Real-time search is about not only Twitter, but the *rest* of the web. Twitter is making its stream available to both Bing and Google. Collecta has focused on doing something *different*.
Collecta – The Real-time Web Beyond Twitter
October 23rd, 2009 · 1 Comment
Tags: Collecta · realtime · search
Creating Value Across Social Networks
July 31st, 2009 · 1 Comment
Social networks like Facebook and Twitter are the new utility infrastructure for applications and products. They offer an irresistible environment for entrepreneurs who want to create real value.
Setting the context for the future of Media
July 17th, 2009 · 1 Comment
Real-time streaming search from companies like Collecta is the transformational force behind the next generation of Media and will impact the way we see breaking news, entertainment, brand mentions and more.
Tags: Collecta · media · realtime · search
Semantics, Search and Big Honking Databases
December 5th, 2008 · 16 Comments
* In 2003 when I had been heading up AOL Search for a while, we began to bang structured data into search results pages on a query-by-query basis. We used pre-formatted javascript templates that were selected based on keywords, and filled from the freshest, most relevant data we could find. In today’s parlance we had [...]
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Twitter is a new medium.
December 3rd, 2008 · 6 Comments
Twitter as a new medium. Comparisons to AIM, Facebook. – by Gerry Campbell on Luckyrobot.com
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Catch 22 – Why Small is better than Big
November 10th, 2008 · 4 Comments
I love to build things that help people become more informed, make life a little more convenient and make money. It’s not hard to see why my list of employers and investments all operate in search, news, finance, local, semantics, etc. The common thread is that they all support my personal mission above. With that [...]
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The music service of the future
October 29th, 2008 · 16 Comments
I just ran through the Lala.com site, as well as reading about the remote Sonos/iPhone capabilities. I have to reminisce about a company a friend and I started some time ago. It was called Bounce Networks. It was so far out there that all we got were looks of confusion from nearly EVERYONE we talked [...]
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