Flight-information company ITA Software, featured in February's "Ready for Takeoff," is on board to be snapped up by Google for $700 million. Google says it has no plans to sell airline tickets online, but if the deal is okayed by ...READ»
A is for AOL. B is for Bank of America. C is for Craigslist. Say what? Presenting the default search results of New Google -- in rhyming couplets.READ»
Back in July Google said it was buying airline travel software giant ITA. Now the Justice Department is probing the deal, concerned Google's might will put the squeeze on the industry.READ»
Modern fertility technology has made parenthood a possibility for thousands more people, but it has also created a lucrative -- and ethically questionable -- global trade in human genetic material.READ»
"Rumors of my death have been greatly exaggerated." — Mark Twain A century ago in 'technologist years' (about seven or 10 for the rest of us), many prognosticators foretold the elimination of the live travel agent, who, ...READ»
Consumer Watchdog, a nonprofit and nonpartisan organization, revealed today that Google upped its spending on Washington lobbyists by a mammoth 57% from the same period last year.READ»
Lisa Sherman, 51, launched Logo, MTV Networks' television channel for a gay and lesbian audience, in 2005, with just three advertisers and 13 million homes. It has since grown to 150 advertisers in every product category and more than 40 million homes.READ»
This week has been all about Microsoft's Bing, the company's rival to Google. And now that its travel engine is live too, ready to help you globe-trot, we've taken it for a very quick spin for you.
Bing Travel may just be ...READ»
I have to comment quickly on an article the Wall Street Journal ran last week titled "Google Wants Its Own Fast Track on the Web." The article points to a shift in the views of politicians and corporations (including both Google and ...READ»
Just the other day, new marketing materials for Mullen, the ad shop for brands like Orbitz, Lending Tree, and TJ Maxx, landed soberly on my desk: "Marketing in the new era of fiscal responsbility; Have we been on an adolescent ...READ»
Fast Interview: When is interruption is helpful? Why can't most of us stay on task for more than three minutes? Is the best way to achieve flow to just unplug? Gloria Mark, Professor in the Department of Informatics at the University of California, Irvine, has some answers.READ»
Travel policies aren't designed just to keep costs down. You also need to consider your team's needs, the system's ease of use, and convenient locations and schedules.READ»
A recent Orbitz poll says business travelers "don't feel the need or desire to be connected at 30,000 feet."
But don't count me among the nearly six in 10 who prefers to keep the air up there a refuge from the ...READ»
I am an amazing organized person except for when I travel. For some reason, I carry 20 different sheets. Flight info, hotel info, googled directions, etc…. Even worse with the 10 emails shared with my wife and assistant with all ...READ»
To commemorate e-tickets, sleepovers at O'Hare, and the full-and-upright position, we present Fast Company's most high-flying ideas about travel -- past, present, and future.READ»
