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Jinni: Wants to be Pandora for Movies
Written by Richard MacManus / January 22, 2009 10:15 PM / 12 Comments
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We're currently running a series of posts about recommendation technologies and in the comments of our last post about the Netflix Prize, a company called Jinni made itself known. digg_url Continue reading »


White House Continues to Give Preferential Treatment to Google: Exempts YouTube from Privacy Rules
Written by Frederic Lardinois / January 22, 2009 6:41 PM / 16 Comments
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Just a few days ago, we wondered why the White House was giving preferential treatment to Google's YouTube. As CNET's Chris Soghoian points out today, the federal government has very Continue reading »


Facebook Murder Reflects Cultural Shifts
Written by Marshall Kirkpatrick / January 22, 2009 12:12 PM / 33 Comments
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UK police have reported that a man who murdered his wife this Spring did so because he was upset after seeing her change her marital status to "single" on Facebook, Continue reading »


Can the Washington Post Create the Killer Political Database?
Written by Marshall Kirkpatrick / January 22, 2009 11:14 AM / 5 Comments
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The Washington Post launched a new political database site today, lead by a top political blogger it snapped up this month from a leading new media site. Are these the Continue reading »


Learning AJAX APIs Made Easier: Google Releases API Playground
Written by Frederic Lardinois / January 22, 2009 10:48 AM / 7 Comments
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Google today released a new tool that will make learning and testing code for Google's Javascript APIs a lot easier. Google's interactive AJAX API Playground gives developers an easy to Continue reading »


Britannica Wants to Be More Like Wikipedia: Lets Users Contribute
Written by Frederic Lardinois / January 22, 2009 9:49 AM / 7 Comments
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According to the Sydney Morning Herald, the venerable Encyclopedia Britannica is about to open ups its articles to edits by its users. Jorge Cauz, Britannica's president, tells the SMH that Continue reading »


Technology is Great, but Are We Forgetting to Live?
Written by Sarah Perez / January 22, 2009 7:30 AM / 41 Comments
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Imagine you're at a concert where your favorite band is playing for the last time. Or you're watching President Obama get sworn into office. Or maybe you're just sitting around Continue reading »


Need a Classier Way to Bum a Ride? Use FriendlyFavor
Written by Frederic Lardinois / January 22, 2009 6:00 AM / 1 Comments
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FriendlyFavor, which was released today, does one thing, and it does it well: manage favors. The service lets you request favors from your friends, and offer favors to your friends. Continue reading »


Understand Your Electronica: Mugasha Makes Sense of Long DJ Sets (Invites)
Written by Rick Turoczy / January 22, 2009 1:00 AM / 4 Comments
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If you're into electronica, you've likely grabbed some sets from your favorite DJs. And while DJ sets are a great way to get fresh content from some of your favorite Continue reading »


BBC's Semantic Music Project
Written by Sarah Perez / January 21, 2009 11:59 PM / 6 Comments
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The BBC Music Beta project is an ongoing effort by the BBC to build semantically linked and annotated web pages about artists and singers whose songs are played on BBC Continue reading »


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