http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/02/google-acquires-ita-for-700m-dives-headfirst-into-airline-tick/ Engadget Comments for Google acquires ITA for $700m, dives headfirst into airline ticket search http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/02/google-acquires-ita-for-700m-dives-headfirst-into-airline-tick/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/02/google-acquires-ita-for-700m-dives-headfirst-into-airline-tick/Jul 2nd 2010 1:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/02/google-acquires-ita-for-700m-dives-headfirst-into-airline-tick/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/02/google-acquires-ita-for-700m-dives-headfirst-into-airline-tick/The Earth first, the galaxy next, and the universe after it's all said and done.]]>Jul 2nd 2010 1:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/02/google-acquires-ita-for-700m-dives-headfirst-into-airline-tick/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/02/google-acquires-ita-for-700m-dives-headfirst-into-airline-tick/
Yes. Why do you ask? Didn't they give you a droid to play with and remain distracted? Go play. ]]>Jul 2nd 2010 1:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/02/google-acquires-ita-for-700m-dives-headfirst-into-airline-tick/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/02/google-acquires-ita-for-700m-dives-headfirst-into-airline-tick/
And you thought Google Earth was just a program...]]>Jul 2nd 2010 1:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/02/google-acquires-ita-for-700m-dives-headfirst-into-airline-tick/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/02/google-acquires-ita-for-700m-dives-headfirst-into-airline-tick/
Exactly.
Where is Lord Vader?]]>Jul 2nd 2010 1:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/02/google-acquires-ita-for-700m-dives-headfirst-into-airline-tick/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/02/google-acquires-ita-for-700m-dives-headfirst-into-airline-tick/
Bing has similar function but they don't own them just sponsor.]]>Jul 2nd 2010 1:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/02/google-acquires-ita-for-700m-dives-headfirst-into-airline-tick/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/02/google-acquires-ita-for-700m-dives-headfirst-into-airline-tick/
"We do what we must, because we can".]]>Jul 2nd 2010 1:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/02/google-acquires-ita-for-700m-dives-headfirst-into-airline-tick/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/02/google-acquires-ita-for-700m-dives-headfirst-into-airline-tick/
The only thing is that Bing used to get its data from ITA which is now owned by Google! :)]]>Jul 2nd 2010 1:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/02/google-acquires-ita-for-700m-dives-headfirst-into-airline-tick/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/02/google-acquires-ita-for-700m-dives-headfirst-into-airline-tick/
Hey I have no problem with this. I rather like the idea of finding the lowest airfare possible, from my android powered phone. In fact, I see nothing wrong with this. ]]>Jul 2nd 2010 1:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/02/google-acquires-ita-for-700m-dives-headfirst-into-airline-tick/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/02/google-acquires-ita-for-700m-dives-headfirst-into-airline-tick/Jul 2nd 2010 1:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/02/google-acquires-ita-for-700m-dives-headfirst-into-airline-tick/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/02/google-acquires-ita-for-700m-dives-headfirst-into-airline-tick/
You sir are an idiot.]]>Jul 2nd 2010 1:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/02/google-acquires-ita-for-700m-dives-headfirst-into-airline-tick/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/02/google-acquires-ita-for-700m-dives-headfirst-into-airline-tick/Jul 2nd 2010 1:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/02/google-acquires-ita-for-700m-dives-headfirst-into-airline-tick/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/02/google-acquires-ita-for-700m-dives-headfirst-into-airline-tick/
Thank you for saving me the trouble. ]]>Jul 2nd 2010 1:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/02/google-acquires-ita-for-700m-dives-headfirst-into-airline-tick/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/02/google-acquires-ita-for-700m-dives-headfirst-into-airline-tick/Jul 2nd 2010 1:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/02/google-acquires-ita-for-700m-dives-headfirst-into-airline-tick/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/02/google-acquires-ita-for-700m-dives-headfirst-into-airline-tick/
Or because I didnt feel like wasting my time. But w/e I'll do it.

Technology expands by taking whats already out there and trying to make it better. If companies only expanded on their own innovation, then we would have to buy a lot of really crappy products to get what we want done.

