Economy Class & Beyond

Norwegian Air Shuttle to drop face-covering requirement

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Norweigan Air Shuttle is updating its policies on face coverings - with the airline dropping the requirement from the 4th of April 2022. Norwegian Boeing 737-800 taking off from Dublin Airport - Image, Economy Class and Beyond  The requirement was put in place on 17th June 2020, with a mandatory face-covering required when flying. This will be lifted on every flight … [Read more...]

TRAVEL TECHNOLOGY: Lenovo Ideapad Flex 5i Chromebook – What are the compromises moving to ChromeOS?

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Most of my IT interactions so far have been with either Microsoft Windows, Apple’s macOS or some sort of Linux distribution (most recently Manjaro, but sometimes Ubuntu).  But a few discussions I’ve had with people have made me cast my eye away at Google Chrome and their Chromebook range. It’s been some years since the first Chromebook came out - and … [Read more...]

Holiday Gift Travel Technology – Budget gifts for the tech-inclined

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We know there’s an electronics shortage out there. But there are some electronic bits and bobs that are out there and could be fun to put in a stocking. Or in a wrapped present. Or wherever you want to put them (but ensure you get consent first). Could one of these be under your tree? Most of these gifts are under $/£50 and at most $/£100. I’ll … [Read more...]

Travel Technology: Desktop-As-A-Service with Shells.com

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Time for some travel technology you can use on the move, as I look at Shells.com and ponder the uses of a Desktop-As-A-Service product. Desktop-As-A-What? Desktop-As-A-Service has been around for years. Some of you might know them better as virtualised desktops. The idea is that all the processing is done in the datacentre, as opposed to your host device. This has some … [Read more...]

TRAVEL TECHNOLOGY: Apple HomePod Mini

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Travel Technology - Apple HomePod Mini Time for some more Travel Technology - this week, looking at Apple's minuture speaker - The HomePod Mini. Is it worth the asking price just to play music and ask it to find where your phone is, or is there a lot more to this speaker? What is it?  Apple’s HomePod Mini is a miniaturized version of their HomePod. It was released … [Read more...]

easyJet adds extra capacity to get people back from Portugal

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With the UK Governments move yesterday, people are scrambling to return from Portugal to the UK, before the country is moved off the green list and onto the amber list.easyJet is responding, with the airline adding an extra 1000 seats.  easyJet Airbus A319 arriving at Birmingham Airport - Image, Economy Class and Beyond  The airline is adding more seats on flights from … [Read more...]