Qwiki presents search results in a montage of images, video, animations and other visual resources, and overlays it with real-time narration, using text-to-speech technology. The result is information as a watchable experience. For me, the experience of watching the content is eerie and unsettling. Read More »
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Turning big, opaque datasets into online databases you can query is a worthy pursuit. Two new startups I met recently, Semantifi and FindTheBest, promise to reveal the hidden secrets of the web by understanding them semantically. They’re both using human power to format topic-specific web applications. Read More »
Microsoft’s search engine has taken over from Yahoo as the second most-popular search in the U.S., according to new figures from Nielsen. The latest survey by the traffic-ranking firm shows that Microsoft’s MSN/Windows Live/Bing search had almost a 14-percent share of overall search volume in August. Read More »
Feed-based UIs can deliver great user experiences when properly enhanced. For companies that offer information or communications services and are looking to implement feeds as UIs, there are a few additional features to consider when adding value to raw, time-based feeds. Read More »
Ever wonder how Microsoft vaulted Internet Explorer to numero uno browser market share? There’s likely several lesser reasons, but the one of the main ones is working deals with OEMs to… Read More »
