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RSS m-ticketsForget the netbook: The future of mobile is wearable
News When you wanted something you didn't have embedded in the device, like a phone number or even so much as theatre tickets, you were actually connected with a person in a call centre who went and made those arrangements... [18 May 2009]
Cyber attack warning for London 2012 Olympics
News The ability to link these attacks together would lead to no transport, no accommodation, that tickets are not valid and that communications have broken down," said Blunkett. Former home secretary David Blunkett has... [28 Apr 2009]
High speed TGV trains get online
News The company envisages passengers being able to use the portal and onboard wi-fi to read up on their holiday destination and even buy tickets for local attractions. Wireless from A to Z Click on the links below to find... [26 Mar 2008]
Dear silicon.com... 'me hearties shun Vista… techies on the move?… bosses out of tune
Comment Music industry wants share from gig tickets resold online I think the resale of tickets on the internet should be banned. It has lead to a situation where people buy as many tickets as... [06 Dec 2007]
Manchester City FC trials mobile tickets
News Manchester City Football Club has launched a trial with Orange to allow fans to use their mobiles to enter the stadium instead of producing a ticket, following a similar trial with wave-and-pay smartcards. [22 Oct 2007]
Rail passengers to get free on-board wi-fi
News National Express said it will also build a simpler "one-stop shop" website to highlight the cheapest tickets available, introduce smartcards by 2010, provide real-time travel updates to mobile phones and allow passengers... [14 Aug 2007]
Mobile rail ticketing 'on track in Midlands by 2012'
News He said 20 per cent of tickets would be on smartcard technology for the franchise, which runs lines to Birmingham, Liverpool and London throughout the West Midlands, by 2012. The standard should allow... [02 Aug 2007]
Mobiles to kill cash at music festivals?
News If the trial is successful, the technology could become integral to mobile ticketing, allowing consumers to download tickets to their mobile phones which they would then swipe past a reader to access the festival, O2 said. [04 Jun 2007]
CIO Essentials: iTunes, Glastonbury tickets and Bluetooth ads
News Ever wondered what CIOs are reading on silicon.com? Our latest feature - CIO Essentials - puts you in the picture. Each week a leading IT chief picks his or her top stories from the past seven days and explains why they matter. [10 Apr 2007]
Will's Web Watch: Why I'm not in captcha rapture
Comment If you're having to go back and forth between pages, trying to find the best seats, or trying to alternate dates to find available tickets you seem to get a captcha test at every turn. Tired of having to type out the... [10 Apr 2007]
Will's Web Watch: Glastonbury and lessons in uptime
Comment Why in this day and age does buying tickets online mean staring at error messages on overloaded websites? However, having come so close to missing out I can sympathise with the 200,000-plus people who like me saw nothing... [02 Apr 2007]
Upwardly Mobile: What's on my Christmas list
Comment It's like the Oyster card is over here but as well as paying for your transport tickets, you can buy all sorts of ephemera, like cans of drink or newspapers, by placing your card on readers in shops and vending machines. [14 Dec 2006]
Pick up the tab with your mobile
News Some towns in Germany are testing the technology to let people buy electronic bus tickets and loyalty cards. A US company has launched a service that lets customers pay restaurant bills by text. Feed Tribes launched its... [30 Nov 2006]
Home chip and PIN readers 'make shoppers feel secure'
News Cardholders in the UK use it most to pay bills (17 per cent) but it is also used to order tickets, clothing, holidays and travel. According to MasterCard-commissioned research, one in four (28 per cent) of consumers... [15 Nov 2006]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Travel pains
Comment And of course you can always check-in and print the tickets at home or the office 24 hours before you fly. In the meantime get all family members airline cards - as I suggested above - and book your seats online and... [24 Apr 2006]
