Semantic search engine Evri cuts staff by 25 percent
Evri, the search engine that lets you track keyword results across the web, confirmed today that it has cut its staff by 25 percent to better weather the economic downturn. Chief executive Neil Roseman says the Seattle-based company is doing well, having recently landed two major partnerships, but that it’s necessary to trim costs in case the market slumps further.
“We’re in a tough market, and we want to be prudent for our investors,” he says…. Continue Reading
DEMO: Evri uses semantic technology to generate more relevant context
Evri is using semantic web technology to generate more meaningful results for you whenever you browse through web sites or blogs.
The company’s new Evri Collections application enhances the articles, blog posts, papers, images, audio clips, or video that you’re already looking at. It does so by showing you what the article or topic is naturally connected to on the web.
If you look at a certain subject, you can click on its Evri Collections page and… Continue Reading
Roundup: Twestival is tomorrow, Palm talks Pre and patents, Google pays up and more
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Twestival: Bad name, good cause — Tomorrow, over 175 cities around the world will host Twitter festivals (really, meetups), or Twestivals, to raise money and awareness for charity:water, a project aimed at giving some 1.1 billion people on the planet access to clean drinking water. To find an event near you, visit the Twestival site. If you can’t go to one, Magnify.net is powering a live video stream found here, and you can… Continue Reading
Roundup: More cuts at Yahoo, food cuts at Google and more
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More job cuts coming at Yahoo? — Chief executive Jerry Yang has hired consultants from Bain to get the organization “fit.” It’s not likely that means more exercise. SAI has more.
More food benefits slashed at Google – While Yahoos may be losing their jobs, Googlers are just losing select food privileges. Valleywag has more.
Broadcom wins another battle against Qualcomm — The chipmaker scores another victory after a judge rules that Qualcomm is infringing on… Continue Reading
Evri launches semantic site to help blaze paths through the Internet
Evri, a startup spun out of Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen’s investment firm Vulcan Capital and headed by a long-time software executive from Amazon.com, has an idea for how natural language processing and semantic technology can help people navigate the Internet. And their idea has nothing to do with search.
Like all semantic startups, Evri is all about helping machines connect concepts, using the structure and meaning of human language to create some order. The first wave… Continue Reading