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Publishers Tap OpenCalais for Competitive Advantage

Submitted by KristaThomas on Wed, 06/03/2009 - 20:11.
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On Thursday, we announced that CBS Interactive / CNET is our first major media commercial partner for OpenCalais. You can see the press release here.

CNET is using OpenCalais for semantic analysis of its tech product reviews, award-winning news, and blog postings on consumer electronics and technology, where it will streamline CNET’s content operations, drive audience engagement, and further extend CNET’s reach across the Web.

Teaser: 
CBS Interactive / CNET is not alone in putting OpenCalais to work. Huffington Post is using it to create local microsites and DailyMe is tapping it for greater personalization.
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PwC Technology Forecast: Spring 09

Submitted by KristaThomas on Fri, 05/29/2009 - 21:57.
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Click here to find an excellent, professional report from PriceWaterhouseCoopers (the PWC Quarterly Technology Forecast) on the impact of Semantic Web and Linked Data – primarily with an enterprise vs. web focus.

It's well worth a read and sharing with others.

Teaser: 
PwC believes that the Semantic Web offers a practical way to address the problem of large-scale data integration.
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Hope to see you at Web 3.0 & SemTech 2009

Submitted by KristaThomas on Mon, 05/04/2009 - 22:51.
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Just a quick note to say we hope to see you at one of two key industry conferences this spring.  Here's what we're up to in May and June:

 

1.) The Web 3.0 conference takes place in New York City at the New Yorker Hotel on May 19 & 20, 2009.

We will be offering a media industry and publisher-centric presentation on day one of the show.  We look forward to catching up with everyone on the east coast, and hearing about the semantic and Linked Data projects folks have been working on over the past year.

Teaser: 
Join the Calais team at Web 3.0 in NYC in May or SemTech in San Jose in June.
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Media Cloud research tool from Harvard's Berkman Center uses OpenCalais to surface media trends

Submitted by KristaThomas on Wed, 03/11/2009 - 11:27.
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Just a quick heads-up on Media Cloud, a new free service from Harvard’s Berkman Center for Internet and Society.  It uses the Calais Web service to make it easy to identify trends in online media.
 
Found at http://www.MediaCloud.org, Media Cloud offers a way to quantitatively examine complex questions about the shape and flow of news coverage in the Internet era, such as:
 
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Updated Calais Modules for Drupal

Submitted by KristaThomas on Wed, 02/25/2009 - 11:56.
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In preparation for the new 4.0 release of OpenCalais on March 15th, the gang at Phase2 Technology has done some massive upgrades on the Drupal Calais modules.

While many of these upgrades were under the hood, there are also some pretty great user accessible features to make you smile.

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Vote for Calais as Semantic Web App Project of the Year!

Submitted by KristaThomas on Fri, 02/20/2009 - 21:13.
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Shameless project promotion here. Calais is a contestant for Intranet Journal Semantic Web Application Product of the Year. You can cast your ballot here.

Many thanks to the editors of Intranet Journal, including Tom Dunlap!

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Kas Thomas' OpenCalais - OpenOffice Mashup

Submitted by KristaThomas on Fri, 02/06/2009 - 13:47.
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Kas Thomas, an analyst with CMS Watch, has created a mashup of OpenCalais and OpenOffice that has us all abuzz this morning.

Of particular interest, he has created an OpenOffice macro that lets him push a button and have instant entity-extraction.

Read all about it on his blog, assertTrue(this).

 

 

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Thank You & Congratulations to Mashup Camp Winners!

Submitted by KristaThomas on Thu, 11/20/2008 - 05:33.
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We're headed home from three exciting and exhausting days at Mashup Camp in Mountain View, CA, and all we can say is thank you!

Thanks to the many developers who worked with Calais to create fantastic mashups and brought their creativity, innovation and dedication to the 24-to-48 hour challenge.

And the winners are...

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Calais 3.1 is Live! Features Company and Geographic Disambiguation

Submitted by KristaThomas on Tue, 11/04/2008 - 01:06.
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Many thanks to all who participated in testing Calais 3.1.  Thanks to your help and your feedback, 3.1 is now live.

The new release includes several important new capabilities, including company and geographic disambiguation -- the ability to resolve textual ambiguities around company names (e.g. IBM vs. IBM Corporation vs. International Business Machines) and geographies (e.g. Calais, Maine vs. Calais, France).

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Join us at Mashup Camp to Compete in the first Calais Mashup Contest

Submitted by KristaThomas on Fri, 10/31/2008 - 13:05.
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Introducing the Calais Mashup Contest @ Mashup Camp

Please join us for Mashup Camp to compete in our first Calais Mashup Contest at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, CA, Nov. 17-19, 2008.

Three Ways to Win

We are offering a 4TB Drobo as top prize for Calais mashups in three categories:

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