Watson: Fan or Foe?
Months after the event, experts continue to ponder how and why Watson was able to trump two human competitors on the television game show, Jeopardy. They also muse on the attention this event has brought back to IBM.
HIGHFLEET’s Latest Release Finds New Uses
HIGHFLEET has announced the release of the latest version of its eXtensible Knowledge Server (XKS) ontology-based deductive database. This new release professes to have the only advanced, scalable first order logic-based deductive database that continues to find new uses.
Like It Or Not
Social media and privacy have never been friends. The advance of semantic technology has only made this more relevant. For example, Microsoft's Bing search engine can now tell you what your friends “Like”. And some think that isn’t very nice.
Ontology Systems Goes Rogue
Ontology Systems, best known for their semantic search technology, has released Ontology 3. Previously known as OSS/CAD and now in its third generation, the new release focuses on the user experience.
Canadian Government Embracing Social Media
The Canadian Government will combine Identity technologies with social media to enable their Open Government 2.0 strategy – Enterprise 2.0 - and it will be available to the public.
Semantic Technology Used to Improve Mobile Phone Experience
Researchers in Spain are promising a better mobile telephone user experience by applying semantic technology to customize the application related to user tastes and preferences, social relations, services and environment.
Crystal Semantics Releases New Features Into AppNexus
Crystal Semantics has announced deployment of its semantic targeting technology within AppNexus, the real-time advertising platform used by ad networks, demand-side platforms, and other leading online advertising companies.
Semantic Technology Strives to Increase Health Awareness
We all know where our heart is located in our body (I hope) and most of us know where our kidneys are positioned. But when you get more obscure, like say the pituitary gland, do you know where it is exactly? A new 3D body visualization site that also works like a search engine has been launched by Healthline Networks and GE Healthymagination.
New Product Uses Semantic Technology for Weather Data
LMI has launched its Climate Change Knowledge Engine™, a new tool for the easy consumption of climate change data combining open-source semantic web technology and data from the public domain in a way that is accessible to nonscientific leaders in the public and private sectors. LMI-CliCKE is pronounced “click” and is free for public use.