Now if you understand anything about technology, please stop saying that one company is coping another. It's simple how tech world works. ]]>Jul 2nd 2010 1:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/02/google-acquires-ita-for-700m-dives-headfirst-into-airline-tick/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/02/google-acquires-ita-for-700m-dives-headfirst-into-airline-tick/Jul 2nd 2010 1:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/02/google-acquires-ita-for-700m-dives-headfirst-into-airline-tick/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/02/google-acquires-ita-for-700m-dives-headfirst-into-airline-tick/
Or they just thought it was a good idea.
Just sayin. Thats how most companies work.]]>Jul 2nd 2010 1:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/02/google-acquires-ita-for-700m-dives-headfirst-into-airline-tick/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/02/google-acquires-ita-for-700m-dives-headfirst-into-airline-tick/It is not the only thing that they have copied off of Bing.]]>Jul 2nd 2010 1:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/02/google-acquires-ita-for-700m-dives-headfirst-into-airline-tick/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/02/google-acquires-ita-for-700m-dives-headfirst-into-airline-tick/Jul 2nd 2010 1:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/02/google-acquires-ita-for-700m-dives-headfirst-into-airline-tick/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/02/google-acquires-ita-for-700m-dives-headfirst-into-airline-tick/
Shhh. Let's all welcome our new Google Overlords.]]>Jul 2nd 2010 1:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/02/google-acquires-ita-for-700m-dives-headfirst-into-airline-tick/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/02/google-acquires-ita-for-700m-dives-headfirst-into-airline-tick/Jul 2nd 2010 1:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/02/google-acquires-ita-for-700m-dives-headfirst-into-airline-tick/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/02/google-acquires-ita-for-700m-dives-headfirst-into-airline-tick/Because Bing is obviously a completely original idea. Bing is still playing catch up with Google in a (admittedly very minor) feature Google likes to call 'providing accurate and relevant search results'.
]]>Jul 2nd 2010 2:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/02/google-acquires-ita-for-700m-dives-headfirst-into-airline-tick/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/02/google-acquires-ita-for-700m-dives-headfirst-into-airline-tick/I honestly cannot for the life of me figure out if you're the most ignorant man in the world or just the best troll. Either way, bravo!]]>Jul 3rd 2010 1:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/02/google-acquires-ita-for-700m-dives-headfirst-into-airline-tick/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/02/google-acquires-ita-for-700m-dives-headfirst-into-airline-tick/Jul 4th 2010 9:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/02/google-acquires-ita-for-700m-dives-headfirst-into-airline-tick/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/02/google-acquires-ita-for-700m-dives-headfirst-into-airline-tick/
Google restaurant?]]>Jul 2nd 2010 1:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/02/google-acquires-ita-for-700m-dives-headfirst-into-airline-tick/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/02/google-acquires-ita-for-700m-dives-headfirst-into-airline-tick/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technology_in_The_Hitchhiker's_Guide_to_the_Galaxy#Bistromathic_drive]]>Jul 2nd 2010 1:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/02/google-acquires-ita-for-700m-dives-headfirst-into-airline-tick/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/02/google-acquires-ita-for-700m-dives-headfirst-into-airline-tick/Jul 2nd 2010 1:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/02/google-acquires-ita-for-700m-dives-headfirst-into-airline-tick/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/02/google-acquires-ita-for-700m-dives-headfirst-into-airline-tick/Orkut has 100 million active users. Gmail has 176 million users monthly. 160,000 android handsets are sold a day. Google Docs was a big enough thing to make Microsoft make a cloud office. Google Chrome is the 3rd most popular browser. Google Voice is a big thing to a minority, AdSense is a massive advertising platform, whilst Google Wave is still in development stages, as is the biggest book scanning project ever.

Google fantasy land is quite fun. I'm on this site my imagination invented called "Youtube", in my head it's the biggest video sharing website in the world. ]]>Jul 2nd 2010 2:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/02/google-acquires-ita-for-700m-dives-headfirst-into-airline-tick/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/02/google-acquires-ita-for-700m-dives-headfirst-into-airline-tick/
Lets not forget Google Electricity and Google Broadband... Google Voice... um, Google Talk, um I don't know... Why complain about a company that provides you everything and doesn't cost you anything?

I'm glad to see you are praising Bing, but you're only doing that because Apple doesn't have something of their own. But Weezus is right, and numbers don't lie. Personal preferences have no place in analytics.

]]>Jul 2nd 2010 3:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/02/google-acquires-ita-for-700m-dives-headfirst-into-airline-tick/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/02/google-acquires-ita-for-700m-dives-headfirst-into-airline-tick/Jul 2nd 2010 1:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/02/google-acquires-ita-for-700m-dives-headfirst-into-airline-tick/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/02/google-acquires-ita-for-700m-dives-headfirst-into-airline-tick/What the hell are you smoking?]]>Jul 2nd 2010 1:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/02/google-acquires-ita-for-700m-dives-headfirst-into-airline-tick/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/02/google-acquires-ita-for-700m-dives-headfirst-into-airline-tick/- goolge airline]]>Jul 2nd 2010 1:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/02/google-acquires-ita-for-700m-dives-headfirst-into-airline-tick/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/02/google-acquires-ita-for-700m-dives-headfirst-into-airline-tick/
In other news, I really enjoy Bing on my iPhone.]]>Jul 2nd 2010 1:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/02/google-acquires-ita-for-700m-dives-headfirst-into-airline-tick/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/02/google-acquires-ita-for-700m-dives-headfirst-into-airline-tick/Jul 2nd 2010 1:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/02/google-acquires-ita-for-700m-dives-headfirst-into-airline-tick/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/02/google-acquires-ita-for-700m-dives-headfirst-into-airline-tick/Jul 2nd 2010 1:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/02/google-acquires-ita-for-700m-dives-headfirst-into-airline-tick/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/02/google-acquires-ita-for-700m-dives-headfirst-into-airline-tick/Jul 2nd 2010 1:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/02/google-acquires-ita-for-700m-dives-headfirst-into-airline-tick/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/02/google-acquires-ita-for-700m-dives-headfirst-into-airline-tick/
Will this do anything to reduce the price of an airline ticket? ]]>Jul 2nd 2010 1:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/02/google-acquires-ita-for-700m-dives-headfirst-into-airline-tick/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/02/google-acquires-ita-for-700m-dives-headfirst-into-airline-tick/Jul 2nd 2010 1:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/02/google-acquires-ita-for-700m-dives-headfirst-into-airline-tick/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/02/google-acquires-ita-for-700m-dives-headfirst-into-airline-tick/
They likely wouldn't have paid a dime unless the company was already profitable / becoming profitable - and they likely won't can the work that's already been done.

