The Best Airports and Airlines for Tech-Dependent Travelers [INFOGRAPHIC]

via Mashable by Lauren Drell on 1/12/12

Jetsetting from New York to Silicon Valley and everywhere in between helps high-tech travelers gather a wealth of knowledge about life spent in airports and at 35,000 feet. So, if you’ve got a trip coming up, you’ll find this infographic’s insights about the most tech-friendly airports and airlines to be incredibly useful.

For longer flights, you need to be completely juiced up beforehand … or have access to outlets onboard. There are 17,000 outlets in the 40 busiest American airports; that may sound like a lot, but it equates to just 5.5 outlets per gate, on average. That’s not a very favorable ratio when you consider how many people are traveling with smartphones, eReaders, tablets, laptops or any combination thereof. (Tip: Virgin America has outlets in every row of the plane to keep you charged in the sky, so there’s no race to recharge at the gate.)

Even when you’re all charged up, you might not be able to afford being offline for hours at a time, so inflight Wi-Fi isn’t just a nice perk — it’s a must. So it’s good to know that AirTran and Virgin America have Wi-Fi on 100% of their aircraft.

And when you’re managing travel or booking flights, you might think to yourself, “Oh, there’s an app for that.” But you should know that few airlines have apps that are fully functional — Delta’s is ranked the best among all U.S. carriers, scoring 8 out of 10 possible points.

Lastly, in case you didn’t learn how to travel efficiently from George Clooney in Up in the Air, there are some handy tips for expediting your trip through the TSA lines at the bottom of the graphic. Want to take it to the next level? This tech-lover’s jacket could be a helpful tool.

In short, this infographic from OnlineMBA.com highlights pretty much everything you need to know about high-tech travel. Noticeably missing from the airport map are LAX, SFO and Chicago’s O’Hare, but we’ve got you covered with information regarding airport Wi-Fi and Boingo Hotspots.

Infographic courtesy of OnlineMBA.com

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Beautiful Time-Lapse Video Takes You Around the World in 6,237 Photos

via Mashable by Brian Anthony Hernandez on 1/13/12

Each day, Mashable highlights one noteworthy YouTube video. Check out all our viral video picks.

This stunning time-lapse video puts you in the passenger seat of one man’s almost year-long adventure across 17 countries. In it, you’ll see 6,237 pictures spliced together to create several beautiful, fast-paced montages that surely will make you want to pack your suitcase and take a trip this year.

Equipped with a Panasonic Lumix GF-1 camera, San Francisco-based Kien Lam quit his job, bought a plane ticket to London and then spent 343 days traversing the globe and snapping photos along the way.

Wanting to inspire others to travel, Lam returned home and whipped up the 290-second video, which was edited in Adobe Lightroom, Adobe After Effects and Final Cut Pro.

“To capture the spirit of the trip, I took time-lapse photographs at practically every city I traveled to,” he told to Mashable in an email. “Each two-second scene is comprised of about 40 to 60 photographs.”

SEE ALSO: Exhilarating Film Takes You Through 11 Countries in 1 Minute [VIRAL VIDEO]

Music from his brother William Lam complements the visuals in the clip. The song, “Places and Faces,” will be available to buy on iTunes and Amazon on Jan. 15. To learn more about Kien Lam’s trip or get notified when the Logic Pro-produced song is out, visit his travel blog.

Fun fact: Lam rode in 19 planes, 58 buses and 18 boats during his trip.

Mashable has featured other badass time-lapse videos in the past. Below, you’ll find galleries filled with nature- and design-related clips.

1. Oak Tree

Short but sweet, this video encompasses all four seasons with photographs taken of an oak tree as it changes during a year.

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1. Tim Potter

Here you can see how an HTML5 website is created by building upon the wireframe in Photoshop - from "concept to comp," as the designer states.

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10 Essential YouTube Tips and Tricks

via Mashable! by Amy-Mae Elliott on 1/12/12

1. Get Social With Connected Sharing Options

You can share YouTube content without hooking up your other social networking accounts, but if you do, the process gets all (buzzword alert!) "frictionless."

As you upload, comment, favorite or like a video, these actions will be broadcast to your Facebook and Twitter accounts for your friends and followers to see.

To manage these options, click on your username at the top right of YouTube, then "Settings," then "Sharing."

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With more than 3 billion views every single day, YouTube is currently the undisputed king of online video. But how well do you know the site?

We have spent some time coming to grips with the world’s largest video-sharing service and here offer you 10 hints for getting more out of your YouTube experience, from improved search to better viewing options via clever shortcuts.

Take a look through our gallery of super useful YouTube tips. Share in the comments any other nifty, native tricks you’ve discovered.

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Reddit’s Guide to Fitness Dishes Out Diet and Exercise Tips [INFOGRAPHIC]

via Mashable! by Brian Anthony Hernandez on 1/2/12

If you’ve made any New Year’s resolutions to get fit in 2012, this detailed infographic from health-content startup Greatist may come in handy on your journey toward a healthier you.

The visual guide is packed with information compiled from Fittit, the fitness section of social news site Reddit where people help each other regarding diet and exercise. Fittit has more than 110,500 subscribers.

One “Fittiter” posted the infographic on Fittit, which has sparked a lively discussion about the guide’s content.

SEE ALSO: 13 Ways to Get in Shape With Digital Fitness Tools

Are these tips helpful? What advice do you have for fellow readers? Sound off in the comments.

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