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Kayak Software Corp., the online-travel company that’s planning an initial public offering,reported a profit for the quarter ended in March amid risingdemand for trip-planning information over the Web. Net income was $4.15 million, or 11 cents a share, comparedwith a loss of $6.91 million, or $1.33, in the same period theprevious year, the Norwalk, Connecticut-based company said todayin a U.S. regulatory filing. Revenue rose 39 percent to $73.3million. Kayak is benefiting as consumers turn to the Internet fordeals on flights and hotels. The company had 310 million userqueries, up 45 percent from the same period a year earlier.Kayak had 3 million mobile applications downloaded in thequarter, up 43 percent.
Comparison shopping site Kayak.com, according to judges and Internet voters for the 16th annual Webby Awards, the Web's version of the Oscars.
Kayak won both a Webby Award, as judged by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, and the People's Voice Award for "best travel website." (Other nominees included Hipmunk.com, Jetsetter.com, TripAdvisor.com and Trippy.com). Kayak also nabbed the People's Voice Award for "best travel app," while FlightBoard won the Webby Award in the same category.
In the "best tourism website" category, the Webby Award went to the New York City Tourism Bureau for NYC The Official Guide , and Greenland.com won the People's Voice Award.
Yesterday, Dharmesh Shah and Paul English, the founders and chief technology officers of HubSpot and Kayak, respectively, switched roles for a day in the name of innovation. Each man reported to work at the other's office, offering an outside perspective and, in the process, gain valuable insights for his own company.
A phone these days does a lot more than make calls and send texts; it’s a small but powerful computer in your purse or pocket.
The GPS feature is what makes the difference; it knows where you are, so it can then tell you what is around you. Sometimes that is obvious, of course, so you should just look around with your eyeballs, but when that doesn’t tell you what you need to know, phone app technology can really help when you travel.