Trader recommendation websites must vet firms, says watchdog
CMA draft guidance says platforms must also tackle fake reviews and sanction rogue traders
February 2015
Instapaper apologises for profanity-filled email
Most popular story - picked by an algorithm - had oh just a few uses of the F-word
September 2014
The ultimate internet glossary: from 4chan to Zynga
Know your lolz from your lulzsec, and your belfies from your selfies? Hannah Jane Parkinson is here to help with an almost definitive list of digital geekery
March 2014
Last.fm kills 'subscription radio' service as losses mount
The ailing music recommendation site is struggling to compete with Spotify, and is reverting back to its core technology of 'scrobbling'. By Charles Arthur
January 2014
Spotify to tailor music to your heart beat
A motion sensor and heart rate monitor could be used to select tracks and playlists that suit your mood and your movement. By Samuel Gibbs
July 2013
Last.fm founders launch web recommendation tool Lumi
Martin Stiksel and Felix Miller swore they wouldn't do another startup – until they created a service based on browsing history. By Jemima Kiss
December 2012
Spotify reverses iTunes 'unbundling' trend with its new follow feature
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Jemima Kiss: Recommendation and discovery are key to socialised content, but the bigger battle is to make it pay
November 2010
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Peter Gabriel joins voices backing net neutrality in UK
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My Taptu app takes the visual news aggregator to mobile
October 2010
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Songkick's gig listings get a boost on Yahoo's new search
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CNN's research says 27% of us share 87% of news links
April 2010
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Research: Music recommendation is *the* big opportunity
For all the talk of recommendation systems, serendipity currently plays a more important part in triggering searches for music online, according to research. By Jemima Kiss
December 2009
The 100 essential websites
Here we go again … our latest Top 100 list sees short attention spans, the rise of Twitter, more browser wars and celebrity gossip sites setting the news agenda
May 2009
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Blinkx moves into telly with new set-top box deal
The web video search service Blinkx has signed a deal with the digital TV software firm Miniweb that will put its search and interactive services on set-op boxes across the UK. By Jemima Kiss
March 2009
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Last.fm puts pay wall around streams; except in US, UK, Germany
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@ SXSWi: Is music recommendation broken?
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@ SXSWi: Secrets of the news aggregators
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@ SXSWi: The impossible balance between privacy and personalisation?
February 2009
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CBS, Last.fm deny passing user data to RIAA; some users delete accounts
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BBC's RAD Lab brews TV and radio recommendation tool
