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Travel Distribution Summit

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May 23-24, 2013 – London, England

CTIA 2013

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May 21-23, 2013 - Las Vegas, NV

Connectivity Week

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May 2013 - Santa Clara, CA

Maker Faire

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May 18-19, 2013 - Silicon Valley, CA

Net Profit

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May 2013 - Cape Town, South Africa

Lithuanian Start-Up Demos Cool GooGPS Travel App on Tablet PC

admin — Thu, 02 May 2013 17:53:04 +0000

I discovered (and used) an interesting new GPS app from a Lithuanian company when I was in Vilnius Lithuania recently.

They call it GooGPS, and the model is data for travel and tourism for visitors. Imagine a Samsung like tablet PC that is loaded with all the best of a city - main attractions, festivals, events, museums, churches, restaurants and hotels, that is light enough to hang around your neck while you meander through a new city.

Then, imagine along side of that data, you have access to all your social apps like Foursquare, Twitter and Instagram, a video camera for easy capturing and a browser to check email....all on a device that is connected 24/7 and limited for E10 a day.

UAB is a global pioneer that is successfully developing a new business model – rent of tablet PCs for travelers. These guys have created a set of programs called “interactive travel guide” that works with a modified Android operational system.

In the system which is within a portable 7-inch tablet, you have 3D navigational maps, connected to their controlled interactive guide with places of interest, routes and audio content.

It is currently available for visitors to Lithuania and Latvia with plans to expand to other regions in the future.

I tested it out for the day, which included site seeing in Vilnius, the main city and the outskirts. The only glitch I had was limited battery life, so the tablet died half way through my day but when it was up and running, it worked like a charm and was fun to use. Below is a video of me chatting to the product manager.

World Economic Forum Africa

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May 8-10, 2013 – Cape Town, South Africa

Digital Hollywood Spring

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April 29-May 2, 2013 - Marina Del Rey, CA

Milken Institute Global

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April 28-May 1, 2013 – Los Angeles, CA

Fortune Brainstorm Green

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April 29-May 1, 2013 - Laguna Niguel, CA