Audio Tour App Detour Steers You Away from the Typical Tourist Traps
techcrunch.com
techcrunch.com
Maybe the app will take the wikipedia route and let the people share their tours.
"We have traditional destinations, like Fisherman’s Wharf, but we found a fisherman who has worked there for 40 years to guide you through the working pier and experience a side of the Wharf that tourists rarely see. We’re also producing Detours in seemingly nondescript places, like Western Addition, or a walk through Bayview, on which you learn about San Francisco’s ambitious goal to recycle or reuse every single item we ‘throw away,’ as you walk from the aisles of a grocery store to the pier where container ships pick up bundles of plastic and take them to China."
I can't see any way to sign up for notifications when it's ready - or even a company website. I guess I'll just hope I come across it when it's fully baked.
Ricky Gervais' tour of the Vatican, Louis CK's tour of Brooklyn. Rev share for the artists.