Wikipedia says: Causality is the centerpiece of the universe and so the main subject of human knowledge; for comprehending the nature, meaning, kinds, varieties, and ordering of cause and effect amounts to knowing the beginnings and endings of things, to…
A9 Scaling back key features
About a year ago, A9 made big News by introducing some neat features like block-by-block match and personalized search history to refine search further. A9, owned by Amazon.com, is now scaling back:  Discontinued features include a personalized search history that…
New Media in Singapore
Singapore has decided to make Interactive Digital Media its priority area. I have been hearing about this, but on this trip I got a chance to meet several decision makers in this initiative. It is clear that SIngapore has right…
Search on phones
News.com reports on search on mobile phones. But the biggest challenge for mobile search is likely not the technology but figuring out an appropriate business model. In contrast with the wired Web, in the wireless world the operators themselves control…
Macrosopes
At National University of Singapore, I attended a talk by Prof. Leonidas Guibas of Stanford University on sensor networks. He had a very interesting perspective on sensor networks — he called them ‘Macrosopes ‘. I like the characterization. Microscopes helped…