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Google Acquires BeatThatQuote for $61.5 Million
Google has broken new ground in the personal finance realm with the purchase of UK price comparison website BeatThatQuote for $61.5 million.
BeatThatQuote, launched in 2005, provides price comparisons for UK loans, insurance, legal services, utilities and other financial products. It was named one of the UK’s fastest-growing websites by Nielsen in 2007.
By adding price comparison results to search, Google can get a piece of the transaction whenever someone starts searching for a home loan or a new car insurance policy on its search engine. The potential revenue from those transactions could make this acquisition quickly pay off.
It’s likely that Google will use BeatThatQuote as its foothold into the UK financial products market. Google has recently shown interest in price comparison technology as well, most recently utilized in the company’s mobile shopping apps.
Enjoy The Beauty Of Tea-making With Sorapot
Now is the time to say that tea is sexier than coffee! With John Roth’s stylish Sorapot Teapot, the default setting of one’s inclination towards coffee over tea will be changed for ever. The teapot that we are talking about is astunning littlearchitectural piecemade of stainless steel and pyrex, and is accompanied by a matching teacup.
The design is gorgeously modern because it comprises of a 304 stainless steel arch that houses a Pyrex (borosilicate) tube so that you can see the tea leaves unfurl and ripple around to create the perfect tea. In other words, for once the quiet beauty of tea is brought into focus.
A cool addition that will add value to your army of kitchen gadgets. Then the rectangular base and the short spout make it easy to store. Since, Sorapot can easily handle two cups of tea, you can actually take the tea-making business out of the kitchen and on to your desk.
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