USA.gov is in the process of revamping their web presence and with it, they've launched not one, but four new mobile apps: "Product Recalls," "My TSA," "UV Index," and "My Food-a-Pedia." If this was a Green blog or a tech blog we'd probably spend this post mocking the UV Index thing, which is useful information, which is why people in the Southwest have it bundled into their weather reports or mounted as a widget (having the information with you outside seems to miss the point). But since this is a travel blog, we're going to focus on the My TSA application, available on the web or for your iPhone.

Your government has paid programmers to produce an application with four sections: an official TSA airport status report, a list of permissible carry on items, a "TSA Guide" with sections like "dress smart," and a wait time crowdsourcing feature. Technically the crowdsourcing feature is two separate sections—you can either post times or view times—but whatever. ]]> Omri 2010-07-07T16:08:16-05:00 http://www.jaunted.com/story/2010/4/12/17122/5640

Believe it or not, we've been tooling around the world and checking in on Foursquare since last summer, but now that the location-based social networking site actually has our friends on it—and you, our readers (you're our friends, too)—we're opening it up and giving Jaunted its own account for highly personalized travel tips. Like we said over two months ago, Foursquare has the ability to change the way you travel.

Be our Foursquare friend and, aside from occasionally seeing what corner of the world we're kicking it in, you'll have our best tips pop up when you check into somewhere we've been before. We're not newbies to this game, so expect lots of great little secrets in our location tips (like if checking in at a certain place will help you earn you a coveted badge).

Jaunted on foursquare
HotelChatter on foursquare
VegasChatter on foursquare

Now to just get to the North Pole for that "Last Degree" badge!

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]]> JetSetCD 2010-04-12T17:12:02-05:00 http://www.jaunted.com/story/2009/11/2/5556/56664

Too many travel companies create iPhone apps just so they can say they have iPhone apps. In response we've been known to point out how stupid that is, though we've been nowhere near as brutal as our sister site HotelChattter. There's just something about travel companies wasting money on fads - and then passing those costs on to us - that makes us all very stabby.

But that's not to say we're against iPhone travel apps as a rule. And just to prove it, we've rounded up five of our favorite free travel-related iPhone apps from September and October. These apps will help you book hotels the way people actually book hotels, help you locate restaurants the way people actually locate restaurants, and help you maximize your time at Disneyland. Because it's the Happiest Place On Earth.]]> Omri 2009-11-02T09:44:20-05:00 http://www.jaunted.com/story/2009/4/15/8234/86200

Back in the old days, before you kids got all these newfangled Robots and Compact Discs and Moving Pictures, traveling was a genuine challenge. You trekked to the airport for miles through the snow - uphill, mind you - wondering all the while if they would have an airplane that could take you somewhere close to where you wanted to go.

"Somewhere close," by the by, was good enough. You were going to get lost once you got there anyway. So no reason to be picky.

Now travelers have this iPhone thing, which is basically like cheating. There are applications that track flights, map out attractions, and manage everything in between. We know because every day we get inundated by dozens of "Top 5 iPhone Travel Apps" posts. The current Google count for that search: 3,310,000. By the way, have you seen our own Five Best iPhone Apps for Your Next Trip?

Instead of all that nonsense, how about just using a single travel app? Or, failing that, a single app and just one small friend so it doesn't get lonely?]]> Omri 2009-04-15T09:31:38-05:00 Search Jaunted string http://www.jaunted.com/search/