ITFreely s02e06: We Predict a Riot
This week our own Patrick O’Doherty won the Google Award at the BT Young Scientist, catching the eye of the Irish Times.
We discussed his project, We Predict It, a tool to track and predict trends on Twitter. As We Predict It is powered by tweets (and so by proxy, humans), we also discuss Mahalo, the “Human Powered Search” and ask if Google should be worried.
We brought up the Gawker iTablet Scavenger hunt, where a blog are offering $100,000 in exchange for an hour with a rumoured Apple product. Apple have a team of lawyers and time has shown that they are not afraid to use them, this being no exception.
Our last story was about the recent attack on Gmail China, and whether suspecting the Chinese government is just a bit too tinfoil-hat-y.
So, what do you think? Leave us a comment with your thoughts.
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hahahaha, in reference to how WePredict might be useless for sporting events, you mention that just because there might be more South Africa fans twittering about a match than Munster fans, they might not win….
true enough, but its still a game id love to see happen. EVER!!!
awww, Dave, I’m loving it. even better than the name you made up for the pop-singer that last time. Britney Aguilera Shakiri Carey or something.. hilarious.