Social Travel: Rediscovering the Friendly Skies Editor’s note: TechCrunch contributor Semil Shah is an entrepreneur interested in digital media, consumer Internet, and social networks. Shah is based in Palo Alto and you can follow him on twitter @semil We’ve heard...
Montana-based mapping startup onX raises a round of funding fit for Big Sky Country A mapping startup based in Missoula, Mont., which allows users to download sophisticated offline topographic maps outlining public and private lands and a number of other features...
Your Next Passport Could Be On The Blockchain A blockchain tinkerer named Chris Ellis has created a system to build an actual digital passport that, through use of the Bitcoin blockchain and some encryption, will allow you to identify yourself online and off. Called...
With 3X The Active Users From A Year Ago, Skout Launches A Feature For Traveling Vagabonds Skout, the app for meeting new people that picked up $22 million in a round led by Andreessen Horowitz last year, is adding a feature for travelers who want to scope out people...
Colombia Is One Of Latin America’s Most Promising New Tech Hubs Ten years ago, the idea that Colombia would become a burgeoning hub for any dynamic industry beyond its notorious drug trade would have struck most observers as far-fetched. As recently as the turn of the...
