Mr. Withiam added that travelers were expecting trip-related services to be available on the new platforms. PhoCusWright, a travel research firm, has found that 13 percent of social-network users now shop for travel on those Web sites and 35 percent of mobile-phone users expect to book travel on their phones in the next year.
""The ultimate computer for me is a mixed reality world, where your field of view becomes an infinite display, where you see virtual objects and holograms," Nadella said."