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Travel planning startup led by longtime tech investor combines human insight and AI

GeekWire

The Steller travel app allows users to search content created by other travelers and AI to help with the trip-planning process. Founded in 2014 as Expedition Travel Advisor Inc., Ten years ago, Steller’s story-building app for image and video creators was a GeekWire “App of the Week.”

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Prediction: Video-conferencing will help drive increased business travel

Trends in the Living Networks

Yesterday I gave the opening keynote at Global Business Travel Association Australia/NZ’s annual conference , on The Future of the Global Economy: The Opportunities. My keynote focused on the major economic, technological, and social shifts under way and how they impact business travel and how it is managed in organizations.

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How to Download YouTube Videos to Watch Offline

Gizmodo

Watching YouTube videos is all well and good while you’ve got a stable internet connection, but there might be times when you don’t have a high-speed link to the web—on vacation, on your travels, on your commute. To prepare for these situations, you might want to download YouTube videos in advance for offline viewing.

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5 takeaways from SXSW 2022: Web3, holograms, spatial audio, social justice, and tacos

GeekWire

While much of the festival felt familiar, it was clear that the tech landscape has changed in some exciting ways while we were all on video calls. “We see a future where volumetric video and your hologram will be your passport to the metaverse.” Heightened emphasis on social justice & equity. WXR Photo).

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Why avatar-based social gaming app Rec Room doesn’t consider itself a ‘metaverse’ company

GeekWire

They can then use those avatars to travel into one of a few million player-created “rooms,” where they can play games, create custom experiences, and socialize with other users. Despite its status as a virtual social space, Rec Room doesn’t consider itself a “metaverse” company.

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The future of travel and tourism: safe adventures, real-time guidance, and new frontiers

Trends in the Living Networks

Last week, as part of the ongoing weekly future series on the Morning Show, I spoke about the future of travel and tourism. Click on the image below to watch a video of the segment. The spaceships that allow space tourism could enable far faster global travel , including potentially 4 hour flights from Sydney to London.

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Where Video Analytics Falls Into Your Big Data Strategy: 5 Use Cases

CTOvision

Big data analytics has become so popular that other types of analytics have branched off from -- things like social analytics, predictive analytics, and more. One area that is receiving a great deal of attention is video analytics. Perhaps the most common use of video analytics happens in regard to surveillance and security.

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