The new Attensity — deal overview
A new Attensity Group has been created in a complex set of maneuvers. So far as I understand or guess, elements of the deal include: The Attensity Group is being formed by the merger of three...
View ArticleGoogle Wave — finally a Microsoft killer?
Google held a superbly-received preview of a new technology called Google Wave, which promises to “reinvent communication.” In simplest terms, Google Wave is a software platform that: Offers the...
View ArticleMEN ARE FROM EARTH, COMPUTERS ARE FROM VULCAN
The newsletter/column excerpted below was originally published in 1998. Some of the specific references are obviously very dated. But the general points about the requirements for successful natural...
View ArticleGoogle declares total war on Microsoft
Google blogged Tuesday night about a new project, the Google Chrome Operating System. Highlights include: Open source Targeted to appear in netbooks in the second half of 2010 Google Chrome browser +...
View ArticleGoogle’s version of an old joke
Search Google for “recursion” and it helpfully offers a link to let you search on — you guessed it — “recursion.” The joke has been implemented in German as well. This idea is not, to put it mildly,...
View ArticleApril Fool’s Day highlights
It’s April 1, and hence time for jests, online or otherwise. Highlights this year include: In a charming blog post, Google annoucned the new Android Translate For Animals feature. Reddit has apparently...
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Google funniest joke of the year (that I’ve noticed so far)
I just noticed a subtle and really funny Google joke. Look at where on the search results page it tells you how long the search took. They’re screwing around with the units of time (and in some cases...
View ArticleIke Pigott on the future of reporting
Ike Pigott argues that, as the number of conventional journalists plummets, corporations will have to hire their own “embedded” journalists to fill the void. As he puts it: The embeds of the future...
View ArticleThe state of the art in text analytics applications
Text analytics application areas typically fall into one or more of three broad, often overlapping domains: Understanding the opinions of customers, prospects, or other groups. This can be based on any...
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The future of search
I believe there are two ways search will improve significantly in the future. First, since talking is easier than typing, speech recognition will allow longer and more accurate input strings. Second,...
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