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Google Licenses Room 77 Software in Mobile Travel-Booking Push
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Google Inc. wants you to reserve a hotel room from your smartphone, and it’s spending money on the technology to make it happen.
The biggest Internet-search company is licensing hotel-booking software from Room 77 Inc., a startup backed by Expedia Inc., according to a letter sent today to Room 77 shareholders that was obtained by Bloomberg News. Room 77 co-founder and Chief Technology Officer Calvin Yang and many of its engineers are joining Google, the letter said.