Scientists are developing new ’sentiment analysis tools’ to mine the increasing mountain of data being generated by Social Media sites. By using such tools companies can benefit by gaining direct feedback from customers that would otherwise be lost in the ether, interesting…
“An emerging field known as sentiment analysis is taking shape around one of the [...]
Monthly Archives: August 2009
Mining the Web for Feelings, Not Facts
August 28, 2009 – 4:41 pm
Spielberg has faith in VR future
August 28, 2009 – 4:24 pm
Article from May that I thought was worth posting for all to read.
Read the original here…
Microsoft Taps Wolfram to Make Bing Geekier Than Google
August 28, 2009 – 4:20 pm
Rumour has it that Microsoft is harnessing the power of the still-in-alpha knowledge engine “Wolfram” for its own search services. This could result in some very geeky search results!
Read the original here…
Search trends – Useful when talking to clients about SEO/google stuff
August 12, 2009 – 4:11 pm
Seems like Search Engines are going real-time! The distinction between FriendFeed (company recently purchased by Facebook) and Google is that Google will always provide out of date data as they have to periodically spider a site for updates. Traditional ranking techniques won’t necessarily get you to the top of a Facebook search which is becoming [...]
Microsoft joins HTML 5 standard fray in earnest
August 12, 2009 – 10:25 am
After leaving much of the creation of a new version of HTML to Apple, Google, Opera, and Mozilla, Microsoft has begun sinking its teeth into the Web standard.
Virtual Worlds May Be the Future Setting of Scientific Collaboration
August 9, 2009 – 8:12 pm
This article struck me as interesting becuase the concept is not that new. I’ll be interested to see how it gains traction over the next couple of years.
“Normally, virtual worlds are the setting of many online games and entertainment applications, but now they’re becoming a place for scientific collaboration and outreach, as well…..the organization conducts [...]
Touchable holograms!
August 9, 2009 – 8:10 pm
Researchers from the University of Tokyo have developed 3D holograms that can be touched with bare hands.