Airfare alert app Hopper now lets you book with a couple taps

Hopper offers real-time alerts on airfares to give users a head's up when a ticket is likely at it's cheapest, but until now the app sent travelers to airline and booking sites to actually buy a flight. Not anymore.

The airfare alert app added "quick tap" booking on Monday, giving users the ability to "complete your entire flight shopping process — researching, comparison shopping, and booking — in under a minute."

Traveler and payment information can be saved in the app, and once that's set up it's a streamlined process that makes desktop airline sites look like relics. Read more...