February 28th, 2013

Online Radio Service TuneIn Adds Recommendation Engine And Google+ Sign-In Integration

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TuneIn, the popular online radio service that lets users listen to over 70,000 radio stations from around the world, just announced the launch of TuneIn Live, the company’s new service for helping listeners discover new audio content. Using the data it gathers from its over 40 million monthly users, TuneIn is now able to provide its users with personalized recommendations based on the… → Read More

February 12th, 2013

Yahoo Acquires Mobile “Nearby Recommendation” iPhone and Web App Alike

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Today, mobile app company Alike has announced that it has been acquired by Yahoo and will be joining the Yahoo Mobile team. Alike allows you to recommend nearby venues that are your “favorites.” This is similar to Facebook’s approach in tagging the things around you that you’re interested in. This could be a great move for Yahoo in pulling together like-graph type… → Read More

August 10th, 2012

Senzari Takes On Pandora With Personalized Radio That Lets You Customize By Popularity, Similarity, Discovery & Tempo

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Senzari, the Pandora competitor backed by $1 million in funding from 500 Startups and others, has just debuted a brand-new recommendation engine called AMP3, which steps up the competition quite a bit between it and other streaming radio providers. The new engine (which we’ll just call “AMP” for short) isn’t like the basic “artist radio” option found in Pandora, or the radio features in other… → Read More

July 5th, 2012

AppHero Raises $1.8 Million For App Recommendation Service Which Learns Your Interests From Facebook

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Following Apple’s acquisition of Chomp, the app search and discovery business continues to heat up. Last month, app search startup Quixey raised a healthy $20 million Series B, and today a much younger startup, AppHero, has raised a $1.8 million seed round for its app recommendation platform.

The round included investment from  OMERS Ventures, Golden Venture Partners, and ENIAC Ventures… → Read More

October 5th, 2009

Ready for your close-up? Jinni goes into public beta

Finding a movie to watch on a rainy Friday night can be like finding the proverbial needle in a haystack.Jinni is a content discovery system, or as the makers prefer to call it a “taste engine”, for movies and TV shows which addresses this problem. The service has just gone into public beta. Most of us choose movies based on rather amorphous criteria like mood or an association with… → Read More

December 18th, 2007

CG Holiday Recommendation: Once

. BTW – On the hill, when she looks up at him and says something in Czech? She’s saying “I love you.” Product Page → Read More