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[video] – The Filter Bubble – From Human to Algorithmic Gatekeepers

6 May

Web personalization and personalized recommendations are recently gaining more and more interest. Companies like Amazon, Google, Netflix, The New York Times, Facebook, Twitter, … already personalize their products in different ways. If you take Google’s search results as an example. Have you ever noticed that a friend of you gets different search results as you [...]

Google Flu Trends – Google Uses Searches to Track Flu’s Spread

12 Nov

It stands to reason that people who are “starting to come down with something” often take the opportunity to search for information on what ails them, even before they discuss their symptoms with a healthcare professional. Who gets more of those searches than anyone? Google, of course. [ReadWriteWeb] Google offers a new service called Google [...]