Study of Seattle consumers shows how weather influences online shopping

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One particularly bleak January day, while staring at my computer screen for what seemed the 17th hour on an incredibly tedious, time-consuming freelance project, I did what many would do — I turned to Zappos. Two days later, more than $800 in Frye boots landed at my doorstep. It was then that I realized that… Read More…

From Facebook to Zynga: A guide to the tech giants establishing Seattle outposts

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Another day, another tech giant sets up shop in Seattle. Perhaps no story over the past 24 months has shaped the technology community in Seattle as much as the arrival of the powerhouses of tech. Drawn to the region by a stable of anchor tenants like Amazon.com, Expedia and Microsoft and enticed by top-notch computer… Read More…

A $1M prize for the best product recommendation algorithm

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How do you get people to buy more stuff on e-commerce Web sites? That’s the $1 million question, literally. RichRelevance and Overstock.com are offering the $1 million RecLab Prize — aimed at academics and other geeks — for the team that builds the most powerful online recommendation engine. The idea is to create advanced algorithms… Read More…