Hans Rosling demonstrated a compelling way to present time series data in his amazing 2006 TED talk on world economic development. Google's Visualization API allows us to present a similar view of 20 years of domestic airline traffic statistics as a 20-second movie. read more>>
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"Not available in stores" might work for Southwest, but American needs Orbitz
Friday, November 05, 2010 - Jeffrey Breen
American is threatening to pull its flights from Orbitz at the end of the month. This threat constitutes a marked escalation in American's attempt to push its AA Direct Connect platform as the sole means to access its inventory. While there are many good things to say about the modern, XML-based system, the bottom line for this effort is... well, the bottom line... as American attempts to reduce its distribution costs. read more>>
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