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Harris believes that Semantic Web technologies (which allow machines to process the meaning of information on the Web) could also streamline mobile search in the future. "As the Semantic Web builds up, [the software will] answer specific questions and pay attention to what the user is trying to do on the device," he says.
But making cell phones smarter and more intuitive will require more processing power. Anand Chandrasekher, senior vice president and general manager of the ultra-mobility group at Intel, demonstrated the company's latest low-power cell-phone chip--the Atom--at the conference. During a demonstration, Gunnar Evermann of speech-recognition company Nuance showed the company's software running on a mobile device. He used composed and sent an e-mail employing only his voice.
Although many startups are working on improving interfaces and mobile services for search, experts warn that it could be hard to dislodge the giants. "People are looking for known brands on mobile devices," says Christian Seider of IBM's Institute for Business Value in the Electronics Industry. He thinks that many users will want to access the same Internet services that they get through their PC, so it could be hard--particularly for young companies--to find ways to make money off their technology.
Geolocation analytics could help companies to improve their apps--and make more money from them.
Yahoo's new open-search platform is giving semantic search a helping hand.
I recently did a lot of research regarding location based services. Especially the intelligent part of it excites me the most. The intelligence of the phone, you were also talking about is imo the future, exactly because our mobile is NOT a laptop! Ill explain what i mean with a simple example like a colleague explained to me:
Toni, a few weeks back, liked restaurant "A".. the device looks for other users that also liked restaurant "A".. and search for restaurants that these users are recommending on Toni's current geographical location.. (these other users could be subscribers to the same network provider or social-networking websites for example).
--> no use to search as you do on a laptop, you got geo data that limits the search area anyways!
There are so many ways in order to use this technology, if it works. I mean think of it: I dont like visiting landmarks... I prefer getting to know a city by the view of a local, which would indicate --> doesnt like to visit all churches in town, doesnt want to go in the typical restaurant "tourist trap", so my phone recommends me cool places where others that dont like these either, have been to (and liked em).
Are there any people around here, who have done some programming or have had some ideas to come around with this topic? Or does anyone here know some that might be able to help me? Are there some communities out there, which center around such topics?
mail me if you are interested in a short chat: h0451557@wu-wien.ac.at
Thanks in advance!
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Informative post. thanks for sharing..
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