So now a profitable company, becomes more so simply by being backed by Google, and Google gets a new feature to add to the Maps portfolio.]]>Jul 2nd 2010 2:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/02/google-acquires-ita-for-700m-dives-headfirst-into-airline-tick/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/02/google-acquires-ita-for-700m-dives-headfirst-into-airline-tick/Jul 2nd 2010 6:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/02/google-acquires-ita-for-700m-dives-headfirst-into-airline-tick/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/02/google-acquires-ita-for-700m-dives-headfirst-into-airline-tick/Jul 2nd 2010 1:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/02/google-acquires-ita-for-700m-dives-headfirst-into-airline-tick/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/02/google-acquires-ita-for-700m-dives-headfirst-into-airline-tick/Jul 2nd 2010 2:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/02/google-acquires-ita-for-700m-dives-headfirst-into-airline-tick/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/02/google-acquires-ita-for-700m-dives-headfirst-into-airline-tick/Jul 2nd 2010 2:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/02/google-acquires-ita-for-700m-dives-headfirst-into-airline-tick/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/02/google-acquires-ita-for-700m-dives-headfirst-into-airline-tick/Jul 2nd 2010 2:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/02/google-acquires-ita-for-700m-dives-headfirst-into-airline-tick/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/02/google-acquires-ita-for-700m-dives-headfirst-into-airline-tick/
So, will Google be closer to Bing in feature parity? Have they emulated all the Bing verticals yet?]]>Jul 2nd 2010 3:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/02/google-acquires-ita-for-700m-dives-headfirst-into-airline-tick/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/02/google-acquires-ita-for-700m-dives-headfirst-into-airline-tick/
Why not?]]>Jul 2nd 2010 3:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/02/google-acquires-ita-for-700m-dives-headfirst-into-airline-tick/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/02/google-acquires-ita-for-700m-dives-headfirst-into-airline-tick/Google is skynet!]]>Jul 2nd 2010 3:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/02/google-acquires-ita-for-700m-dives-headfirst-into-airline-tick/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/02/google-acquires-ita-for-700m-dives-headfirst-into-airline-tick/==========
Samuel R. Miller, an antitrust lawyer at Sidley Austin, said: “I would think antitrust enforcers will take a very hard look at this. Every time Google makes another acquisition, it only reinforces the argument that they are basically trying to acquire other companies that may present potential competition to their core dominance in paid search.”

Google does not compete directly with ITA, but many of its largest rivals in the travel search market, including Microsoft, use ITA’s data.

ITA was founded in the 1990s by computer scientists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The company revolutionized the ability of consumers to find the cheapest fares by making it easy to compare fares among airlines. It has licensed its product widely, and customers include companies like American Airlines and Continental Airlines. Web sites like Hotwire, Kayak, Orbitz and Farecast, which is now part of Microsoft’s Bing search service, also use ITA’s software.

Mr. Schmidt said that Google would honor all existing agreements and seek to add new partners.

“Airline travel and search are a perfect opportunity for more innovation, more investment and more interesting products,” Mr. Schmidt said. “The whole idea is to give people more of what they want, and more information when they are searching.”

Companies that may lobby against the deal include Microsoft, Expedia and Kayak; reservation networks like Travelport, Sabre and Amadeus; and possibly even some airlines.
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Seriously, couldn't they just license the data instead of trying to own it? They could still provide a good service without needing to own the data. I don't get why that doesn't freak people out.]]>Jul 2nd 2010 4:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/02/google-acquires-ita-for-700m-dives-headfirst-into-airline-tick/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/02/google-acquires-ita-for-700m-dives-headfirst-into-airline-tick/Jul 2nd 2010 5:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/02/google-acquires-ita-for-700m-dives-headfirst-into-airline-tick/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/02/google-acquires-ita-for-700m-dives-headfirst-into-airline-tick/Jul 2nd 2010 6:20PM