Archive for the ‘Media recommendation’ Category

hulu Makes it Personal

Friday, May 14th, 2010

hulu has just rolled out a new release that introduces new (and welcome) levels of personalization to their service: personalized recommendations to help users discover new shows Ad Tailor - a “like” button for ads Finding shows on hulu was notoriously difficult - mostly parsing through an endless list with limited sorting options ...

Apple App Store’s Untapped Potential

Saturday, December 13th, 2008

Apple has quietly released a few changes to its iPhone App Store on iTunes, in an attempt to alleviate some of the growing pains around its app ecosystem. The App Store has recently hit 10,000 apps and is expected to accept many more. "Most popular" lists and 19 ...

Netflix’s Million Dollar Baby Only Expected the Day After Tomorrow?

Thursday, December 11th, 2008

For the second year, Netflix has awarded a $50K progress prize. The winning team – BellKor in BigChaos – improved on Netflix’s recommendation algorithm by 9.44%. Although the 10% improvement seems to be getting closer in absolute terms, the last stretch might prove elusive for a little while longer. Is ...

Music discovery services chart new paths for gift recommendations

Thursday, November 27th, 2008

Pandora, Last.fm, and iLike have broadened the appeal of recommendation algorithms and social discovery and sharing. Despite a challenging – even hostile - business environment, passionate entrepreneurs and music lovers are bringing to market new ways to explore and discover new music. Mufin has gathered the most attention so ...