Bob Wyman (cofounder and CTO of pubsub.com) has been arguing that one should consider searches in two clear categories: retroactive searches and proactive searches. Retroactive searches are the searches that we are the common theme in databases and search engines. In databases as well as search engines, there is a collection of a large volume [...]
There is a nice article in NYT today about camera binoculars. Another gizmo in popularizing use of digital cameras for taking pictures and videos. Seethis NYT article This is more than a cute device. This in fact is an indicator of things to come. We used many devices where the device was an aid to [...]
Search space is now becoming very active. And Diller’s interest in ASKJ is not the only reason. There has been a lot of talk about image, audio, and video search lately. Recently there is a lot of talk about a new company called EVDB. This company wants to focus on events and wants to bring [...]
Is tagging really useful.
Today was a interesting day in search related business space. First ASK Jeeves was acquired by Barry Dillard¡¯s company InterActiveCorp for $1.85B. Then came the news that Flickr was acquired by Yahoo. Finally it was announced that Snapfish was acquired by HP. Three different companies and three different reasons for acquisition. That makes this more [...]