Now that you mention Hipmunk, I just became convinced that Google will acquire them. A market they are interested in with a small team of talented hackers with

Now that you mention Hipmunk, I just became convinced that Google will acquire them. A market they are interested in with a small team of talented hackers with a product with proven traction, who probably wouldn't mind working for Google on their own project (since the lead dev already worked in a similar arrangement before) if the price is right.