Startups Could Wowd Be the Skype of Real-Time Search? Private Beta Invites Trying to explain Wowd, a Silicon Valley-based search venture, is a buzzword extravaganza. Using cloud architecture and crowdsourced data on web pages, this real-time discovery and recommendation engine ranks pages based on whether users actually visited them and returns results from all over the web, not just a handful of indexed pages. Read on… Jolie O'Dell View comments
Real-Time Web Woopra Aims to Monetize Real-Time Analytics From Outside Silicon Valley Is the real-time web just Silicon Valley buzz built up by hype-masters aiming to cash out? Good evidence otherwise comes from Woopra, an upstart real-time website analytics company that today announced that it's taking off its Beta label. Founded in Lebanon and now international, Woopra said today that the service will lift previous account… Marshall Kirkpatrick View comments
Google Google Earth Tracks Marine Exploration Whether you're a lifelong fan of Jacques Cousteau or you're intrigued by The Life Aquatic's mythical jaguar shark, Google has a new tool for you. The company announced updating the Ocean Expeditions layer of Google Earth with blog posts and comments from recent excursions. Groups like the Dana Oshiro View comments
Yahoo Yahoo's $100 Million Ad Campaign: It's You! Early this morning Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz rang the NASDAQ opening bell in honor of her efforts at New York's Advertising week. Said Bartz, "Yahoo is where half a billion people come every month. They come to be entertained, they come to be informed, they come to talk to their friends and their business associates. In other words, Yahoo is the center… Dana Oshiro View comments
Crowdsourcing Netflix Prize: $1M is a Steal for Predictive Tech 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, Dana Oshiro View comments