Ear To The (Geek) Ground - Important Tech Developments Applicable to Tourism

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    Search used to be older, established sites and blogs Now, new, real-time information is getting more visibility through the inclusion of tweets and Facebook in Bing and soon, Google searches

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    1. Ear To The (Geek) Ground: What’s New? Sheila Scarborough Tourism Currents For Red Carpet Country Tourism
    2. Here it comes!
      • Mobile
      • (did I say “mobile” yet?)
      • Microsoft’s Bing Search Engine
      • Custom maps using Google Maps
    3. Mobile
      • Smartphones – the Web in your purse – “is ramping faster than any tech cycle I've seen in modern times." Mary Meeker at Web 2.0 Summit last week.
    4. Mobile
      • Smartphone + social media = huge
      • iPhone a big game changer, but….
      • Tons of new phones coming
        • Google’s Android
        • BlackBerry
        • Palm
    5. Photo courtesy Melissa Sconyers on Facebook
    6. Google Challenger - Bing
    7. Customized Online Maps
    8. This just in….
    9. Courtesy Andres Musta on Flickr CC
    10. Takeaways….
      • It’s moving faster than ever
      • Keeping track of Facebook, etc. is not child’s play any more.
        • Yep, Twitter is actual work.
      • Don’t be spooked by tech
      • Find trusted teachers/mentors
    11. Thanks for your time!
      • Sheila Scarborough
        • @SheilaS
      • @TourismCurrents
      • @BeckyMcCray
      • [email_address]
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