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November 8, 2012

19:16 • 6 months ago

$1.8B the amount Priceline will pay for Kayak.com, which is a lot of money for a kayak that doesn’t even float. The William Shatner-backed company will buy the travel-comparison site, which processes 100 million searches per day, for the equivalent of $40 per share. Kayak went public back in July. source

June 26, 2012

08:35 • 10 months ago

cause Travel comparison site Orbitz noticed something interesting in their stats recently — people who use Macs tend to spend 30 percent more.
effect So, using this data, the company now shows Mac users costlier options than it does Windows users as a way to boost margins.
result Presumably, people on Macs read this article and use their Windows computer at work to get cheaper options. Good job, dorks! source

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