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re: - Simplified browsing has happened ala tablets, mobiles etc, especially purpose-specific apps. Mobile and apps certainly have helped. But, there is still

re: - Simplified browsing has happened ala tablets, mobiles etc, especially purpose-specific apps. Mobile and apps certainly have helped. But, there is still a problem of knowing what urls (in the case of a browser) or sites to search or which apps to get to help out. It seems like there should be a better way of just "getting information" based on location/interests/curiousities...

mbell 15y ago
You mean google?
- jmspring 15y ago
  Google may be an answer, but it is still oriented towards typing in search terms, maps, etc. Is there a better way to package this up as a ui/service?
  - uxp 15y ago
    Seems like you are looking for an App Store for SaaS apps, like the Chrome Web Store, but more general purpose and less Chrome specific. Edit: as much as I despise the term, Social App Store. You would need algorithms like Pandora uses, that tracks how often and for how long a user uses certain kinds of apps, and through categorization, tailor a "Recommended" page to popular apps in the same category, as well as ones that "friends" use on a regular basis.
salemh 15y ago
Semantic web. Hunch is trying, other startups as well. You need so much "opt in, we will find cool stuff (after 200 questions)." The big boys of online data preferences who Could do these things would be Google, perhaps FaceBook (which still brings up ridiculous unrelated ads to my interests, however, I don't "click" any apps or "like" many pages out of privacy). More on FaceBook, even my "prolific" friends (checkins, 200-400 friends, likes and friends with 100 or so movies, bands, apps, etc.) still don't click ads. NetFlix seems, after 4 years, of finally getting a semblance of "interests" down. That is quite a bit of data, time length, and me, the user actually rating the movies I watch in a semi-diligent manner. I would, in fact love to log onto Google, or wherever, see my "bored" category of movies I may like to watch online, at the theater, local events going on that evening, something coming up tomorrow and all somewhat related to what I would enjoy, not just "pushing" or scraping a bunch of different calenders / pooling app info together. Very difficult problem.
- covercash 15y ago
  How about Apple? They have access or the potential to access a whole bunch of info through that little touch screen life portal everyone clings to on a daily basis. Add in iCloud and their Nuance partnership and you have something pretty interesting. "Hey iPhone, is there anything fun to do after work?" It grabs your location, sees you have a late meeting blocked off from 6-7, sees you were watching Transformers 3 trailers a few days ago, sees your buddy Mike tweeted "Transformers 3 looks pretty rad, I definitely want to see that". It now has an approximate time and location, a pretty good idea of what you're interested in (both long term and short term) based on app data, and can see if any of this aligns with your social graph... Would you be interested in seeing Transformers 3 at 7:30 with Mike? "Yes, send him an invitation." iMessage sent with all the details, when you get a yes from him, Fandango launches and you buy your ticket, it gets added to your calendar so you get a reminder after your meeting, maps out directions, etc. It's a stretch but if anyone can make harvesting that much of your personal info look appealing, it's definitely Apple.

mbell 15y ago

You mean google?

jmspring 15y ago
Google may be an answer, but it is still oriented towards typing in search terms, maps, etc. Is there a better way to package this up as a ui/service?
- uxp 15y ago
  Seems like you are looking for an App Store for SaaS apps, like the Chrome Web Store, but more general purpose and less Chrome specific. Edit: as much as I despise the term, Social App Store. You would need algorithms like Pandora uses, that tracks how often and for how long a user uses certain kinds of apps, and through categorization, tailor a "Recommended" page to popular apps in the same category, as well as ones that "friends" use on a regular basis.

salemh 15y ago

Semantic web. Hunch is trying, other startups as well. You need so much "opt in, we will find cool stuff (after 200 questions)." The big boys of online data preferences who Could do these things would be Google, perhaps FaceBook (which still brings up ridiculous unrelated ads to my interests, however, I don't "click" any apps or "like" many pages out of privacy). More on FaceBook, even my "prolific" friends (checkins, 200-400 friends, likes and friends with 100 or so movies, bands, apps, etc.) still don't click ads. NetFlix seems, after 4 years, of finally getting a semblance of "interests" down. That is quite a bit of data, time length, and me, the user actually rating the movies I watch in a semi-diligent manner. I would, in fact love to log onto Google, or wherever, see my "bored" category of movies I may like to watch online, at the theater, local events going on that evening, something coming up tomorrow and all somewhat related to what I would enjoy, not just "pushing" or scraping a bunch of different calenders / pooling app info together. Very difficult problem.

covercash 15y ago
How about Apple? They have access or the potential to access a whole bunch of info through that little touch screen life portal everyone clings to on a daily basis. Add in iCloud and their Nuance partnership and you have something pretty interesting. "Hey iPhone, is there anything fun to do after work?" It grabs your location, sees you have a late meeting blocked off from 6-7, sees you were watching Transformers 3 trailers a few days ago, sees your buddy Mike tweeted "Transformers 3 looks pretty rad, I definitely want to see that". It now has an approximate time and location, a pretty good idea of what you're interested in (both long term and short term) based on app data, and can see if any of this aligns with your social graph... Would you be interested in seeing Transformers 3 at 7:30 with Mike? "Yes, send him an invitation." iMessage sent with all the details, when you get a yes from him, Fandango launches and you buy your ticket, it gets added to your calendar so you get a reminder after your meeting, maps out directions, etc. It's a stretch but if anyone can make harvesting that much of your personal info look appealing, it's definitely Apple.