The new look can be attributed to the technology gained via Google's acquisition of airline data software company ITA, finalized in April this year after a Department of Justice investigation. Since giving us an early look in September, Google has...
In much the same way that the Google-ITA deal took over a year to get final approval from the U.S. Google acquisition of Motorola Mobility is stepping further toward finalization with the shareholder vote on the topic.
Google's ITA acquisition is officially in the clear; a federal court ruling approved the consent agreement between Google and the Department of Justice that was made in April. The court approval is the last government-mandated step in the ITA...
With continued acquisitions of vertical search providers like Google’s acquisition of ITA for travel search or Zagat for restaurant reviews, the core search engines appear focused on this type of searcher intent and I would expect their results...
The search industry has been watching and waiting to see what Google will do in the flight search vertical since Google's acquisition of ITA, which was given the 'all-clear' by the Department of Justice five months ago.
Google has recently faced DOJ scrutiny for its acquisition ITA, as well as for hiring practices and making money from illegal online pharmacy ads. Google has confirmed that the Department of Justice has made a “second request” for more information...
Google noted that growth was similar to Q1 and excludes 450 employees hired as part of the ITA acquisition. With lower than expected earnings in Q1, growing concerns about increased spending, and a 14 percent decline in Google’s stock price since...
The Google facts page about its acquisition of ITA - initially started July 1, 2010 and approved by the Department of Justice a few months ago - makes the following claims: Google's acquisition of ITA Software will create a new, easier way for...
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Seems a Department of Justice proposed settlement has appeased all sides of the Google-ITA acquisition debate. Federal Trade Commission antitrust investigation after the Justice Department completes its review of Google's acquisition of travel...
Seems today's Department of Justice proposed settlement has appeased all sides of the Google-ITA acquisition debate. The DOJ said that Google's $700 million acquisition of ITA, as originally proposed, would have "substantially lessened competition...
And their acquisition of the travel platform ITA has generated another antitrust issue. As numerous analysts have pointed out, Sergey Brin and Page have come a long way from founding the dominant search engine, which outgoing CEO Eric Schmidt...
Federal Trade Commission antitrust investigation after the Justice Department completes its review of Google's acquisition of travel software developer ITA Software and determines whether to challenge or impose restrictions on the deal, Bloomberg...
Google's acquisition of ITA, which would give it access to flight data to enhance its vertical travel search offering, is still being looked at by the regulators and facing a stiff lobby from the vertical search engines with which it seeks to...
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Kayak co-founder and Chief Technology Officer, Paul English said he welcomes Google in to the travel search space, but thinks his smaller company can be nimble and quicker to adapt to changes in the market and points out that Google does not have...
The acquisition of ITA has caused quite a stir in the travel industry and even spurred the creation of FairSearch.org. Although Google announced picking up travel company ITA for $700 million, that deal has been halted, at least tentatively.
The Justice Department, which is investigating Google's acquisition of ITA (and has previously investigated Google over hiring practices and Google books), was not among the departments listed. With a greater number of Republicans on Capitol Hill...
Kayak feels the Google-ITA pressure - CNET News Speculation that Google plans on creating an electronic book reader were given more fuel with the company's acquisition of eBook Technologies - "a company that specializes in both hardware and content...
Not shockingly, Microsoft also has joined the FairSearch.org coalition that opposes Google's acquisition of ITA. Yesterday, Amit Singhal, Google Fellow and head of the company's search quality, ranking, and algorithm team, denied another common...
