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Outbrain's Content Recommending Ways Seduce Readers To Stick Around

The New York-based startup demolishes conventional wisdom about the best ways to draw in readers--and snaps up $64 million in financing.READ»

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Google TV Hopes To Click With Social Recommendations

Google TV's about to get a social discovery injection, courtesy of Redux--a website-based content discovery system--that could help transform it into a friendlier, customer-curated place.READ»

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Overstock.com Offers $1 Million For Improved Recommendations

The online retailer is pulling a Netflix, dangling the promise of a rich reward--not to mention some serious bragging rights--to the team that increases customer purchases.READ»

A Sneak Peek at 2015's Smartphone: Sophisticated Reviews on the Go, Courtesy MIT

MIT scientists have worked out a way to take online service reviews and turn the data into a voice-recognizing recommendation system--no matter how complex or specific your request. READ»

Beyond Amazon: How to Make Recommendations Smarter

A former engineer at Amazon has come up with a way to speed up the process of finding better math to produce suggestions of things you actually might want to buy.READ»

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Fflick Tracks Movie Buzz Among Your Twitter Friends (Hope They Have Good Taste!)

Fflick (sic, awkwardly) tracks positive and negative feelings about movies by taking a close look at your friends' movie-related tweets. Of course, that assumes your friends know what they're talking about.READ»

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Facebook and Amazon Team Up to Make Gift Shopping Easier

The only question: What took them so long? Amazon and Facebook are teaming up for a new product recommendation service that could make finding gifts for friends much easier.READ»

Atlanta, GA...a great recommendation for breakfast

I travel a lot for work. Because of that I find myself in places that are sometimes less-than-desirable for breakfast or whatever meal. I hope to blog more here about places that are on or off the beaten path and deliver a great meal ...READ»