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<rss xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title>VentureBeat - Latest Comments in Microsoft buys travel site Farecast for $115M</title><link>http://venturebeat.disqus.com/</link><description>News about Tech, Business and Innovation</description><atom:link href="https://venturebeat.disqus.com/microsoft_buys_travel_site_farecast_for_115m/latest.rss" rel="self"></atom:link><language>en</language><lastBuildDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 16:40:20 -0000</lastBuildDate><item><title>Re: Microsoft buys travel site Farecast for $115M</title><link>http://venturebeat.com/2008/04/17/microsoft-buys-travel-site-farecast-for-115m/#comment-14684932</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Anthony, we think this is all about contextual targeting and search.  We posted about it here.  Much more strategic acquisition than just about "getting back into travel."&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.uptake.com/blog/travel_industry/farecast-is-microsoft-getting-into-travelor-into-contextual-targeting_253.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" title="http://www.uptake.com/blog/travel_industry/farecast-is-microsoft-getting-into-travelor-into-contextual-targeting_253.html"&gt;http://www.uptake.com/blog/...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The battleground continues to be about search.&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Elliott Ng</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 16:40:20 -0000</pubDate></item></channel></rss>