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...
While Google's acquisition of the ITA flight information company and associated software was reviewed for eight months and given the go-ahead from the Department of Justice in April of this year, the court needed to ratify that agreement to make...
Given Expedia is represented by counsel, the purchase of ITA will no doubt be front and center. Google has used the riches from its dominance in search and search advertising to expand into video distribution with YouTube, smartphone software with...
Google's acquisition of ITA Software will create a new, easier way for users to find better flight information online, which should encourage more users to make their flight purchases online. Because Google doesn't currently compete against ITA...
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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.
Continue licensing ITA's QPX software to airfare websites on commercially reasonable terms. ITA is a software company that specializes in organizing airline data, such as flight times, availability, and prices.
And their acquisition of the travel platform ITA has generated another antitrust issue. The tech world has recently seen an explosion in patent litigation, often involving low-quality software patents, which threatens to stifle innovation.
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...
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Plus, Google's attempt to buy travel software company ITA is facing additional criticism from non-profit think tank American Antitrust Institute (AAI), which released this whitepaper Friday. Outgoing CEO Eric Schmidt met with Joaquin Almunia, vice...
An EU investigation, the fight to acquire ITA software, Street View, allegations of bias, the never-ending Viacom situation, China, lawsuits, and mounting criticism of their baby: organic results. "You wake up in the morning, your paint's peeling...
Having worked for the law firm representing ITA - the travel software company Google is seeking to purchase - Christine Varney, the U.S. DOJ Antitrust Chief Recuses Herself From Google ITA discussions by Frank Watson
Having worked for the law firm representing ITA - the travel software company Google is seeking to purchase - Christine Varney, the U.S. Companies working in the travel industry are claiming Google's purchase of ITA could cause problems for them...
Justice Department may be preparing an antitrust lawsuit to stop Google's purchase of ITA Software, which is heavily opposed by FairSearch.org, made up of sites including Expedia, Travelocity, Kayak, TripAdvisor, and Microsoft, because it...
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A blog post that features a video of a Forrester analyst Henry Harteveldt saying "Google has made a legitimate and fair claim to buy ITA Software, and I think there's a little bit of sour grapes on the part of some of the companies that are not...
Altogether, the spend reaches "$1.1 billion this year to date--and will rise to $1.8 billion if regulators approve Google's $700 million acquisition of ITA Software. An overview of some of today's search, ad, tech news
Yesterday, Google announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire ITA, a Boston-based software company specializing in organizing airline data, including flight times, availability and prices. Microsoft's Bing search service, which competes...
ITA Software Consumer Reports/Consumer Web Watch has published a new study that looks at how 11 travel search meta engines and aggregators like Kayak, Mobissimo, and Yahoo FareChase perform. The full text of the 29 page report (PDF) is available...
