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As the Web swells with more and more data, the predominant way of sifting through all of that data—keyword search—will one day break down in its ability to deliver the exact information we want at our fingertips.
Rocker Peter Gabriel offers Filter to cut through online clutter
Internet users are awash in information every time they search for new videos, music or books online, says rocker Peter Gabriel.
One of the founders of the rock group Genesis and the creator of the iconic solo album So, is an investor in The Filter, a recommendation engine that now offers to help users cut through clutter on the Web and find the kind of content that will appeal to them.
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…it wants to sort not just music but movies, videos, TV, etc. As best we can tell, The Filter lies somewhere between Pandora, which recommends music without regard to context or labels but based on the music’s “DNA”, and services like Last.fm and Amazon.com’s engine, which tells you that people who like x also like y.
Recent developments in the broadband video marketplace are pointing to an emerging and significant trend: the early formation of what I would term the “syndicated video economy.” In other words, I’m seeing more and more industry participants’ strategies — in both media and technology — start from the proposition that the broadband video industry will only succeed if video assets are widely dispersed and revenue creatively apportioned … more
Microsoft says Yahoo has three weeks to negotiate a decent deal, after which time Microsoft is going to get medieval on its ass.
