A Great, Free App to Help You Get Around on the NYC Subway I just returned from New York City, where I took the subway a couple of times from Manhattan to Brooklyn. One of my local friends suggested I download NextStop to… Johnny Jet , May 8, 2018
QuakeFeed: The Earthquake App That Tells You What You Need to Know As I wrote in this week’s Travel Website of the Week post, I was at lunch in Manhattan Beach when last week’s 5.3-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of southern… Johnny Jet , April 10, 2018
The Service That Gets You Money Back for Hotel Room Price Changes At the end of last year, I wrote about Service, an app that monitors your upcoming flight reservations to get you compensation for delays and cancellations. Well, Service also offers… Johnny Jet , March 14, 2018
How to Turn Your Phone Into a Polaroid Camera What if I told you that there’s a small device that can turn your phone into one of those classic Polaroid instant cameras? The Prynt Pocket is billed as the smallest… Johnny Jet , February 28, 2018
How to Stop Forgetting to Water Your Plants Before and After a Trip I use FollowUpThen often to remind me of appointments, of tasks and to water my plant. I’ve had the same plant for over 25 years! For those that don’t use… Johnny Jet , February 13, 2018
How to Translate Signs and Objects in Dozens of Languages In the old days (by which I mean 15 years ago), when I traveled internationally it was challenging. There wasn’t any Wi-Fi and there weren’t any apps to translate signs,… Johnny Jet , January 30, 2018
Find Your Face in a Famous Painting With Google’s Hit App If you spend a lot of time on social media, you’ve probably heard about Google’s Arts & Culture app that all of a sudden became the most-downloaded app in the… Johnny Jet , January 23, 2018
This Mindfulness App Is One of Apple’s 2017 Apps of the Year One of my New Year’s resolutions is to slow down and be more calm. It seems the Calm app (iOS and Android)—one of Apple’s apps of the year for 2017—is… Johnny Jet , January 16, 2018
The App That Helps Blind Travelers Get Around the Airport I recently read an article in the Miami Herald titled “Blind travelers can get around an airport more easily with new app.” It’s an interesting read, and it makes the… Johnny Jet , January 10, 2018
How to Get Paid for Flight Delays and Cancellations If your flight to or from Europe has been delayed by two hours or more, an app called Service may be a big help to you. Service scans your inbox… Johnny Jet , December 20, 2017
You Can Ask Siri to Identify the Plane Flying Above You Next time you see or hear a plane overhead, ask Siri to find out the details. In the past, whenever I was curious about a plane flying above me I… Johnny Jet , December 13, 2017
How to Find Places You’ll Love in Cities Around the World Don’t you wish you had a cool cousin in every city you visited who had the 411 on places to go and eat? Well, thanks to this free iOS app… Johnny Jet , December 6, 2017
The Amazing Art App That Works Like Shazam Smartify, a London-based company, just launched what may be the Shazam of artwork. Smartify is a free app available for both Android and iOS with which users can scan art… Johnny Jet , November 20, 2017
How to Take a Still Photo While Shooting Video on an iPhone Today’s tip is a simple one. If you’re like me, I bet that at some point while recording video on your iPhone, you’ve wished you were able to snap still photos… Johnny Jet , November 15, 2017
The Free First Aid App That Everyone Needs to Download Right Now Natalie and I just hired a babysitter to watch Jack a few hours a week so that we can get some solid work done. When I asked our (highly recommended)… Johnny Jet , November 6, 2017