You know you live in a technologically advanced world when hiring a private jet is almost as quick and easy as booking an Uber. If you can afford to travel in style, these instant-booking private jet companies will have you up in the air in almost no time. Blue Star Jets: Through its app, Blue Star Jets offers one-click reservations and a 24/7 customer service team promising you can be flying to your destination “anywhere worldwide” with as little as four hours notice.

You’d have to have been locked in the trunk of a taxi the for the past three years to have never heard of Uber and Lyft, the widely popular ride-sharing phone apps that put passengers in touch with drivers. adored by some and loathed by others — have been upending the traditional taxi industry. Opoli is a new variation on this theme, with one central twist: the passenger sets the price.

In the communications world, we often think about what we need stay connected to family, friends, colleagues and clients. We want this communication to be delivered in real-time and we want it to be available on the device of our choosing. But are we limiting ourselves by thinking about real-time communications only in this manner?

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Mobile apps are making it easy to answer the question: “What can I do today?”. From systems that aim to show everything going on in a particular location to others focused on a specific niche such as music, here’s a roundup of some of the newest tools guests are using to find events.

Pop culture quiz. What does “let your fingers do the walking” refer to? Of course, most people think of the tag line of the Yellow Pages – that essential hard copy directory of businesses that landed with a thud on the doorsteps of every household in America back in the day. That business is all but defunct as the Internet is now the “go-to” resource to find local businesses.