John Battelle's Searchblog

MARCH 10, 2014

Strictly algorithm: how news finds people in the Facebook and Twitter age – theguardian.com How do ideas find the public in the age of inscrutable algorithms? That’s the lesson behind this story on the automobile repossession industry, which most has tagged your car at some point in the past year or so.

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John Battelle's Searchblog

JANUARY 3, 2014

The lessons of disruptors like Google, Twitter, and Amazon, as well as newer entrants like airbnb, Uber, and Dropbox, can be applied to solving larger problems than where to sleep, how to get a cab, or where and how our data are accessed. The world loves a second act, and will demand one of Twitter now that the company is public.

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John Battelle's Searchblog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2014

The phrase has something of a “ dark pool ” feel to it, but it’s actually a rather mundane concept: Developers tag their mobile apps and – if relevant – their complementary websites – with a linking structure that allows others to link directly into various points of entry into their applications.

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