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Understanding developments at the sharp end of mobile travel technology

By Glenn Gruber | October 5, 2011

Just as execs at travel brands are understanding what a mobile strategy should be, developers of the actual products are digesting what could be a landmark moment in mobile technology. Read More

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How is Google Flight Search performing so far? Go on, have a guess

By Kevin May | October 5, 2011

An extraordinary amount of interest in September when Google finally launched its long-awaited Flight Search product, five months after securing approval for buying ITA Software. Read More

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Over-reaction or a new 1984 - Filter Bubbles and the Web of One

By Kevin May | October 3, 2011

Last week's article by Travis Pittman of TourRadar was one of the most popular of 2011 on Tnooz - but, as so often is the case, some of the comments deserve a post of their own. Read More

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Kayak IPO stalled by volatile market conditions

By Kevin May | September 30, 2011

Plans by Kayak to place the company on the public financial markets in the US are being held up by ongoing worries about the state of the economy. Read More

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Microsoft mulls Bing Decision Engine decision and does anyone remember Bing Travel?

By Dennis Schaal | September 27, 2011

In the more than three years since Microsoft acquired Farecast to create it, Bing Travel has pretty much lost its identity and gotten swallowed up in the whole Bing thing. Read More

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Some rumors die hard -- Will Google become an online travel agency? [VIDEO]

By Dennis Schaal | September 23, 2011

Bruno Perez, co-founder of RevPar Guru, has resurrected the time-worn specter that Google is intent on becoming an online travel agency. Read More

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TripAdvisor says Google threatened search lock-out

By Dennis Schaal | September 22, 2011

Officials from TripAdvisor and Yelp say Google threatened to shut them out of search altogether if they didn't provide their content to Google Places. Read More

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Why do technology people want to get into travel when there is so little money in it?

By Viewpoints | September 22, 2011

There are a few things I do not understand. Actually, there are an awful lot of things I do not understand, but here is one thing which I ponder about, on a daily basis, with my travel hat on: Read More

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FairSearch survey: Americans back FTC probe of Google

By Dennis Schaal | September 21, 2011

Google opponent FairSearch released a survey showing 79% of Americans favor the U.S. Federal Trade Commission's antitrust probe of the search giant. Read More

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Big Data: Bringing the magic back to travel technology

By Frederic Lalonde | September 20, 2011

Last week I was invited to speak on a panel at the Boston THack, Tnooz's event for developers and engineers. The topic was innovation in travel technology. Read More

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Google realizes in antitrust hearings it is all about controlling the display parameters

By Dennis Schaal | September 19, 2011

With an antitrust hearing looming, Google apparently realized that, much like the order of search results, appearances matter. Read More

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Google wanted simple flight search, but it got all the industry baggage as well

By Evan Konwiser | September 19, 2011

Appearances can be deceptive - as a few days of mulling over the new Google Flights tool has indicated. Read More

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Patriotic effort wins THack Boston

By Dennis Schaal | September 19, 2011

Amadeus used its own hotel API and others from SilverRail, Goby, Google and Facebook to create a sports fans travel recommendations website, to take top honors at THack Boston. Read More

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Best of Tnooz Last Week - Google reveals, TripAdvisor shifts, Facebook dislikes

By PhocusWire | September 18, 2011

What were the best articles on Tnooz last week? Read More

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Why travel search startups have nothing to fear from Google

By Viewpoints | September 15, 2011

Being located 17 hours ahead of Silicon Valley often has you lagging behind on the big news. On waking the other morning at home in Melbourne, Australia, the inbox and Twitters were abuzz - Google had... Read More

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