Will avatars be a part of the future of customer service? Often referred to as “holograms”, they are in fact a rear projection mylar technology, a modern version of a classic stage…
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Are there other companies offering or working on services like ifttt?
Are there other companies offering or working on services like ifttt? I am now categorizing consumer oriented services such as IFTTT, Yahoo! Pipes, Tarpipe, etc. together with iPaaS (integration PaaS), and would…
What are the differences between cloud service providers? What must a cloud provider do to differentiate himself?
What are the differences between cloud service providers? What must a cloud provider do to differentiate himself? Cloud means cloud. I want everything in the cloud, and I want it visual. –…
What is the best resource to teach Yahoo Pipes to a novice that is not published by Yahoo or is a video?
What is the best resource to teach Yahoo Pipes to a novice that is not published by Yahoo or is a video? I suggest starting with my own Meta Guide webpage, “100…
Can you filter out retweets on a Twitter feed?
Can you filter out retweets on a Twitter feed? Your solution is Yahoo! Pipes.
How could a text summarization application be endowed with “personalities”?
How could a text summarization application be endowed with “personalities”? Don’t put the cart before the horse. Virtual personalities need text summarization much more than vice versa. Chatbots, conversational agents, and virtual…
How could Wolfram|Alpha be improved?
How could Wolfram|Alpha be improved? It needs better natural language understanding and natural language expression. I would like to simply input the URL of my website, have it learn everything on my…
What’s the name of the startup founded by Stanford grads that scrapes blogs and news sites for their article content?
What’s the name of the startup founded by Stanford grads that scrapes blogs and news sites for their article content? Diffbot
Which topics on Quora are related to the technology behind Apple Siri?
Which topics on Quora are related to the technology behind Apple Siri? According to ProgrammableWeb, Apple Siri uses more than 35 APIs [1]. For instance, Siri accounts for about a quarter of…
Are there any online Bayesian SaaS text classifiers apart from uClassify.com?
Are there any online Bayesian SaaS text classifiers apart from uClassify.com? In addition to uClassify.com, I’ve found BigML API [1] and Prior Knowledge Veritable API [2]. And, don’t forget the Google Prediction…