Web 3.0 is often quoted as the semantic web and the next phase of the Internet. The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) seeks to convert the current web of unstructured and semi-structured data into a web of data, where it will be possible to easily share and re-use data across application, community and enterprise boundaries.
Be Informed and CACI have come together to launch a new government software as a service (SaaS) platform. The platform was announced recently at the SemTechBiz Conference.
Intelligent search delivers results based on users’ social media activity. Veveo has been awarded four new patents by the United States Patent and Trademark Office to improve search experiences in the context of current usability trends around social, device based universal search, or semantic and intelligent searching capabilities. This interesting topic was found on TV Technology in their article, “Veveo Adds Four Patents for Semantic Technologies Advancing Usability in Connected Devices.”
Elsevier has announced an investment in a new online platform and management system for its 500+ health, medical and life sciences journal-branded custom websites. The new online platform will provide improved search results accuracy, a more robust editorial tool to create topical article collections, and an improved reading experience for visitors using mobile devices.
fluid Operations showcased their latest semantic approach to cloud infrastructure management, eCloudManager, at the SemTechBiz 2013 in San Francisco this week.
Vertical Search Works (VSW) utilizes both human and machine intelligence to reach their objectives for advertisers, agencies, and publishers. VSW's Security Integrity Process (SIP) can seriously reduce the risk of ad fraud and malware.
Military intelligence is teaming up with the science and experts of ontology to understand the challenges and solutions for storing big data. An April 18 workshop at the University at Buffalo (UB) will explore this big data conundrum, as well as related topics.
It is no secret that Yahoo has purchased the microblogging site, Tumblr. However, it seems confusing to some as to why a small player in the world of search (and getting smaller), invested over a billion dollars in something that has no solid business model. The answer is semantics.