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Cognitive Computing
Welcome to the Era of Cognitive Computing | Big Think TV | Big Think: "Can computers learn the same way a children learns? We are getting to that point, explains Hector Ruiz, the former chariman and CEO of Advanced Micro Devices and the author of Slingshot: AMD's Fight to Free an Industry from the Ruthless Grip of Intel. Ruiz tells Big Think that we are starting to see evidence today that computers can "get to a point where actually they begin to query back and say 'I need more information. Give me more information. Tell me about this.'". . . " (read more at link above)
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Microsoft Bing Boards allows users to curate search results
Machine Algorithmic Search + human curation =
Microsoft's 'Bing Boards' allows users to curate search results | PCWorld: " . . . Microsoft said that it will use a team of editors to bring on new contributors with content that “shares an interesting point of view and is visually unique,” a spokesman said an email, factoring in metrics such as traffic and online influence as well. In an example search, searching for “photo booth backdrop” generated a Bing Board by Chelsea Costa of Lovely Indeed, a DIY blog. All of the links within the Bing Board went to the Lovely Indeed site. . . ." (read more at link above)
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Microsoft's 'Bing Boards' allows users to curate search results | PCWorld: " . . . Microsoft said that it will use a team of editors to bring on new contributors with content that “shares an interesting point of view and is visually unique,” a spokesman said an email, factoring in metrics such as traffic and online influence as well. In an example search, searching for “photo booth backdrop” generated a Bing Board by Chelsea Costa of Lovely Indeed, a DIY blog. All of the links within the Bing Board went to the Lovely Indeed site. . . ." (read more at link above)
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NSA, Metadata, and You
“One of the problems here is that metadata is kind of a relative term,” says Julian Sanchez, a research fellow at the Cato Institute in Washington, D.C. “There’s information that is metadata to Facebook and Google that might be data to the ISP.”(source infra)
Mobile Call Logs Can Reveal a Lot to the NSA | MIT Technology Review: "Of all the recent revelations about the National Security Agency’s sweeping surveillance activities, the collection of metadata from Verizon’s U.S. call records may be the most concerning (see “NSA Surveillance Reflects a Broader Interpretation of the Patriot Act”). Despite reassurances that the information collected is limited in its scope, academics who study such data say it could still reveal a great deal about the people being monitored. . . ."
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Mobile Call Logs Can Reveal a Lot to the NSA | MIT Technology Review: "Of all the recent revelations about the National Security Agency’s sweeping surveillance activities, the collection of metadata from Verizon’s U.S. call records may be the most concerning (see “NSA Surveillance Reflects a Broader Interpretation of the Patriot Act”). Despite reassurances that the information collected is limited in its scope, academics who study such data say it could still reveal a great deal about the people being monitored. . . ."
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Reverse E-mail Lookup
Reverse E-mail Lookup to Discover Who Has Sent You a Message - CBS News: Keep in mind that reverse e-mail lookups are far from reliable, and won't give you the instant gratification and almost assured results of a reverse phone number lookup. Nonetheless, there are a few things you can try. Digital Inspirations recently described four things you can try -- here are the highlights of what they had to say: Try Facebook . . . Google the name . . .Try a photo match. If you have a picture of the person . . . If all else fails, try a people search site like Spokeo . . . read more at link above
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Wanted: Data Scientists
" . . . Data scientist has become a popular job title partly because it has helped pull together a growing number of haphazardly defined and overlapping job roles, says Jake Klamka, who runs a six-week fellowship to place PhDs from fields like math, astrophysics, and even neuroscience in such jobs. “We have anyone who works with a lot of data in their research,” Klamka says. “They need to know how to program, but they also have to have strong communications skills and curiosity.” The best data scientists are defined as much by their creativity as by their code-writing prowess. The company Kaggle organizes contests where data scientists compete to find the best way to make sense of massive data sets (see “Startup Turns Data Crunching into a High-Stakes Sport”). Many of the top Kagglers (there are 88,000 registered on the site) come from fields like astrophysics or electrical engineering, says CEO Anthony Goldbloom. The top-ranked participant is an actuary in Singapore. . . . " Read more: http://www.technologyreview.com/news/513866/in-a-data-deluge-companies-seek-to-fill-a-new-role/#ixzz2UWJvRJGK
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Search Engine Blekko Launches Major Redesign
Alternative Search Engine Blekko Launches Major Redesign In Effort To Go Beyond The Usual 10 Blue Links | TechCrunch: "Blekko, the alternative search engine that launched back in 2010, unveiled a major redesign today that uses some of its “slashtag” technology to help users go beyond the usual ten blue links on its competitors search results pages. Blekko now automatically breaks its results down into different categories of curated content. . . ."
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Data Scientist Way of Doing Business
The Data Scientist: A Job and a New Way of Doing Business | MIT Technology Review: "The job description “data scientist” didn’t exist five years ago. No one advertised for an expert in data science, and you couldn’t go to school to specialize in the field. Today, companies are fighting to recruit these specialists, courses on how to become one are popping up at many universities, and the Harvard Business Review even proclaimed that data scientist is the “sexiest” job of the 21st century. Data scientists take huge amounts of data and attempt to pull useful information out. The job combines statistics and programming to identify sometimes subtle factors that can have a big impact on a company’s bottom line, from whether a person will click on a certain type of ad to whether a new chemical will be toxic in the human body. . . . ." read more at link above
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Yahoo says its Web search engine is faster and easier to use
Yahoo says its redesigned Web search engine is easier to use, faster
Los Angeles Times
Working to instill a more uniform design throughout its Web services, Yahoo on Wednesday unveiled a new look for its Web search engine that resembles the homepage redesign the company introduced earlier this year. The company said the renovated ...
Los Angeles Times
Working to instill a more uniform design throughout its Web services, Yahoo on Wednesday unveiled a new look for its Web search engine that resembles the homepage redesign the company introduced earlier this year. The company said the renovated ...
Nutrition Information in Google Search
Google Brings Nutrition Information to Search
PC Magazine
Everyone knows that making healthy food choices and sticking to a diet isn't always easy. But Google wants to make the process a little less intimidating. The Web giant today announced plans to add nutritional information for more than 1,000 fruits, ...
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Everyone knows that making healthy food choices and sticking to a diet isn't always easy. But Google wants to make the process a little less intimidating. The Web giant today announced plans to add nutritional information for more than 1,000 fruits, ...
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