What it is: a way to add special effects in 5- to 10-second videos shot in-app. Free effects include “Star Trek” phasers, photon torpedoes fired from Star Trek Enterprise and “Call of Duty” effects.

STAMFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--It’s a mobile office. It’s a virtual wallet. It’s a lifeline. And now, it’s a hotel room key. This fall, the smartphone will get a whole lot smarter – especially ...

Opening hotel-room doors with an electronic swipe card isn’t terribly difficult. But industry officials want to make it even easier for guests to get into their rooms. Starwood Hotels is one of the ...

Starwood Hotels & Resorts on Monday launched keyless entry, allowing smartphone-toting guests to skip the front-desk check-in and use their phones as room keys. Meanwhile, Hilton Worldwide next year ...

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Hilton Worldwide announced last week that it would be allowing guests to access their rooms via their smartphone at select brands in late spring of 2015. Hilton, which already allows for Hilton ...

Hilton Worldwide next year will start retrofitting many of its U.S. hotels with door locks that will enable guests to use their smartphones as room keys, marking what appears to be the largest ...

LOS ANGELES — The hotel room key card may become as obsolete as the brass room key it replaced. Door lock vendors have developed the technology to let smartphones function as keys, and the hotel ...