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Quora Just Launched A Major Salvo At Google With Its Plan To Become The Internet’s ‘Library Of Alexandria’ (GOOG)
Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/quora-internet-library-of-alexandria-2012-12
Quora CEO Adam D’Angelo is nothing if not ambitious.
He just announced plans to dramatically expand the site’s goals beyond just asking and answering questions, declaring in a blog post that he hoped to build “an Internet-scale Library of Alexandria.”
That’s an implicit challenge to Google, which has long declared its mission to be “to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful.”
But D’Angelo noted in his post that the
This Amazing Chart Shows What Happens When A Tumblr Post Goes Viral
Union Metrics and Tumblr announced today they are cooperating on the “first full-fidelity” Tumblr analytics platform for marketers.
The dashboard allows brands who use Tumblr blogs to make sense of the 75 million blogs and 32 billion posts currently on the network.
To illustrate what it can do, Union Metrics sent over this graphic of the way it can chart what happens to a Tumblr post once its starts being reblogged by followers. Although users could always see this information underneath each of their own individual posts, analyzing it was inconvenient.
Here’s what a viral campaign post for President Obama looks like once it takes off inside Tumblr:
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In-Store Product Research Influences Most Smartphone Owners
14% of American smartphone owners who have scanned or texted for product information while in-store say they made an unplanned purchase as a result, according to [download page] a September 2012 report from Vibes. Yet, an almost equal proportion (15%) report being dissuaded from making a purchase. Still, a plurality say that the product information […]
Craigslist’s apartment search still sucks, but thankfully there are third-party developers out there making it better (even if Craigslist doesn’t like it). Previously mentioned Lovely is dedicated to making the apartment finding process easier, and this weekend they built a new search tool to help you find a great place with photo-based search results.
All you need to do is choose a city and a neighborhood to get started. From there you can narrow down your options by choosing the number of bedrooms you want in your apartment and a price range. As you make your selections, Lovely will provide you with a grid of photos depicting the various apartments available to you. From there you can click on anything appealing for more information and view the entire listing if you choose. While browsing on a map is great, sometimes you just want to pick the places that look the best before you worry too much about the exact location. Lovely’s new tool helps you do just that.
The Astounding Growth Of iPhone Profits (AAPL)
Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/chart-of-the-day-apples-gross-profit-per-product-2012-8
Make no mistake about it, Apple is now the iPhone company.
This chart, based on information from Apple and estimates from our own Henry Blodget, shows how gross profit from the iPhone has exploded since it was introduced in 2007. It basically overshadows profits from all other divisions at Apple.
Blodget estimates gross profits will be $67 billion in 2014, up from an estimated $44 billion this year.
Search and Social Media in Regulated Industries #SESNY
Search and Social Media in Regulated Industries – Pharmaceutical, Healthcare, Financial Services, Insurance.
http://sesconference.com/newyork/agenda-day2.php#search-social-regulated-industries
For more information and the full interview – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXAh5jRVp_w
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