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026: Google Goes Down, KnowEm.com and Algorithms Write News

March 20, 2014


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Humans are no longer the only ones writing quality articles.  Computer algorithms can write full articles and used for major news publications.  We will discuss this and more on episode 026 of Owning Your Own!



  • The Finger – Google Goes Down
  • The Toolbox – Knowem, a tool that shows available business names
  • Open Up And Say AAAA - Algorithms Writing Articles
  • Outro Song (Alan) – Mer Ka Bah by Agent Blak

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Episode 026 Nugs of Knowledge


  • Twitter is going to show favorite people in profiles.  Remember Myspace Top 8?. (4:30)
  • Bay area radio station plays “Hot In Here” by Nelly over and over again.  (5:05)
  • Don’t print your spreadsheets and there are things that you don’t necessarily need the “cloud” to use (7:00)
  • Google docs not Google Word  (9:15)
  • Larger companies have to hold themselves to larger standards (11:15)
  • Google did reach out to their community with the Google account and not just a “representative” or just ignore it. (11:44)
  • Tinder may introduce verified accounts for celebrities. (13:50)
  • Sean Rad is the CEO of Tinder (16:05)
  • Knowem shows where your business brand is located and opportunities to place it elsewhere. (18:45)
  • Building in California are equipped to deal with earthquakes (24:25)
  • The Los Angeles earthquake prompted an algorithm to write the LA Times article (27:15)
  • Robots will probably replace jobs that aren’t related to creativity and caring according to Eric Schmidt (30:05)
  • Efficiency is the key to robots doing jobs..giving people more flexibility to do the important things rather than automated tasks. (33:30)


 


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