July 2, 2010

Google To Buy ITA Software for $700M


Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) will try to dominate the online e-commerce travel market the way it has come to dominate cellphone operating systems with its Android product. In other words, it is impossible to tell whether its buyout for ITA Software will ever bear fruit financially.

The price is $700 million. ITA is an important provider of software specializing in organizing airline data, including flight times, availability and prices.Google said the 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.

The ITA products are critical to most airline and travel e-commerce sites, which means that companies such as Priceline.com Inc. (NASDAQ:PCLN) and Orbitz Worldwide Inc. (NASDAQ:OWW) will be unhappy.

The deal is almost certain to be reviewed by The Justice Department. Google clearly plans to aggressively push itself into something that has been other people’s business.

Who Do You Think You Are Lyrics 2010 By Spice Girls


A very nice song by Spice GIRLS 2010 complete lyrics is available here which is very entertaining.

Races to get out of bed,
The top is high so your roots are forgotten,
Giving is good as long as you get
What drives you, that ambition and trade
(I said) that you think you are? (Do you think you)
Some kind of superstar,
You have to swing it, shake it, move it to do so,
What do you think you are?
Trust it, use it, prove it, groove it,
Show me how good you are,
Swing it shake it, move it to do so,
What do you think you are?
Trust it, use it, prove it, groove it,
Show me how good you are.

You’re swelling out in the wrong direction
you have a bug, superstar you’ve been bitten,
Your trumpet is blowing too long,
play the snake ladder, but you’re wrong

I said who do you think you are?
(Who do you think you are)
Some kind of superstar,
You have to swing it, shake it, move it to do so,
What do you think you are?
Trust it, use it, prove it, groove it,
Show me how good you are,
Swing it shake it, move it to do so,
What do you think you are?
Trust it, use it, prove it, groove it,
Show me how good you are.

You have to reach on up, do not lose your soul,
You have to reach on up, never lose control

I said who do you think you are?
(I said who) do you think you Ari, (do you think you are)
Some kind of superstar,
You have to swing it, shake it, move it to do so,
What do you think you are?
Trust it, use it, prove it, groove it,
Show me how good you are,
Swing it shake it, move it to do so,
What do you think you are?
Trust it, use it, prove it, groove it,
Show me how good you are.

Swing it shake it, move it to do so,
(Who do you think you are?)
Trust it, use it, prove it, groove it
Show me how good you are,