Retail giant’s @Walmartlabs plans to reinvent online shopping with ‘social commerce’

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Description: Wal-Mart is hoping the two start-up mavens can reinvent its own e-commerce platform, which has lagged competitors. Source: Gobe & Mail.com Date: Oct. 3, 2011 Tucked in the heart of Silicon Valley, Wal-Mart (WMT-N52.120.210.41%) has assembled a team of 70 developers, computer engineers and researchers – dubbed @WalmartLabs – in an aggressive attempt to… Read more »

Sentiment Analysis Gives Companies Insight Into Consumer Opinion

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Description: MOBI is part of an emerging technology that can tell a company almost instantaneously how people are feeling about a particular business, executive, product, stock, or advertising campaign Source: Businessweek.com Date: March 1, 2011 Automated sentiment analysis is an emerging field that overlaps with many others such as business intelligence, customer service, and brand reputation… Read more »