
Feature creep
Are they buying everything? I know it seems like there's only a few companies that own everything, but will it eventually just be Google left?
How long before we see the headline 'Google buys Internet, decides to drop Microsoft.com'
Google has agreed to pay $700m to buy flight-information provider ITA Software so that the search giant can provide users with more-comprehensive information about prices, times, and destinations of commercial airline flights. The all-cash deal is the latest attempt by Google to expand beyond its core web-search offerings. …
It's about time Google started offering this kind of service... I've been wondering for ages when they'd do it. Local cinema listings is another thing I want to see Google start doing.
Back to flight searches... let's hope that Google do a much better version than Bing's useless offering.
I used Bing the other day to try and find some flights between London and the South of France. I went to the UK version of Bing, searched and navigated to the flights section - still within their UK site - and entered my details. I wasn't even surprised when Bing assumed I was interested in having all the prices shown in US dollars, despite me browsing the UK site and entering flights leaving and returning to the UK.
I did a facepalm for a few seconds then went to kayak.co.uk instead, which worked how I wanted and expected it to.
Microsoft really are useless, even at doing the simple stuff. I'm sure they simply got to where they are because there was no decent competition around at the time. If only Google had been around back then!
that entity that has the most eyes and ears for web accessible content on it's network and running through it's servers effectively owns that portion of the internet's value in ad serving
Google sees a cash cow where it has better algorithms, can increase efficiency and added value, increasing the profit line and providing a smoother easier to use system
wait 'till they want to buy a couple of the USA root routers before worrying about Beast of Redman though ...
Exactly. Talk about Big Brother - they will know where you are all the time. They will know what you are doing pretty much all the time. And whatever you are doing and wherever you are, they will sell your privacy to the highest bidder and laugh all the way to the bank, while you are inundated with advertisements.