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Category Archives: Apps
The 4 Apps I Use Most for Getting around London (OneTravel)
When visiting a new city, do you ever wonder what apps the locals use to get around? Here’s a look at four apps that I use most often when moving around London. All are available to download for free. Read … Continue reading
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Posted in Apps, London, OneTravel, Shopping, Travel
Tagged addison lee, addison lee app, addison lee minicabs, apps, Bus London App, car service, London, london apps, London blog, minicabs, OneTravel, public transport, transport, Travel, TRAVEL APPS, travel blog, Tube Map App, uber, Uber London, Лондон, ロンドン, 伦敦
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App Helped ‘Make My Switzerland’ Time Super Fun (OneTravel)
As mentioned [on the OneTravel blog] about a month ago, in anticipation of an upcoming visit to Basel I downloaded for free the Make My Switzerland app. Having never been to Switzerland before, I was keen to access the local … Continue reading
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Posted in Apps, Basel, Freebies, OneTravel, Switzerland
Tagged Basel, make my switzerland, make my switzerland app, my switzerland, my switzerland app, OneTravel, swiss cities, switzerland, Travel
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My Basel: Taking the Make My Switzerland App for a Spin
Obviously you’ve heard about Switzerland’s stunning panoramas of and from its mighty Alps. But for my first of hopefully many more visits to this friendly little Alpine nation, I found the views shared via a handy Swiss app to be a real wonder to behold as well. The free to download app, called Make My Switzerland, is available via Google Play and Apple’s App Store and offers a wealth of insider knowledge about the things that savvy locals love best in seven Swiss cities – Basel, Bern, Geneva, Lausanne, Lucerne, Lugano, and Zurich. I gave the app a whirl over an especially fun weekend in Basel, and I’m more than happy to recommend the city and the app to anybody keen to explore a delightful and compact destination that’s big on culture. Continue reading
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Posted in Apps, Art, Basel, Basel City Break, Design, Drink, Food, Freebies, Restaurants, Shopping, Travel
Tagged app, apps, ARCHITECTURE, Basel, Basel City Break, design, free, freebies, Herzog & de Meuron, make my switzerland, make my switzerland app, mobility ticket, my switzerland, my switzerland app, myswitzerland, Rhein, swiss, swissair, switzerland, Travel, travel blog
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‘Make My Switzerland’ App Helps You Discover Top Tips from Locals (OneTravel)
“Choose a city, pick your mood, discover top tips from our locals.” That’s what a relatively new Make My Switzerland app offers visitors hoping to achieve maximum Swiss delight – whether aiming for alpine heights, lounging by the lake or … Continue reading
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Posted in Apps, Art, Basel, Design, Drink, Food, Hotels, OneTravel, Restaurants, Shopping, Switzerland, Travel
Tagged alps, app, Basel, Bern, geneva, Lausanne, Lucerne, Lugano, make my switzerland, make my switzerland app, my switzerland, my switzerland app, OneTravel, swiss cities, switzerland, Travel, Zurich
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3 Easy Photo Editing Tools to Perfect Your Vacation Photos
Okay. So you’re back home from the perfect vacation where you shot some amazing photos. Now what? Sifting and sorting through all those files and editing them can be boring and time consuming while also taking away from moments you … Continue reading
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Posted in Apps, OneTravel, Photography, Travel
Tagged Adobe Photoshop Lightroom, apps, Flickr, Lightroom 5, OneTravel, photo apps, Photography, Pic Collage, Travel, travel photography
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App Review: Cruising with “Two Taps” from Addison Lee Minicabs
If you’ve been paying any attention at all to this blog over the past couple of weeks, then you’ve probably noticed that I’ve been bouncing round between airports a lot more than usual (and having an absolute blast between each bounce). On the ground here in London, the new and improve iPhone app from minicab maestros Addison Lee has been significantly simplifying how I’ve been getting to and fro my flights as well taking a chunk of hassle out of more locally-minded jaunts around town. Continue reading
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Posted in Apps, Freebies, London, Travel
Tagged addison lee, addison lee app, addison lee minicabs, app review, cabs, car service, free, free app, freebies, London, London blog, minicab app, minicabs, review, transport, Travel, two taps, two taps app, Лондон, ロンドン, 伦敦
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MyCheck App Takes the Wait Out of Paying Your Restaurant Bill
A new (to London) restaurant bill payment app, MyCheck, that aims to do away with the hassle of waiting for someone else to process that payment and to put you in control of when can get up to go. I recently tried MyCheck and was impressed … and relieved that the answer to an elusive waiter might be only a click away. Continue reading
