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Korea demands facial and fingerprint recognition to all inbound tourists starting Jan. 2012

Tweet December 28th – Fingerprints and facial recognition will now be demanded for all incoming international guests to Korea beginning January 2012. This procedure was first required in July for longer-term visitors. Except for people exempt from compulsory distribution of such information by law (e.g. foreign federal authorities, worldwide organization representatives, etc.), any foreign visitor [...]

Google Unveils New Flight Search in US

Tweet Google has begun to reap the rewards of its $676m acquisition of the airline fare tracker ITA Software earlier this year by launching a flight-price search system for flights between US destinations. Their new search engine, at http://www.google.com/flights, arrived in a low-key launch, after the takeover was sourly opposed by rivals including other travel [...]

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