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Travelport launches TripServices, its API platform reshaping how travel is sold and serviced in the AI-era

Travelport TripServices marks the formal launch of Travelport’s next-generation API platform, delivering the intelligent Infrastructure for travel across flights and stays from a single connection.

Ten CEOs' Toughest Interview Questions

The article compiles ten unconventional interview questions used by chief executives to assess candidates for senior roles. Spanning CA Technologies, Travelport, Tupperware, Moelis & Co, MassMutual, Algebris, Barclays, Infor, Tech Mahindra, and Amazon, the examples reveal how leaders gauge leadership style, motivation, risk tolerance, resilience, and cultural fit. Prominent prompts include: choosing between being feared or respected; explaining why the candidate is there; describing long-term dreams; evaluating behavior by interactions with assistants or chauffeurs; and non-traditional tests such as selecting a Monopoly property or solving a wine-related challenge. The piece emphasizes that responses to these questions illuminate personality traits, problem-solving approaches, and the ability to perform under pressure, offering insights into hiring culture across industries involved in tech, finance, and consumer goods.

DG Loves Rich Media; Ad Shifting

DG reportedly acquired Republic Project for about $1.4 million plus earn-outs, an acqui-hire that adds 11 people and cross-device rich-media capabilities; DG has previously bought rich-media vendors such as MediaMind (Eyeblaster), Eyewonder, Unicast, and Peer39, and sold its TV ad distribution business to Extreme Reach. The AdExchanger roundup also notes TV viewing shifts due to DVR/on-demand, with Fox COO Joe Earley citing most viewing occurs in the first three days and networks nudging viewers toward video-on-demand to deter ad-skipping. Other items include IBM’s Watson potentially challenging Google in search (per Vasant Dhar in Wired); Silk Labs arguing structured data aids visualization; UK IAB reports digital ad spend up 17.5% in H1 2013 to over £3B, mobile 14%, 20% of digital display; CardLinx Association formed with Microsoft, Bank of America, Discover, Deem, Facebook, First Data, LivingSocial, Mastercard (Bing Rewards compatible); Google Local Ads adds local Product Listing Ads to show store inventories; Disconnect released a free browser add-on to prevent search tracking; Weather Channel launches a redesigned Weather.com.