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Posted in Apps, Food, London, Restaurants
Tagged app review, apps, bill paying app, busaba, busaba eathai, CALAMARI, Food, London, London blog, mycheck, mycheck app, prezzo, restaurant app, restaurants, review, Лондон, ロンドン, 伦敦
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Win a Neo Starter Kit worth £199 and Control Your Home Heating from Anywhere
Heatmiser’s latest Neo system delivers control-from-anywhere functionality via your smart phone or tablet, making it the most convenient and effective method for controlling your home heating and hot water – wherever and whenever you want. Keep reading for your chance to win a free Neo Starter Kit valued at £199 to help you start taking more control over your comfort and home environment. Continue reading
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Posted in Apps, Competition
Tagged £199, app, competition, contest, heatmiser, home heating, neo kit one, neokit1, retweet to win, twitter competition
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I DAYRE You to Check Out This New App
Heads up! There’s new micro-blogging app out now called Dayre with an aim to make blogging from your mobile device simple and easy. Designed for “busy people dying to say more than is possible” in only 140 characters or with a solitary photo, Dayre allows you to simply post multiple, bite-sized updates from your day that result in one succinct post as a record of your day. Continue reading
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Posted in Apps, Blogs
Tagged apps, Blogs, dayre, micro-blogging, SPONSORED POST, tkichris
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Geneva Weekend – Day 3 – by @vysia
Recently, tikichris contributor Vysia Duffield had the opportunity to explore the Swiss city of Geneva. Invited to Switzerland along with a handful of other London-based bloggers to explore a few Swiss cities using the free to download Make My Switzerland app. Created by actual residents of the cities featured, the app lists hidden gems and places favoured by locals. Vysia reckons the app is great for people who like to venture “off the beaten path” when travelling. “Even better,” she says, the participating bloggers got to meet and explore their chosen cities “with the locals behind the recommendations and see it through their eyes”. Continue reading
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Posted in Apps, Food, Restaurants, Shopping, Travel, Vysia Duffield
Tagged apps, Art, BARS, cocktails, Drink, Food, geneva, Geneva Weekend, hotels, hotles, make my switzerland, my switzerland, swiss, switzerland, Travel, Vysia Duffield
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Geneva Weekend – Day 2 – by @vysia
Recently, tikichris contributor Vysia Duffield had the opportunity to explore the Swiss city of Geneva. Invited to Switzerland along with a handful of other London-based bloggers to explore a few Swiss cities using the free to download Make My Switzerland app. Created by actual residents of the cities featured, the app lists hidden gems and places favoured by locals. Vysia reckons the app is great for people who like to venture “off the beaten path” when travelling. “Even better,” she says, the participating bloggers got to meet and explore their chosen cities “with the locals behind the recommendations and see it through their eyes”. Continue reading
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Posted in Apps, Drink, Food, Restaurants, Travel, Vysia Duffield
Tagged apps, Art, BARS, cocktails, Drink, Food, geneva, Geneva Weekend, hotels, hotles, make my switzerland, my switzerland, swiss, switzerland, Travel, Vysia Duffield
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Geneva Weekend – Day 1 – by @vysia
Recently, tikichris contributor Vysia Duffield had the opportunity to explore the Swiss city of Geneva. Invited to Switzerland along with a handful of other London-based bloggers to explore a few Swiss cities using the free to download Make My Switzerland app. Created by actual residents of the cities featured, the app lists hidden gems and places favoured by locals. Vysia reckons the app is great for people who like to venture “off the beaten path” when travelling. “Even better,” she says, the participating bloggers got to meet and explore their chosen cities “with the locals behind the recommendations and see it through their eyes”. Continue reading
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Posted in Apps, Art, Drink, Food, Hotels, Restaurants, Shopping, Travel, Vysia Duffield
Tagged apps, Art, BARS, cocktails, Drink, Food, geneva, Geneva Weekend, hotels, hotles, make my switzerland, my switzerland, swiss, switzerland, Travel, Vysia Duffield
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British Airways “Perfect Days” App and the Eternal City (Urban Travel Blog)
The gist of my brief Roman holiday was pretty basic: eat a lot of pizza, walk around all over the place and brush up on my street photography. And, in that sense, the day was indeed a perfect one for me. Continue reading
