Bloomberg reports that Google Inc. is in talks to acquire ITA Software Inc., a maker of travel programs used by companies including Orbitz Worldwide Inc. and Microsoft Corp., three people familiar with the matter said. ITA Software, based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, may seek about $1 billion, said two of the people, who asked not to [...]

The 9 Hours is the brand new capsule hotel unveiled in December 2009 by Tokyo-based Cubic Corp. Designed in a collaboration with designer Fumie Shibata of Design Studio S, it looks nothing like its predecessors and represents a revolution in the capsule concept (Thanks Stephane !) .

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I found today this very inspiring post from David on the signal 37 blog. David speaks about software development but you could apply these ideas to any product : The hardest part about making good software that ships on time is knowing what and when to sacrifice. As programmers and designers, we often fall in [...]