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Microsoft updates Bing’s conversational understanding to let you ask follow-up questions, just like Cortana

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by on August 13, 2014 at 3:23 pm
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Microsoft today updated Bing with a very interesting new feature that builds on its investments in entity and conversational understanding. In short, you can now ask follow-up questions that reference your previous question. For example, Microsoft says that after asking “who is the president of the united states” and getting back the answer “Barack Obama” you can then ask “who is his wife” and get “Michelle Obama.” Best of all, the chain can continue. You can then ask “how tall is she” (5 feet and 11 inches) as well as “who is her brother” (Craig Robinson) afterwards, and Bing will…

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Microsoft updates Bing’s conversational understanding to let you ask follow-up questions, just like Cortana

Aug13
by on August 13, 2014 at 3:23 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

bing_homepage

Microsoft today updated Bing with a very interesting new feature that builds on its investments in entity and conversational understanding. In short, you can now ask follow-up questions that reference your previous question. For example, Microsoft says that after asking “who is the president of the united states” and getting back the answer “Barack Obama” you can then ask “who is his wife” and get “Michelle Obama.” Best of all, the chain can continue. You can then ask “how tall is she” (5 feet and 11 inches) as well as “who is her brother” (Craig Robinson) afterwards, and Bing will…

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Listen to 110 years of uninterrupted Billboard Charts with Remix of the Century

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by on August 13, 2014 at 3:01 pm
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Ever wondered what was the number one on the Billboard Charts in 1920? Nor us, either. But, out of interest, it was a song called ‘Dardanella’, by Ben Selvin & His Orchestra. A new Music Hack Day project aims to provide questions like this with an accurate answer, exploring a century of the Billboard Charts. Remix of the Century, as the project is being called, cleverly provides you with an uninterrupted remix of Billboard’s best ranking tunes by combining data from the Whitburn Project with the Echo Nest API. Thanks to the integration of this API, alongside listening to the hit tracks of…

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Listen to 110 years of uninterrupted Billboard Charts with Remix of the Century

Aug13
by on August 13, 2014 at 3:01 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Shareables

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Ever wondered what was the number one on the Billboard Charts in 1920? Nor us, either. But, out of interest, it was a song called ‘Dardanella’, by Ben Selvin & His Orchestra. A new Music Hack Day project aims to provide questions like this with an accurate answer, exploring a century of the Billboard Charts. Remix of the Century, as the project is being called, cleverly provides you with an uninterrupted remix of Billboard’s best ranking tunes by combining data from the Whitburn Project with the Echo Nest API. Thanks to the integration of this API, alongside listening to the hit tracks of…

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General Assembly is bringing its tech scholarship program to Los Angeles and San Francisco

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by on August 13, 2014 at 3:00 pm
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General Assembly, a New York-based startup that offers educational courses in a wide range of technology-related skills, is expanding its scholarship program to Los Angeles and San Francisco. The ‘Opportunity Fund‘ was announced in April as a pilot scheme for New York City, but it seems the company is already prepared to expand the program. The new fund is aimed at women, war veterans and minorities – specifically African-Americans and Latinos, according to General Assembly. Those who are accepted onto the program will receive an $8,500 grant for the company’s three-month Web Development Immersive course. Standard tuition normally costs $11,500, so…

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