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Although Pocket Casts lacks social recommendations, it has plenty of ways to find new podcasts, from charts to themed categories.
He uses the example of Wasabi, which uses credit card data to identify consumer trends for social recommendations: "Every swipe of a credit card is a vote.
Under Mayer, Yahoo has been buying lots of smaller startups, including Stamped (social recommendations), Rondee (conference calling), Ghostbird Software (photography apps), Loki Studios (mobile games), MileWise (flight search), Astrid (to-do lists), Jybe (more recommendations), Alike (and more) in 2013 alone.
Other competitors in social recommendations include Udorse, GetGlue, and, to some extent, Blippy.
"It drives social recommendations in a more playful way," he explains.
Founded in January 2011, BestVendor helps SMB businesses make faster, smarter purchasing decisions through social recommendations.
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There's also, of course, social recommendation, be that via a friend or a Twitter timeline.
"For online video clips social recommendation is key, but TV is different," says Weiss.
There's still no better recommendation than that of a friend, but the best services will be those that combine social recommendation.
Friends are a good proxy for one's tastes, he says, and social recommendation is far more efficient than maintaining lists of keywords relating to topics of interest.
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