Powers Multilingual Search with Basis Technology | Socialgist. Socialgist, the leading global provider of social media data including Chinese Microblogging platform Sina Weibo, announced today that they have integrated the Rosette linguistics platform from Basis Technology, the global leader in multilingual search and text analytics. Rosette will enable Socialgist to incorporate highly accurate multilingual search capabilities (Chinese, English, Japanese and Russian) into Sphinx, the open-source search engine utilized by Socialgist.com. Rosette Base Linguistics (RBL) is the premier linguistics platform, providing the most advanced capabilities commercially available.
RBL delivers faster and more accurate search results whether searching within a language or across multiple languages. It was built to integrate seamlessly with open source platforms, such as Sphinx, along with a wide range of enterprise applications. Socialgist provides search and data management tools for content from global social media sources. Maracay Homes taps social media. By Georgann Yara - Aug. 14, 2011 03:09 PM Special for the ABG When Maracay Homes executives decided to use themes such as Disney and Valentine's Day to increase their company's visibility, they didn't settle for someone in a Mickey Mouse costume waving at drivers whizzing past their housing communities or pass out roses to visitors.
Instead, this 20-year-old Scottsdale-based homebuilder used social-media tools to create a hunt for Mickey Mouse in its model homes that culminated in a drawing for a family trip to Disneyland. In February, Maracay's Love Thy Neighbor photo contest gave its Facebook fans the opportunity to share fun moments captured digitally. In a time when the housing market is lethargic, Maracay is using the combination of social media and real-life interaction as a way to generate some spark. "We've all noticed a huge impact from the economy. Maracay initiated its social-media promotion program this year. Rovided exposure for the company to Duncan-McCabe's Facebook friends. TweetDeck. Kurrently.