TechCrunch:
There are a number of real-time search engines in the space, including Collecta and OneRiot. Today, at the Real-Time CrunchUp, Infoaxe debuts its real time search engine.What makes Infoaxe unique is that it doesn’t tap into streams from Twitter, Facebook, or Digg for content. Infoaxe’s search engine relies completely on at (Read More)
TechCrunch:
Extracting meaning from the Web is a difficult undertaking. Keyword search skims the surface of contextual meaning that is locked in Web pages, Tweets and feeds. That’s where semantic search comes in. The semantic web deals with looking beyond simple links that make up the web to understand a deeper meaning and context behi (Read More)
ReadWriteWeb:
The semantic Web has long been heralded as the future of the Web. Proponents have said that Web experiences will some day become more meaningful and relevant based on the AI-esque computational power of natural-language processing (NLP) and structured data that is understandable by machines for interpretation.However, with (Read More)
ReadWriteWeb:
Twitter turned on its long-awaited Geolocation API today, meaning that users can opt-in to having their messages annotated with their exact locations. The significance of this is made clear by comparing it with last week's release of 500 million time-stamped Twitter messages for analysis."You take this data, mash it up wi (Read More)
ReadWriteWeb:
Our own Marshall Kirkpatrick's dreaded brain chip for controlling computers and mobile devices may be closer than even he suspected.Intel researchers in Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh! - told journalists today that brain implants are harnessing human brain waves to surf the Internet, manipulate documents, and much more. And just a (Read More)
ReadWriteWeb:
At first glance, the phrase "dream achievement service" conjures images of people in head scarves listening to self-help tapes. Nevertheless, in the case of semantic search service Dorthy, "dream achievement" is about getting good results free from the irrelevant fodder of the regular search experience. In August 2009, Dort (Read More)
readwriteweb:
Digg CEO Jay Adelson told FOX Business tonight that ever since rolling out Digg Ads, the social link-sharing service has been making money and that profitability is right around the corner.Although advertising continues to be the only seemingly reliable model for monetizing content-centric websites, Adelson reports that cli (Read More)
All Things Digital:
ComScore’s October search market analysis is in and it’s good news for two out of the big three search engines. Google (GOOG) and Microsoft (MSFT) both posted gains for the month, while Yahoo (YHOO) suffered a decline. Google claimed 65.4 percent of the domestic search market in October, up from 64.9 percent in September, a (Read More)
Mashable!:
It’s a brand new week, which means it’s time for Mashable’s guide to upcoming social media and web events, parties, and conferences. For more upcoming event listings, check out Mashable’s Events section.Is your event not on this list? Contact us at least one month before your event and let’s establish a media partnership.Ma (Read More)
VentureBeat:
Are tweets replacing blog posts? Who cares! Now that Twitter’s turned on its location feature, WordPress doesn’t want to be left out.So today, the blogging platform is launching a feature that will let you identify where you’re writing from. Commenters can do the same as well. And it’s opt-in — so people can choose whether (Read More)
readwriteweb:
Microsoft's Bing now relies on Wolfram Alpha to answer some of its users questions. This is not a full integration of Wolfram Alpha into Bing. Instead, Bing only relies on Alpha to answer queries about nutrition. A query for "french fries" will still results in the standard search results page with a list of links, but a ne (Read More)
ReadWriteWeb:
We're very pleased to announce the launch of ReadWriteWeb's fourth country channel: ReadWriteWeb Spain. It joins our existing three country channels: France, China and Brazil (which launched last month). Our Spain channel is edited by Ignacio García Ramos. Ignacio and his team will combine translation of ReadWriteWeb posts (Read More)
ReadWriteWeb:
Here is this week's events guide. You can download the entire event calendar in iCal format or import it into your Google Calendar. You can also import individual events using the link beside each entry. This events guide is a weekly feature here on ReadWriteWeb. We publish it every weekend, as good a time as any to review (Read More)
TechCrunch:
Real time search and discovery engine Topsy is releasing a bunch of new products and tools this afternoon.Topsy is all about the power of the ReTweet on Twitter. When the service first launched publicly in May we noted that ReTweets are the new currency of the web. And it isn’t just the number of retweets that matters (whic (Read More)
ReadWriteWeb:
For some time, sIFR has been the go-to technology for web designers attempting to expand the Internet's typographical vocabulary without sacrificing machine readability. However, adoption and use have been limited, and the roster of fully functional online fonts has remained a static and brief cast of players.Recently, a co (Read More)