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End of the road for Cabana: Seattle travel startup shuts down camper van rental business

GeekWire

Cabana’s customized Ford Transit cargo vans included beds, storage, bathrooms, and internet. LinkedIn Photo) The startup let campers rent custom-built cargo vans designed for travel and Instagram-worthy photo ops for roughly $200 a night. The Ford Transit vans included beds, storage, bathrooms, and internet.

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Why Internet Performance Monitoring is the new frontier in a distributed world

CIO Business Intelligence

This ecosystem relies heavily on core internet services such as DNS and BGP, while networks have evolved to embrace a variety of complex architectures, including IPv4/6, WAN, SD-WAN, SASE, EDGE, and 5G technologies. Learn more about how to ensure the resilience of your Internet Stack with IPM Networking

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Travel Industry Revitalized by Seamless, Secure Payment Options

CIO Business Intelligence

With a travel resurgence already well under way, it’s essential for industry organizations to ensure they are offering consumers payment options that are not just convenient, but that also reduce risk and instill confidence with every transaction. Global and domestic credit, debit and prepaid cards. Tools for preventing fraud.

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Is AI technology the future of travel?

Dataconomy

Travel industry players are excited about predictions that AI could add around $1 trillion extra to the global tourism industry by 2025. Marketing companies are also babbling excitedly about AI’s ability to create hyper-personalized trips for travelers. But the travel industry is not new to AI. AI is (merely!)

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Starlink launches satellite Internet service for RVs with no waitlist

TechSpot

The service supplies Internet access on an as-needed basis anywhere Starlink provides active coverage. Users can pause and reactive service at any time to accommodate travel schedules, but service is charged in full monthly increments and cannot be pro-rated. There is no waitlist either – all orders will ship shortly.

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Seattle startup Cabana pitches vanlife vacations as travel alternative during pandemic

GeekWire

Communities across the country are beginning to re-open but air travel remains a risky prospect. Cabana’s custom-built Ford Transit vans include beds, storage, bathrooms, and internet. Meanwhile, companies that help travelers find campsites — like The Dyrt and Hipcamp — are seeing big spikes in demand. Cabana Photo).

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Net Threats: Internet Openness in Danger

CTOvision

The study targeted thousands of Internet experts to measure their thoughts and concerns about the future of the Internet. War ignited this year over Net Neutrality, with government officials, lawmakers, Internet service providers, entertainment providers, and even comedians joining the fray.

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