Comments on: With ITA Purchase, Google Now Owns the Skies

By: How Big Should We Let Google Get? Wrong Question: Tech News «

How Big Should We Let Google Get? Wrong Question: Tech News « — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 16:46:10 +0000

[...] Obviously, the government has the authority to approve or deny acquisitions such as Google’s potential purchase of ITA, the travel-software firm Google agreed to acquire in July. Some have argued the purchase would [...]

By: Why the Valley Needs The Kayak IPO: Tech News «

Why the Valley Needs The Kayak IPO: Tech News « — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 18:03:46 +0000

[...] 42 percent of Kayak’s airfare query results in the first three quarters of this year and Google is buying ITA. Google can block access to ITA data once the deal closes. And since airline travel queries [...]

By: Meet the Web Database Company Google Just Bought (Hint: Not Metaweb)

Meet the Web Database Company Google Just Bought (Hint: Not Metaweb) — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 19:12:27 +0000

[...] Jul. 19, 2010, 12:12pm PDT No Comments Google is in the process of acquiring ITA Software, an airfare information provider that brings the company into the realm of vertical travel search, [...]

By: FredCavazza.net > Du contenu roi aux données reines

FredCavazza.net > Du contenu roi aux données reines — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 12:42:39 +0000

[...] L’idée derrière tout ça est de proposer non pas un moteur de recherche mais un outil d’aide à la décision (cf. New version of Bing Shopping). Et pour structurer des résultats, que faut-il ? Des données ! Autant Microsoft a opté pour des partenariats, autant Google est passé à la vitesse supérieure avec notamment l’acquisition d’ITA, un fournisseur de données touristiques spécialisé sur l’aérien qui va permettre à Google de faire d’intégration verticale sur ce créneau : With ITA Purchase, Google Now Owns the Skies. [...]

By: Google Gets Semantic: Buys Metaweb

Google Gets Semantic: Buys Metaweb — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 19:26:32 +0000

[...] is Google’s second big search acquisition this month, with the first being ITA Software, which specializes in aggregating and distributing structured data about air travel. While the ITA [...]

By: After ITA, Where Might Google Look Next for Structured Data?

After ITA, Where Might Google Look Next for Structured Data? — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 19:25:13 +0000

[...] Google made a significant strategic shift last week when it said it would spend $700 million to buy ITA Software and its flight information business. Google had previously stayed away from vertical search when [...]