Versus IO pulls in $2.8M from Earlybird VC, Dave McClure to compare things

Berlin-based Versus IO has closed its first round of $2.8 million. The comparison engine represents McClure's first investment in a German startup.

Kaggle’s new service is about matchmaking for the ‘sexiest job of the 21st century’: data scientist

A San Francisco-based startup called Kaggle is taking on the talent shortage, whether through its data science competitions or a new service launching today, dubbed "Kaggle Connect."

Siri’s sister Desti is a virtual tour guide to answer all your travel queries

Desti uses Artificial Intelligence and Natural Language Processing to act as a personal virtual tour guide.

Meet the Internet boy genius with an app to summarize the news

Summly, available to download for free, reduces full-blown articles into snippets, making it easier to skim the news on a mobile device.

Quid makes million-dollar maps of technology’s past, present… and future

Iraqi insurgency groups and Silicon Valley startups may not appear to have a lot in common, but according to Quid‘s Chief Technical Officer Sean Gourley, the mathematics underlying innovation and conflict are not that different.

“The dynamics of an insurgency …

Demo: Métier mines text to improve a company’s performance

In large companies, it’s all too easy for employees to duplicate work or fall out of sync with the company’s strategy. Métier‘s workforward product uses natural language processing (NLP) and semantic matching to help managers find the right employee …