Google is trying to improve its search products by adapting to local differences in places such as Japan, Korea and China. They do this by employing local engineers that understand the cultural issues. Yet, it is interesting to see that Google hasn't been very successful in catching up with the local players. I'm not sure exactly why.
To deal with the cyclicality of comments, you can create a simple post like a cartoon mid-week and put a link to your latest blog (which you wrote on Sunday :) ). This worked for me!
Let' see if the security threats will force FB to change its philosophy of keeping the platform open and letting users and app developers to do almost whatever they want. Maybe FB can install mechanisms by which users control the quality (and safety) of applications.
One of my friends started a small party planning business and she first started advertising it among her friends on Facebook. She said that she is getting business from friends of friends through word of mouth. I guess this is one way to leverage social networks...
I don't think this is very different than their existing model in web search. When you do a search you don't see sites created by Google. Yet if you click on a link next to the search results, Google will not share the revenue with the sites that came up in the search results. This all goes back to the last click attribution model that was mentioned in the last lecture.
They even have an attractiveness scale from 0 to 10 for both males and females
Some researchers at UCL are developing a technology that can classify objects within a picture automatically. (e.g. convertable BMW, man 18-25 yrs old, attractive woman, etc...).
According to Google analytics, it worked on 7 people that clicked on the link and went on to read my previous post (10% conversion rate)... I need to find a new one for next week :-)
They must be using smart ways of choosing articles... Maybe matching to content on the web page or at least showing articles that receive more clicks more often
Microsoft's surface technology could be used for interactive restaurant applications. In the case of Inamo (see blacksheep link above), they appear to have used a different technology
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