May 2015

Flexibility for Users in Classification

By |May 6th, 2015

TITUS has released Classification Suite 4. The new version of its data identification and information protection suite uses content and context to automatically classify and protect information as users handle it, and allows manual and guided classification for maximum flexibility and user engagement.

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Google Brings Changes

By |May 5th, 2015

A couple weeks ago, Google changed its algorithm to give preference to 'mobile-friendly' sites when users perform a search on a mobile device. The change was coined as 'Mobilegeddon' because of the potential to bury websites that haven't been optimized to display correctly on various sizes of mobile devices, while also boosting the ranking of mobile-friendly sites.

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Crowdsourcing Funds to Preserve Language

By |May 5th, 2015

The Dictionary of American Regional English (DARE) has cataloged vernacular terms and idioms from around the country since it was founded in the early 1960s, Sadly, their funding is coming up empty. Previously funded by various grants, including endowments from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the project will run out of money this summer.

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Taxonomy Blogs – The Big Picture

By |May 4th, 2015

We who blog on TaxoDiary know that it’s not the only blog that has to do with taxonomies and such. There are a few others out in cyberspace, and each has its own character. Let’s take a look at some of them, starting with what we know best.

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