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Posted in Apps, Food, Italy, Photography, Restaurants, Rome, Shopping, Social Media, Travel, Urban Travel Blog
Tagged apps, BA, british airways, British Airways' Perfect Days, Fiumicino Airport, Food, hotel artemide, Italy, Leonardo da Vinci-Fiumicino Airport, leonardo express, metro, Perfect Days, Perfect Days app, pizza, pizza taglio, public transport, public transportation, review, roma, rome, rome metro, sightseeing in rome, social media, street photography, trains, Travel, travel itinerary, urban travel blog
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Good Stuff
Here’s a quick lists of Good Stuff I’ve come across lately and got a kick out of but for whatever reason didn’t make it into their own blog posts on here, my tikichris-to-go Tumblr blog or one of my client blogs. Akari Japanese … Continue reading
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Posted in Apps, Art, Books, Celebrities, Coffee, Design, Food, London, Music, Photography, Restaurants, Shopping, Television, Travel
Tagged 4od, akari, Akari Japanese Kitchen & Bar, anna friel, app, arts bar & cafe, artsadmin, brick lane, channel 4, channel four on demand, circus, cirque du soleil, curry, essex road, Fäviken, GRAYSON PERRY, In the Best Possible Taste, In the Best Possible Taste - Grayson Perry, ipad, japanese, JAPANESE CUISINE, japanese food, khushbu, khushbu grill house, Michael Jackson, Michael Jackson the Immortal World Tour, nordic cuisine, O2 Arena, phaidon, phaidon press, Photography, Reuters, sushi, swedish, swedish food, thomas reuters, toynbee studios, whitechapel, Wider Image, Wider Image Photo App for iPad from Reuters
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Share Your Favourite Place to Smoke a Cigar and Get the London Cigar Guide App for Free
Buzzing social scene or splendid isolation? Where and when do you like to smoke your stogies? Just leave a comment sharing your favourite place to smoke a cigar and you could get the London Cigar Guide app for free. About … Continue reading
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Posted in Apps, Competition, Freebies, London, Shopping, Travel
Tagged apps, cigar lounges, cigar stores, competition, CUBAN CIGARS, free, free app, freebies, London, london cigar guide, mayfair, nic wing, review, smoking lounges, where's the best place to smoke a cigar?
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The Future of Business Travel is Having the Right Digital Travel Companion. Do You Concur?
Viral video by ebuzzing With a strong focus on delivering innovative tools to make business travel easier, Concur is the world’s leading travel and expense management solution available on the market. Say goodbye lost keys, flight details, paper itineraries and … Continue reading
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Posted in Apps, Hotels, Travel, Video
Tagged apps, business travel, CONCUR, EXPENSE MANAGEMENT, SPONSORED POST, Travel, TRAVEL AND EXPENSE MANAGEMENT SOLUTION, TRAVEL APPS
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Win a FREE Limited Edition Lumix Olympic Games Camera with “Panasonic Flag Tags”
So the London 2012 Olympics are soon coming to a close. Yes, the Paralympics are on their way and promise lots of continued sporting excitement. But – wow – what an amazing two weeks (plus the few years of build … Continue reading
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Posted in Apps, Competition, Freebies, London, London 2012, Photography, Social Media
Tagged app, camera, compact camera, competition, flag tags app, free, free camera, freebies, giveaway, limited edition, Limited Edition Lumix Olympic Games Camera, London, london 2012, london 2012 olympic games, london 2012 olympic park, lumix, lumix olympic games camera, Official Audio Video Equipment Partner, olympic games camera, olympics, panasonic, Panasonic Flag Tags, Photography
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@GBChefs Summertime App: 21 Chefs, 105 Recipes, One Good Cause
Great British Chefs’ new Summertime app for iPhone and iPad, developed in association with Ocado, offers 105 recipes from 21 chefs for summery occasions and events. The app includes recipes ranging from classics with a twist such as coronation chicken … Continue reading
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Posted in Apps, Food, Great British Chefs, Recipes, Restaurants, Shopping
Tagged ACTION AGAINST HUNGER, alfred prasad, apps, burrata with chickpea fritters, ceviche of trout with avocado sorbet, chefs, cherry soup, Christoffer Hruskova, cod with pork belly, coronation chicken salad, curried chicken Kiev, Dominic Chapman, donation, Eton mess, fish and chips, Frances Atkins, Galton Blackiston, GBC, GREAT BRITISH CHEFS, Greg Malouf, grilled sea bass with fennel and orange salad, josh eggleton, Marcello Tully, marcus wareing, martin wishart, Matt Tomkinson, Nathan Outlaw, ocado, Pascal Aussignac, paul ainsworth, Paul Heathcote, pimm's & hendricks jelly, recipes, RICHARD CORRIGAN, Robert Thompson, Scotch eggs, shaun hill, shaun rankin, Simon Hulstone, summer recipes, summertime, tom aikens
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Team GB Gold = FREE Rides from @UBER_LON #ubergoldrush
