United Airlines

Joey, Have You Ever Seen a Paperless Cockpit Before?

John Paczkowski in News on December 13, 2011 at 2:37 pm PT

iPads for all phases of flight? Surely you can’t be serious.

Don’t Put a Flight Attendant Between Alec Baldwin and Words With Friends

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on December 6, 2011 at 4:32 pm PT

Actor Alec Baldwin loves Zynga’s hit game Words With Friends, but right now he’s not too crazy about American Airlines, which he says booted him off a flight for playing while sitting at the gate.

iPads for the Cabin Crew? Surely You Can’t Be Serious.

John Paczkowski in News on August 31, 2011 at 3:07 am PT

Add British Airways to the list of airlines putting iPads in their crew members flight bags.

United’s iPad Deployment Lets Pilots Shed Excess Baggage

John Paczkowski in News on August 23, 2011 at 3:15 pm PT

Joey, have you ever seen a paperless cockpit before?

Don't Rain on Microsoft's Ad Parade (Except It's Raining in Seattle, Natch!)

Kara Swisher in News on March 30, 2011 at 1:10 pm PT

BoomTown scrambled the All Things Digital jet (aka, United Airlines, Seat 7A) late last night to get up to Microsoft’s big event for its online advertising clients today. Called “Imagine 2011: Marketing Leadership Summit” and held at its Redmond, Wa. HQ, the two-day event is designed to wow peeps by trotting out a spate of strategery concepts those who buy advertising on Microsoft’s various digital offerings from its Bing search service to MSN to Xbox to Windows Phone 7.

Bing Launches New "Price Predictors" Travel Feature

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on February 25, 2011 at 1:39 pm PT

Microsoft’s Bing has launched a new way to search among billions of airfares much faster, while Google’s $700 million acquisition of ITA Software continues to be reviewed by antitrust regulators.

Antitrust Advocacy Group Says Google-ITA Merger Could Be "Unregulatable Monopoly"

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on February 18, 2011 at 9:40 am PT

As U.S. regulators continue to ponder the fate of Google’s $700 million acquisition of ITA software, the American Antitrust Institute is speaking out against it.

Liveblogging Facebook's F8: Behind the 8-Ball on a Stairway to Heaven!

Kara Swisher in News on April 21, 2010 at 10:10 am PT

So, BoomTown was in the Design Center Concourse in San Francisco for Facebook’s f8 developers conference. There was a giant logo of an 8-ball looming over it all, which suggested a questioning mood. Not at all! Lots of stuff was announced, including ventures with partners like Microsoft.

Skype on a Plane? Please Don’t.

Peter Kafka in Media on March 11, 2010 at 1:46 pm PT

More and more airlines are adding wireless, which means you can now turn your seat into a flying videoconference room. But you shouldn’t.