Archive for March, 2010
Web Pages Language Classification: Bayes, Characters and n-grams
Most search engines start focusing on only one language (e.g., English) because it is simpler, requires almost no characters encoding, and has a wide audience. Wherever you want to index only pages written in English or support all the language of the world, a fast page language classification is one of the first tasks that [...]
TurboTax costs $5 less without Cookies
With the exception of last year (changing job and state, I needed professional help) I always filed my taxes using TurboTax. It is nice, simple to use, and reasonably priced. This year was no exception, but before finding out that Chase and Bank of America customers have a 35% discount on it, I went on [...]
Google integrates Profile Results and search links to Social Networks
Looking for names on Google now shows a “Profile Search” results box with the two best hits, an invite to create your Google Profile (in case you are doing a vanity search) and quick links to MySpace, Facebook, Classmates and LinkedIn search pages.
Google Search Suggestions: Men are More Worried about Manhood than IQ
Analysing query logs is really amusing some times. This is a screenshot from Google’s Search Suggestions for queries which start with the word “average”. Here are a few extrapolation from these suggestions: 1) Men are more worried about the length of their penis than their IQ. 2) Height is more important for men, weight for [...]
Want your URL Shortener? Buy a Domain and Use Bit.ly, like Techcrunch and New York Times
With the diffusion of Twitter and other social sharing communities there is a lot of buzz over URLs shortening. Every major company wants to have its own URLs shortening domain: Google (goo.gl), TechCrunch (tcrn.ch), New York Times (nyti.ms), FourSquare (4sq.com), Fox News (fxn.ws), Delicious (icio.us), Bing (fa.il), … Did they all really setup some highly [...]
How to Update Flash Player on Apple TV
The folks at Boxee recently updated their player to version 0.9.20.10710. The new interface is pretty slick and installers are now available for Ubuntu, Apple TV, OS X and Windows. Unfortunately, after having installed it on Apple TV v3.0.2, it is not possible to play any TV Show due to an outdated Flash Player. No [...]