Today, Uber London launches a very cool Team GB Gold promotion. Over the past week, Uber has been giving out special gold, silver, and bronze prizes to lucky riders for free and discounted trips around town. Now, to salute British athletes who give … Continue reading
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Posted in Apps, Cars, Freebies, London, London 2012, Travel
Tagged app, cab, car service, chauffeur, free, freebie, limo, London, london 2012, on-demand car service, OneTravel, professional driver, promo code, S Class, team gb, uber, Uber Olympics, uber promo code, ubergoldrush
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Uber Olympics: Free and Discount Rides … + £20 Off Promo Code
UBERTIKI Promo Code Hey folks, just an FYI that my 20-quid-off Uber promo code is still in effect and might serve as a pleasant travel option if you haven’t yet taken advantage of it. To get your £20 worth of … Continue reading
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Posted in Apps, Cars, Freebies, London, London 2012, Travel
Tagged app, cab, car service, chauffeur, free, freebie, limo, London, london 2012, on-demand car service, OneTravel, professional driver, promo code, S Class, uber, Uber Olympics, uber promo code
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Buy or Sell Tix with StubHub UK
StubHub, the world’s largest ticket marketplace, provides fans of all types with a safe and convenient way to buy tickets for concerts, theatre and sporting events – and offers an easy way for folks to sell their own tickets when … Continue reading
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Posted in Apps, England, Music
Tagged concerts, fanprotect guarantee, secondary exchange, sporting events, stubhub, stubhub uk, theatre, tickets
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Uber Car Service Hits the Streets of London (OneTravel)
The on demand car service allows everyone to have a private driver experience throughiPhone, SMS, and web based requests. Essentially, Uber is a free app that you can use to book door-to-door chauffeured rides around town. Read my complete post at the … Continue reading
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Posted in Apps, Cars, London, OneTravel, Travel
Tagged app, cab, car service, chauffeur, limo, London, on-demand car service, OneTravel, professional driver, promo code, S Class, uber
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London Cigar Guide App (OneTravel)
… for anyone keen to discover the rich history and current trends of the London cigar scene, the London Cigar Guide app is a must. Read my complete post at the OneTravel blog.
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Posted in Apps, London, OneTravel, Shopping, Travel
Tagged apps, cigar lounges, cigar stores, CUBAN CIGARS, London, london cigar guide, mayfair, nic wing, OneTravel, review, smoking lounges, st james's
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London Cigar Guide App Now Available
If it had been conceived and produced by anyone else, I might have been really impressed. However, as the new London Cigar Guide app was created by Nic Wing, my initial reaction to the handy dandy app was more along … Continue reading
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Posted in Apps, London, Shopping, Travel
Tagged apps, cigar lounges, cigar stores, CUBAN CIGARS, London, london cigar guide, mayfair, nic wing, review, smoking lounges
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£20 Worth of Chauffeured Travel for FREE with @Uber_LON and @tikichris
Arrive in style with £20 worth of free chauffeured travel with Uber. Use promo code UBERTIKI when you sign up for this free app and you’ll receive £20 worth of credit. Continue reading
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Posted in Apps, Cars, Discounts and Special Offers, Freebies, London, Travel
Tagged app, cab, car service, chauffeur, free, freebie, limo, London, on-demand car service, professional driver, promo code, S Class, tikichris special, uber, uber promo code
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Street Photography with the iPhone, Notes from the Apple Store Workshop
Thanks to those of you who popped in for last night’s Street Photography with the iPhone session at the Covent Garden Apple Store. It was a lot of fun, and your photos were great. A massive thanks to Clare, David … Continue reading
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Posted in Apps, London, Photography
Tagged apple, apple store, apple store covent garden, covent garden, iphone, iphoneography, London, mobile photography, Photography, street photography, WC2, workshop
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#LBM Notes for Photo Blogging
Hey London bloggers! I had a great time at last night’s meetup chatting with you about my experiences with photography and blogging. Thanks to Andy and Bernie for inviting me to come round and share the “stage” with Peter, Madlen … Continue reading
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App Review: Get Taxi
Easy peasy lemon squeezy … and I’m home. Kemey and I just got back from taking advantage of this extra long weekend with a fantastic afternoon feast at a friend’s place across the river. It’s been the most relaxed Tuesday … Continue reading
