Archive for January 22nd, 2009
Microsoft Applications From China Mine the Web
January 22nd, 2009
Microsoft researchers in Beijing are developing applications that mine online data to track human relationships and help with translation, lab managers said Monday.
Another program in development analyzes satellite positioning data to direct users to interesting locations by mobile phone.
The lab, Microsoft’s research base in East Asia, has produced one application that maps a person’s connections to friends and colleagues when a user searches for the person’s name, said Wei-Ying Ma, assistant director at the lab. Clicking on the line between two people gives a pop-up summary of their relationship.
