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Thomson Reuters releases new version of semantic tagging tool

Monday, 19 May 2008, 07:56

Thomson Reuters has released a new version of its semantic tagging tool Open Calais along with plugins for several blogging and content magnament systems.
The new version of the software, which allows web publishers to automatically add metadata indicating the people, companies, places, events mentioned in their stories, was unvielled at the SemTech 2008 conference in [...]

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Media critics look at online Virginia Tech coverage

Wednesday, 18 April 2007, 08:49

For a second day, there is much analysis from bloggers and media commentators about the online coverage of the Virginia Tech massacre.
Canadian journalism educator Mark Hamilton says it would be wrong to describe the Virginia Tech story as just another “victory” for the development of citizen journalism. We’re well beyond that stage, he suggests.
“What yesterday [...]

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