Clearing the Fog
We have all been there. It might be in the middle of a professional conversation or social gathering and someone uses a word you […]
Looking at Social Media Data
Looking to social media platforms for information, researchers from Universidad Carlos III de Madrid have presented a prototype of a multi-device system that can […]
The Shiny New City
Smart cities are popping up everywhere these days. Free city-wide Wi-Fi is a popular attraction, but there are some challenges to it as well. […]
Social Data
Demographic data provided by the Census Bureau is critical for social scientists and economists. However, it is not known for its ease of use. […]
Going Deep on Social
Facebook has released what they are calling a deep-learning-based text understanding engine that is designed to leverage neural network architectures. The ultimate goal is to […]
Fighting Back against Fake News
After months of people pointing fingers and declaring what is and what isn’t “fake news”, Facebook has a starting place for identifying less-than-accurate news […]
Dictionaries in the World of Social Media
The days of encyclopedias may have been ended by Google and other search engines, but dictionaries are standing the test of time. This interesting […]
The Opportunity That is Social Media
According to a recent survey, 39% of all businesses participating said they do not do any form of social media tracking or monitoring in […]
Hashtag This
A historian, a librarian and a snowman walked into a bar. What? You have heard this one already?
Recently, the American Historical Association (AHA) held […]