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Google exec on Buzz, Super Bowl ad, behavioral advertising, tablets
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Google exec on Buzz, Super Bowl ad, behavioral advertising, tablets
By Dennis Schaal | March 10, 2010
Google's Dennis Woodside says the company rolled out Google Buzz too abruptly and likely won't introduce other new products in a similar manner.... Read More
Day Three of Four - How to Create an iPhone App
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Day Three of Four - How to Create an iPhone App
By Viewpoints | March 10, 2010
Client and server development - These elements are seen as separate parts of the process but are obviously very complementary.... Read More
Travelport dumps TravelClick as the GDS world watches
By Dennis Schaal | March 10, 2010
Travelport's announcement that it is bringing all of its GDS advertising business in-house -- and it is the first major GDS to do so -- is a fairly momentous development because it breaks TravelClick's near monopoly on green-screen advertising.... Read More
Priorities for metasearch - Skyscanner and Swoodoo say booking way down the list
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Priorities for metasearch - Skyscanner and Swoodoo say booking way down the list
By Kevin May | March 10, 2010
The chatter generated by Kayak when it announced it is considering adding a booking element into its model appears not to have inspired others to think the same.... Read More
All aboard -- Amtrak set to rail about this or that on Twitter
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All aboard -- Amtrak set to rail about this or that on Twitter
By Dennis Schaal | March 10, 2010
Amtrak, the federally funded rail line operating in 46 states, launched a Twitter account, @AmtrakUSA, the other day and is trying to get its social-media act together.... Read More
Tripology: The deal is done
By Dennis Schaal | March 10, 2010
Tripology, which ran out of funding early in 2010 and signed a letter of intent with an unidentified buyer, now says "the deal is done."... Read More
American Airlines has exit clause in HP reservations system contract
By PhocusWire | March 10, 2010
With American Airlines and HP having just signed a contract for HP to build a new reservations system, called Jetstream, for the airline, it now turns out that American has an exit clause in the event it gets cold feet about the massive project, according to a source.... Read More
Live Blogging PhoCusWright@ITB
By Kevin May | March 10, 2010
Tnooz, PhoCusWright and others live blogging from ITB in Berlin.... Read More
Making car hire sexy through Microsoft Surface, Europcar driving forward
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Making car hire sexy through Microsoft Surface, Europcar driving forward
By Kevin May | March 10, 2010
The ongoing overhaul of the Europcar online presence has taken an interesting new turn with the launch of a platform for use on Microsoft Surface in airports.... Read More
Australia Travel Site Crunch: Data Week End March 6 2010
By Kevin May | March 9, 2010
Most popular travel websites in Australia for the week ending March 6 2010.... Read More
TLabs Showcase - TaxiPal
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TLabs Showcase - TaxiPal
By Kevin May | March 9, 2010
TLabs focus on startups featuring TaxiPal from Estonia.... Read More
Day Two of Four - How to Create an iPhone App
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Day Two of Four - How to Create an iPhone App
By Viewpoints | March 9, 2010
User Experience - The next stage is to examine and understand the device/client user experience and design.... Read More
Poll: Understanding and using social media in travel
By Kevin May | March 9, 2010
Ahead of the Tnooz-run Bloggers' Summit panel sessions at ITB, we would like to gauge opinion from readers to the following questions:... Read More
Location-based social network to integrate Travel Channel dining content
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Location-based social network to integrate Travel Channel dining content
By Dennis Schaal | March 8, 2010
Gowalla, a location-based social-networking service on smartphones, concluded an agreement with the Travel Channel to integrate some of its content.... Read More
US Travel Site Crunch: Data Week End March 6 2010
By Kevin May | March 8, 2010
Most popular travel websites in the US for the week ending March 6 2010.... Read More