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Recommendations based on your personal tastes are the holy grail for many services on the web. Yahoo-owned social bookmarking service Del.icio.us has been one of the most compelling opportunities for

Written by Alex Iskold and edited by Richard MacManus Lately Amazon has been introducing a raft of 'web 2.0' features to its e-commerce website. In this post we explore how

The Filter, a personalized content filtering system which had been hanging around in beta status since sometime in 2006 (our coverage) has finally opened its doors to everyone and officially

Last week we looked at Baynote, a recommendations company that focuses on real-time community behavior instead of personalization. Today we look at a company that takes a broader approach: richrelevance

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/music/SeeqPod_Music_and_Recommendation_Search_Engine'; digg_bgcolor = '#ffffff'; digg_skin = 'compact'; The team behind SeeqPod, a music search and recommendation engine, believes strongly in what they call "playable search." SeeqPod trawls

What hot events should I attend in my industry? That's a frequently asked question in many professional conversations. LinkedIn today offers a great way to answer that question with the

After years of struggling to beat Netflix's Cinematch recommendation algorithm by a baseline of 10%, two groups have emerged. While both teams produced qualifying systems, BellKor's Pragmatic Chaos submitted their

LikeMe, a social recommendation site similar to Yelp.com lets users rate and review local businesses, attractions, restaurants, and clubs. After you join the service, you can upload info about yourself,

Lately I've been getting invites to a new social network called Quechup. I'm already a member of too many social networks, so to be honest I've ignored these requests. But

At the Macworld 2009 keynote today, Apple announced that by the end of this quarter, all 10 million songs available on iTunes will be DRM free [Digital Rights Management]. As