more than 60 offline missions and several game modes, including multiplayer. One of the AAA games for Android best valued by the community, with a score of 4.7 stars and more than 10 million downloads.

Darkness Rises

Darkness Rises is a very generic and linear action RPG, but often visual section: simply impressive. To take your breath away. The great incentive, apart from the graphics, is the great level of personalization that we can apply to our character, where we can choose between 4 basic classes: warrior, assassin, sorcerer and barbarian. 

A hack'n' slash where we will have to defeat waves of enemies with our ax, sword or spells, to the sound of beautiful visuals and very well polished. Highly recommended if we have a terminal with a powerful CPU and a good AMOLED screen.

Injustice 2

The sequel to "Injustice: Gods Among Us" keeps everything that made its predecessor great. A fighting game with 3 on 3 battles with some of the best DC comics characters like Superman, Flash, Batman or Green Lantern. 

Although the gameplay is adapted to mobile devices, in essence, it is very similar to its console version. The graphics are the most attractive, with special movements and attacks full of spectacularity.

Rival Knights

Also known as "Duel of Knights" is one of the best HD adventure games for Android. Developed by the well-known Gameloft, it is a vertical game in which we must fight against other hairs in a duel with spear and horse. A medieval title capable of making good use of your smartphone with its 3D animations and a very original and fun game dynamic.

PUBG Mobile

If we are looking for a title that can take advantage of our hardware, that is PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds. The popular shooter that aroused fever by battle royale also has a free version for mobile. 

More than 100 million downloads and a pretty good pace of updates with interesting news every so often to keep alive the flame of this excellent survival game.

Bike Unchained 2

If you like the typical racing games with bikes and mobile bikes, but you are looking for something a little more realistic, take a look at this title. Developed by Red Bull, the second installment of Bike Unchained offers mountain bike races with real cyclists, many stunts and various natural environments. A different and fun sports game.

Shadowgun Legends

A colorful shooter and an impressive visual section. A game that will remind classic AAA console-like Halo and Destiny, with that futuristic touch and graphics "over the top". It is a free title with in-app purchases of cosmetic objects, well the "chicha" of the game is concentrated in single player campaign mode.

Sdorica Sunset

All a candy for the eyes. After 4 years of development, Rayark Games has released this little gem with really beautiful designs and atmospheres. If you like anime and fantasy worlds with that light touch "Studio Ghibli", check out this RPG. You will not be disappointed. You can not miss both the 2D animation scenes and the soundtrack.

Lineage 2: Revolution

One of the best games to exploit the graphics power of our high-end smartphone. We are facing the mobile version of the well-known Korean MMORPG, with some impressive visual  that explode in epic battles of up to 200 players in real time. All with a beautiful rendering running under the engine of Unreal Engine 4. If our phone supports it and we are fans of the genre, it is a game that we should definitely try at least once.

I'm sure he left me several games in the pipeline, such as Dragon Ball Legends, Tekken or Dead Trigger, which are also quite worthwhile. What do you think is the mobile game with the best graphics of the moment?

How to know the smartphone is Infected ?

How to know the smartphone is Infected?

A flaw in the security of WhatsApp, one of the most popular messaging applications in the world, has allowed hackers to install spyware on phones. This was announced by the company, which also owns Facebook. 

The vulnerability - reported for the first time by the Financial Times and born following the latest update of WhatsApp - has allowed hackers to insert malicious software on mobile phones through telephone calls on the app that is used by over one and a half billion people in all the world.

" WhatsApp encourages people to update the latest version of our app, as well as keep the operating system up-to-date, to protect themselves from potential attacks that aim to compromise information stored on mobile devices, " a spokesman told AFP in a statement. The company did not disclose the number of interested users but stated that it had reported the matter to the US authorities.

The problem was discovered in early May. The virus, technically a ' spyware ', is a program that steals information, for example on the web activity or on the camera, and sends it to a third party, exploiting a software vulnerability. " Spyware has all the hallmarks of a private the company is known for its collaborations with some governments to release spyware can seize control of the operating systems - he explained the spokesman for Whatsapp -.

We contacted Citizen Lab and human rights groups solved the problem and published a software update. Our engineers have discovered that people who are targets of the infection can receive one or two numbers that they don't know, and during the call, the virus is installed.

What are the Differences between Smart TV integrated and Smart TV Android ?

What are the Differences between Smart TV integrated and Smart TV Android?

Today I will talk about the differences between Smart TV and Android Smart TV.

Smart TVs or smart TVs usually have different operating systems, some of which are their own, although there are also TVs that use Android.

If you want to choose the best Smart TV, the operating system is one of the things you have to keep in mind.

But also, we have the external players or TV box that also usually have Android as an operating system.

I hope it helps you see the advantages and disadvantages of each one. Personally, I am more supporter of Android.

Applications

This is one of the biggest advantages of the Android operating system. The large number of applications you have thanked the Google Play store. Any Android Smart TV has many more applications than a TV can bring.

But not only that but also do not stop going out, updated, given a large number of developers.

Keep in mind that Android is and will be present in many devices. So any news, we will have it safe for our small device.

Updates

Android is a system constantly updated. This means that when we buy our Smart TV, we can have some software update available.

It is a somewhat tricky topic, given that some manufacturers put their Android device on the market and do not update it, but they have their explanation.

It turns out that with Android Smart TV, it happens the same as with smartphones and tablets, which usually or not receive updates.

And this is because the devices are manufactured with technical features such as processor, RAM, etc., prepared for the version of the operating the operating system.

If there was an upgrade to a higher version that needed more RAM or more processing power, our device might not work properly.

Of course, this has nothing to do with applications, of which we will receive constant updates.

Company

Android is Google and Google is Android. This means that we have behind us one of the largest companies in the world, with all the advantages that entails.

I am not against any other device that does not have Android. But if it's true, Google will not let millions and millions of users down.

Economic

As in everything in life, there is a variety of prices for everyone.

Forgiving an average price, any external Android device or TV box with acceptable characteristics, is around less than 100 Euros.

For that small price, we can provide many capabilities to any television.

Compatibility

It does not matter if you have the latest LED TV with 3D and 1600 Hertz, as if you have a TV that occupies the bottom of the furniture 15 years ago.

Any TV Box device can be connected and used in (I will say almost not to say all) almost all TVs worldwide.

If you have an old one, we will use the RCA connections. If you have a modern one, connect it via HDMI and enjoy high definition.

Which one do you prefer?

Luckily, the best-known brands such as Samsung or LG have a quality Smart TV and we will access many applications.

But in case we want to have something else or adapt to our old TVs, we can always opt for an Android Smart TV.

I hope you like it and if you have any questions, I'll wait for you in the comments.