This New Screen-Sharing App Will Help You Stay Connected A startup based in New York called Mimicr has launched a screen-sharing app for mobile phone (currently Android only) with voice calling capability. A lot of screen-sharing apps facilitate screen-sharing… Johnny Jet , February 5, 2019
How to See How Long the Security Line Is at Canadian Airports Last week we featured the MyTSA app as our Travel App of the Week. Thanks to reader Ross Craig, I now know about the Canadian equivalent: the CATSA Breeze through… Johnny Jet , January 29, 2019
How to Save Money in Las Vegas I think it’s safe to say that no matter how much money you have in your bank account, you still want to save money when you travel. Since Las Vegas… Johnny Jet , November 28, 2018
How to Sleep Better on the Road and Bring Calm Into Your Life I don’t think anyone would disagree when I say that travel can be very stressful. Many people even have a hard time sleeping away from home (and/or shortly after they… Johnny Jet , November 6, 2018
How to Easily Turn Photos on Your Phone Into Prints Do you remember the days when on vacation you had to take photos with actual film? And when you got back, you had to wait about a week to get… Johnny Jet , October 30, 2018
Download This London Tube App Before Your Trip I just returned from London, so I thought it would be the perfect time to feature Tube Map London Underground, a free and popular app (available on both iOS and… Johnny Jet , October 23, 2018
The Windsurfing App That Pilots Use to Track Wind When I was in Barbados a couple weeks ago, everyone was monitoring Tropical Storm Kirk. In the process I learned about Max Tracker (the hurricane app) and Windfinder, which one commercial airline… Johnny Jet , October 9, 2018
Windy: The Best Free Weather App on the Market? Windy (formerly known as Windyty) is an extraordinary tool for weather forecast visualization. It’s fast, intuitive and detailed, and it’s considered one of the most accurate weather apps out there…. Johnny Jet , September 18, 2018
How to Make Sure You Eat Gluten- or Peanut-Free While Traveling I’m not sure how I’m just learning about Nima now, since it’s been around for a few years. In 2015, it was even named one of Travel + Leisure’s best travel… Johnny Jet , September 11, 2018
How to Pay Tolls Using an App PayTollo is a brilliant new app that allows users who don’t have an E-ZPass to bypass cash toll lanes and cruise through express toll lanes. The app is available for… Johnny Jet , August 15, 2018
An Android Alarm App That Wakes You Up Gently I’m very fortunate to own my own business, which means I rarely have to wake up to a dreaded alarm clock. Don’t misunderstand me: I still wake up early, and… Johnny Jet , July 24, 2018
A Great App to Have With You in an Emergency Rescuer is a revolutionary and hands-free safety alert app that allows smartphone users to text their location plus pictures and audio of the scene in front of them to emergency… Johnny Jet , June 19, 2018
A Great, Free, Offline-Ready Navigation App I received a great app recommendation (iOS and Android) from a listener of Leo Laporte’s The Tech Guy show: “Hi Johnny, I enjoy listening to you on The Tech Guy. I travel… Johnny Jet , June 12, 2018
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
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