Successful acquisition? Why Yahoo buying Tumblr fails on four tests

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Yahoo’s decision to buy Tumblr is bad news for Marissa Meyer’s shareholders, because the deal fails the four tests of a successful acquisition.

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Reinventing the desktop in the wake of the mobile revolution

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The personal computer market in 2013 is in a chaotic state, as tablets and mobiles continue to become critical devices in the hands of users.

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Big Data insights: Companies are attacking Big Data in a Big Way [INFOGRAPHIC]

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Big Data, a term that has become a “yes-we-are-aware-of-it” term among travel industry decision makers, is going to become increasingly important in the years forward.

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Google Glass – the Next Big Thing in the travel industry?

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Google’s suite of web and mobile-based services are continuing their penetration into travel industry. But with the launch of Glass, Google’s most hi-tech product yet, the ramifications for the sector are huge.

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Behold the hotel room of the future [VIDEO]

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Some way off (maybe), but visitors to the FiturTech hospitality exhibition in Spain this week are experiencing what some believe will be the hotel room of the future.

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Google reaches a truce with US regulators on antitrust probe, dealing FairSearch a blow

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Federal regulators closed a 20-month probe of Google’s search business without finding any antitrust violations.

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Semantic search will be standard across online travel by 2020

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Technology continues to push the travel, tourism and hospitality industry forward and make it more dynamic than ever before. But the next phase is where it gets REALLY exciting.

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City Lens on Nokia’s Lumia phone may put augmented reality in the mainstream

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Much hyped but slow to be adopted, augmented reality may finally be getting its start turn as manufacturers like Nokia make it a built-in feature, instead of bolt-on option.

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An early look at Windows 8 travel apps

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Windows 8 is the much anticipated fresh version of the Microsoft OS, which launches October 2012. Its Bing Travel and CheapOair apps offer interesting peeks into the system.

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Travel Tech Scan: Asia Pacific hotel management boom, Air Canada goes budget, in-flight bikini dance, and more

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The next two years will be a boom time for hotel management in Asia Pacific despite the economic turmoil, according to new studies and announcements, while a Vietnamese airline gets fined for having an in-flight bikini dance.

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