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Luxury travel is reaching new heights every day with prestigious airlines vying to woo the elite travelers by offering more in-flight luxuries for effortless travel. In the news is Etihad Airways, which installed its current first class seating in 2006, but have now gone for another opulent makeover with their new suite all in a short span of three years. The executive treatment includes a private cabin with sliding doors with Arabic-style detailing for privacy, and even more room than the existing Diamond First Class. The seat now extends into a fully-flat bed (80.5 inches in length), and comes equipped with a built-in massager, lumbar support and adjustable headrest, as well as power sockets, an Ethernet port and audio jack.

In its day, Trumpy was the biggest name in yacht-building. John Trumpy & Sons was responsible for crafting wooden yachts for such notable clients as the DuPonts, the Guggenheims, Howard Hughes and even the White House, with the U.S.S. Sequoia. All in all, Trumpy produced some 450 vessels from the 1900′s through 1974, when the shipyard closed up shop. Now they’re back again, rebranded as Trumpy Yachts, with two new yachts for the same owner.

Alex Suarez says he was enamored with the original Trumpy yachts, but wanted something with modern ammenities. So the revitalized Trumpy is building him a 125-foot motor yacht and a 138-foot sailboat that embody the classic design and construction methods of the originals with all the contemporary accoutrements he could ask for: the motor yacht has a smoke stack that opens into a jacuzzi tub and sun deck, wine cellars, full-beam staterooms and even a helipad. Its sailing fleet-mate, meanwhile, has tender compartments that can be flooded to create saltwater swimming pools right onboard. Jealous? You can have a piece of the action, too: Suarez is setting up Classic Yacht Partners to offer fractional ownership in both vessels. But if you’re not interested in sharing, Trumpy already has a whole range of designs on offer. For the right price, of course.

Trumpy yachts

*NEW* Camera Zoom – Now zoom in on subjects to get that close up shot.
*NEW* Camera Manual – Lots of hints on the best way to take photos on your iPhone.
*NEW* – Redesigned user interface.
*NEW* – Now compatible with iPhone OS 3.
To start with you can capture group photos just by saying “cheese” or making some noise. Now capture that perfect shot just when everyone is ready.
Anti-shake stabilization helps eliminate those blurry photos.
A timer lets you setup timed group photos. You can set the interval between 2 and 30 seconds. Just tap the numbers when the timer pulls up to change the timing interval.
Finally the big photo button makes it easy to capture those photos without having to try and tap the tiny photo button potentially missing that candid shot. Just tap the screen to take the photo.
Camera guides help you compose and align photos based on known photographic principles.
We also keep track of the number of photos you are taking with a little reminder in the upper corner. Reset the count to zero by tapping it.
Start using this camera app today and you will quickly be replacing the default camera application.

Camera Genius is $0,99 in the Apps Store

Travellers looking for city maps and advice face an overwhelming array of alternatives, all competing with a slightly different approach. Whereas recent entrants such as Tripwolf, Offbeat Guides and TripIt all strive to provide some tailored package representing the best of what’s on the web, however, a new Swiss startup aims to focus instead on what a local friend might say, presented artistically with hand-drawn notes.

Launched earlier this month, A la Carte Maps are designed to combine guidebook, tourist map and original art in one. Currently available for six cities?Barcelona, Munich, Zurich, Shangai, Tokyo and Washington, DC?A la Carte Maps present an array of each city?s best-kept insider tips on a beautiful, 70-by-42-cm, hand-drawn map. An accompanying welcome letter provides key information about the city in question, such as where to exchange money, how to get around, what to do on a rainy day, etc., while access to a comprehensive city database?provided with each purchase?adds even more insider information as well as the ability to create a customised itinerary. In addition to its curated “My City ? la Carte” maps, A la Carte also allows seasoned travellers to create their own, customised maps of a city with their own notes and artwork. Both types of map are ad-free and matt-laminated, and are priced at EUR 8.90; A la Carte donates 10 percent of the profits from each map to a social project in the city it represents.

Maps have always been an essential tool for travellers of every kind, but in this era of technology-enabled mapmania, they are the focus of perhaps more attention than ever before. With its unconventionally personal and hand-crafted approach, A la Carte could stand out amid the sea of web-focused competitors.

Thanks Springwise

It?s not long ago, when gizmodo rightly guessed that bikes with chains are an endangered species, and it is indeed turning out to be a remarkable innovation, despite being unpalatable when it comes to its durability. While it may be a bit too early to declare it a new cycling revolution but Trek?s District Carbon Bike sans the chain but a belt drive, points the early signs of new generation market of pedals. As the new technology always fall in the high-end realm of the market, it was expected the same with the Trek?s new innovation, that comes at a whooping cost of $3,360. So, while budget maybe one of the issues that could take up the slack but not to forget that innovations obey the law of natural growth.

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The next time you go shopping for kitchen appliances you might want to consider a finish other than stainless steel, glossy black or chrome. Of course color can be a dangerous thing in the wrong hands, but the Bistro line of toasters from Bodum come in one of 8 different colors that manage to be bright and cheerful but not blindingly tacky. And it

The SendStation PocketDock is a handy little Line Out adapter that I

The BookArc is a simple stand designed to take your fancy Apple laptop and turn it into a desktop computer. Sort of.

Essentially, it’s a sexy stand that holds it vertically and puts it on display, lining up the ports for plugging in stuff like a monitor, keyboard and mouse. For people who like having a large setup at home but want to be able to bring their computer with them on the go, this is a good solution.

This AirPro Cordless Air Compressor looks the part all right, what with that nice chunky battery block on the base and the matt black plasto finish. And look, Ma, you get twin LED work lights to make it easy to see the nail sticking out of the tyre in the dark. Marvellous. $69.95.

The AirPro rechargeable compressor works to keep you riding on air with minimal effort on your part! The AirPro cordless air compressor offers a powerful 120 psi. With a 15-inch air hose, the AirPro rechargeable air compressor can be used for a wide variety of purposes. From car and bike tires to sports balls and a host of other inflatables like rafts and tubes.