Graph databases are becoming popular vehicles for constructing recommendation systems and other applications, and engineers are aiming to make the systems easier to adopt. Read more »
Twitter is putting Microsoft’s Bing translation tech to the test in recent experiments. More Bing-powered applications could be on the horizon following Microsoft’s platform announcements last week. Read more »
The needle-and-haystack analogy of finding important insights inside big data certainly applies to tweets, and Dataminr, one service that find the needles in the Twitter firehose, just got more venture funding. Read more »
DataSift is bringing the Twitter firehose, Google+ and other social streams to Tableau Software in a new partnership. The deal could help more people gain insight into connections between business and… Read more »
Twitter will expand its data center footprint in Sacramento, Data Center Knowledge reports. The move would help the social network support traffic spikes and a continually growing user base. Read more »
To help businesses focus their ad spending on specific social-media users, Salesforce.com is adding the ability to combine existing customer-relationship management lists with social monitoring and publishing tools. Read more »
The concept of bringing social media sentiment closer to business intelligence is a sensible move that can help companies create more value from social media. Read more »