6 posts and columns on trip

TripAdvisor CEO Says Wall Street Underestimates Its Value Now That It’s Flying Solo

in Commerce on January 9 at 6:00 am PT

TripAdvisor’s co-founder and CEO Stephen Kaufer talks to AllThingsD about the media company’s prospects for growth now that it has broken off from Expedia and is an independently traded company.
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News Byte

Expedia and TripAdvisor’s Breakup Is Now Official

in Commerce on December 20, 2011 at 5:30 pm PT

As planned, Expedia has formally concluded the spinoff of TripAdvisor today. Expedia shareholders will receive one share of TripAdvisor and one share of Expedia for every two shares of Expedia stock held prior to the split. Tomorrow, TripAdvisor will trade on the Nasdaq under the symbol TRIP, and Expedia will continue to trade under EXPE.

Gogobot CEO Travis Katz Talks About Beta Launch of Social Travel Site

in News on November 16, 2010 at 8:00 am PT

Last week, BoomTown sat down with former Myspace exec Travis Katz to talk about the private beta launch of his new start-up, Gogobot. No, it’s not a robot from Google–it’s a social travel site, which uses friends to enhance the travel-planning experience. Essentially, it feels like Facebook for trips, but with really good images.

Liveblogging Google's SF Mobile Event: Voices Actions, Chrome to Phone, No Video-Calling, But Will There Be Donuts?

in News on August 12, 2010 at 10:05 am PT

BoomTown was sitting front row center–better to scare Google Mobile Product Manager Hugo Barra–at the Silicon Valley search giant’s press event in San Francisco this morning. Google called together a group of reporters to discuss some “cool new features” for its Android operating system. While many have been expectantly waiting for Google to announce a video-calling offering, to match Apple FaceTime service, that was not to be here. Instead, it was a low-key rollout of a few whiz-bang features we can all ooh and ahh at.

Microsoft Bing: The Full Press Release

in D7 on May 28, 2009 at 8:30 am PT

As expected, Microsoft debuted the long-awaited upgrade to its search engine at D7 this morning. And, as expected, its name is Bing. Debuting along with it, a proliferation of Bing services: Bing Travel, Bing Cashback, and Bing Maps for Enterprise. Here’s the press release on the announcement in full.
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Where in the World Is Mark Zuckerberg?

in News on May 9, 2008 at 9:56 am PT

Apparently, an Indian tech news site called TechGoss has its dander up about a visit Facebook Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg (pictured here) has been making to that country. And, for information related to news of why the social-networking czar is in India, TechGoss is offering 10,000 rupees–or $240.17–specifically, 5,000 for exclusive photos of him there and 5,000 for a detailed story on his stay in India.
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