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Burning Man is exclusively a free virtual reality event in 2021

09/03/202109/02/2021 Julie Campbell

Virtual reality event - Virtual Burn 2021 Teaser BRCvr - Burning Man Project

The world-famous desert festival has gone entirely digital this year and is accepting donations. Burning Man has announced that it will be a virtual reality event in 2021 that will be free to everyone but that will be accepting donations for anyone who wishes to do so. The VR experience will allow people to wander the landscapes and the art from their own homes. The decision to turn Burning Man into a virtual reality event this year was due to the threat of the COVID-19 Delta variant. This is the…

Australia tests NFC technology for travel visa into country

09/02/202109/01/2021 L. Green

The country’s Department of Home Affairs is piloting a Electronic Travel Authority (ETA) application. The Australian Department of Home Affairs has announced that it will be testing a new Electronic Travel Authority (ETA) app using NFC technology for a contact-free entry visa. The use of near field communication will help to quickly verify and authenticate a traveler’s credentials. The NFC technology would work through an enabled mobile device in conjunction with the individual’s passport. The application will use both near field communication and optical character recognition (OCR) to read, capture…

iTop VPN Review – Free VPN for PC and Mobile

06/21/202106/24/2021 Jennifer Goula

iTop free VPN how it works and screenshots

iTop VPN is a free virtual private network (VPN) client designed to provide unlimited access to encrypted Internet traffic. It hides your IP address to protect your privacy and security. It’s easy to download VPN for Windows, Android and Apple devices. The reality is that we can’t be too careful when it comes to maintaining our privacy while surfing the web. The Internet is filled to the brim with malware, hackers and trackers waiting for the chance to spy on our activity, corrupt our devices, or worse. The iTop VPN…

Air India passengers flying out must show mandatory QR code for negative COVID test

05/19/202105/18/2021 John Montgallo

They will need to display a quick response barcode proving a negative RT-PCR report. International passengers flying Air India out of India are required to carry a negative RT-PCR test report and the mandatory QR code linked with that original report. The requirement is mandated to help reduce the instance of forged or false negative resorts. A significant number of faked negative reports were being carried by passengers travelling out of India. The mandatory QR code linked to genuine test results is meant to make it more difficult – if…

PayPal QR codes roll out at Munich Airport

05/13/202105/12/2021 Stephanie Beck

PayPal QR codes - person watching plane in airport

The first European airport has now launched the quick response codes for mobile payments. Munich is now home to the first European airport to launch PayPal QR codes. These allow travelers and employees of the airport to use mobile payments at all the shops and Eurotrade retail subsidiaries. There are 41 shops in the retail section of the Munich Airport, all of which use the barcode. The types of retailer using mobile payments through PayPal QR codes include everything from news, fashion brands, jewelry and watches. All customers need to…