Private: some search engines make money by not tracking users. In the United States, two out of every three searches go through Google, which serves up a total of three billion search queries per day.
"Googling" has become so ubiquitous that the company has become a verb in English (and in other languages, too). Given that most of us use Google several times a day and may also use it to send e-mail, to plan our calendar, and to make phone calls, questions commonly arise about how all of that data is used. Google has said that it needs access to such large amounts of data as a way to “make it useful” and to sell personalized ads against it—and to profit substantially in the process. However, a March 2012 study from the Pew Internet and American Life Project found that two-thirds of Americans view a personalized search as a “bad thing,” with 73 percent of those surveyed saying that they were “not OK” with personalized searches on privacy grounds.
A Faster Way to Solve Customer Service Issues. The Spark of Genius Series highlights a unique feature of startups and is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark. Location-Based App Maps Nearby Bars, Food and Adventure. The Spark of Genius Series highlights a unique feature of startups and is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark.
If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here. Name: Roamz Quick Pitch: Roamz is a discovery mobile application that aims to help locals and travelers alike find a region's hidden gems. Genius Idea: Pulling real-time data and updates from Facebook, Foursquare, Instagram and the application's own data stream to show you what people are doing close by. Gore, Parker urge Web to 'Occupy Democracy' Former Vice President Al Gore and Napster co-founder Sean Parker speak during South by Southwest in Austin, Texas.
Al Gore: 'Our democracy is being hacked' and the Web can helpGore and Napster founder Sean Parker spoke at South by Southwest InteractiveBoth say money is too prevalent in politics and the Web needs to balance thatParker founded Votizen to help turn social networks into political activism Austin, Texas (CNN) -- When speaking to the tech-savvy attendees of South by Southwest Interactive, it doesn't hurt to lead with a Web reference -- even if you're the former vice president.
"Our democracy has been hacked," said Al Gore. "It no longer works, in the main, to serve the interests of our people. " Prezi - The Zooming Presentation Editor. Manage (and make cash with?) your data online. Personal lets users store data from multiple sites and then decide whom, if anyone, they want to share it with.
New Photo App Erases the Photobomb. Engag.io Is the 1 Inbox To Rule Them All. Engag.io launches to the public today.
Imagine a Gmail inbox (in a good way), but for all your online conversations. That's Engag.io. But on top of that simple idea, Engag.io has features no one else provides for finding, following and expanding online conversations. If you're active in lots of places on the social Web, Engag.io will keep you sane.
New Social Media sites. 'This Message Will Self-Destruct': One Shar.es Erases Data After Transmission. The Spark of Genius Series highlights a unique feature of startups and is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark.
If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here. Name: OneShar.es Quick Pitch: OneShar.es lets you send confidential data that automatically deletes after the recipient views it once. How To Find That 1 Thing You Lost Online. Career of the Future: Data Scientist [INFOGRAPHIC] Want a job where the talent is scarce — and likely to remain that way for at least the next five years?
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Become a data scientist. That, at least, is the conclusion of a global survey of the number-crunching professionals by IT service company EMC. 3 New Tools for Promoting Your Interests. The Spark of Genius Series highlights a unique feature of startups and is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark.
If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here. Each weekend, Mashable selects startups we think are building interesting, unique or niche products. Citelighter Is Like a Highlighter for the Internet. The Spark of Genius Series highlights a unique feature of startups and is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here. Name: Citelighter Quick Pitch: Citelighter keeps information from multiple web sources in one place. Genius Idea: Making it easy to compile notes — and citations — from multiple web pages. For better or worse, students use the Internet for research.
Use YouTube As a Music Player With Tubalr. Chances are you've already used YouTube as a music player.
But how much fun was that? You had to return to the page every time a song ended, search for the next one and then load often-crude comments and clutter along with your song. A 23-year-old software developer in Atlanta has fixed the YouTube listening experience with a simple app called Tubalr. About ifttt. Easy-to-Use Mashup Tool IFTTT Gets Betaworks Backing.
Point and click web mashup startup ifttt ("if this then that") has raised financing from cutting-edge tech incubator Betaworks.
News of the funding came to us via NeuVC's bot watching the firm's portfolio page, which is fitting given the nature of the startup. 'Is It Old?' Decides If Links You Share Are Dead, OK or Mad Fresh. Ever wonder whether that link you want to share with friends is still in its prime? Sure you have.
The Life of Links: An Interview With the Maker of Kippt. The word "bookmark," referring to a saved Web link, is starting to sound old. "Bookmark" has this connotation of turn-of-the-century Web browsers, when there weren't Web-based services for saving things. Your local bookmarks folder was where you kept links you wanted to go back to. These days, we're browsing on multiple devices, and links aren't necessarily "sites," "pages" or "articles" anymore.
Links can point to all kinds of things. Most of the time, we'll probably never need to visit a link again.
Tiny Gadget Hooks You Up With Like-Minded People Nearby. Never Fill Out a Form Again? Personal Seeks to Be the Data Vault for Your Private Information. 8 Killer Web Form Builders for Your Site. So you have your website set up with all the necessary features, but what about customer feedback? Comunitee Wants To Simplify How You Read Your Socially Curated News.
How To Get My Attention. It's an attention economy, and the good people at Jones-Dilworth have built a tool that will help you get some. Totem launches today, a free app that helps anyone build a great press page. My Social Strand Turns Your Facebook Profile Into an Infographic. My Social Strand, an interactive website launched which Tuesday, turns your Facebook profile into a personalized infographic. Startup Pulls Social Media Chatter Onto Publisher Comments. ThinkUp Reaches 1.0: Own Your Social Network Data. ThinkUp, the social media management tool that matters most, hits version 1.0 today. Bottlenose 2.0 Is a 6th Sense for the Social Web. I just received surprise news that Bottlenose hit version 2.0.