Under the new system, before members can post a crime and safety message, the site warns them about profiling, saying: "Ask yourself – is what I saw actually suspicious, especially if I take race or ethnicity out of the equation?" Next, users are encouraged to focus on behaviors and specific descriptions, such as clothing, shoes and tattoos.
Companies like Hunch tackled the data collection piece of the equation, asking users endless survey questions to determine their tastes and preferences.
On the other side of the equation, other users can lend money, as well as companies, pension funds, insurance companies, etc.
That takes the hardware out of the equation because users can access as much compute and storage resources as they need at a reasonable price, and IT doesn't haven't to build or maintain a system in a data center.
With its new "Home Value Tool," Redfin aims to bring the human element back into the equation by allowing users to select a number of homes that they believe best compare with the home they are trying to get an estimate for.
To do this, the team attempted to create what Testone calls an "app-centric platform" — in other words, the platform is designed to break its interface (and to a similar degree, the user experience) down into smaller chunks (apps) that are easier to work with and can be used as needed, removing some of the friction from the equation for novice users.
The serving side of the equation is what end users see when they query the search engine, and the system generates a set of results.
Nokia rebranded its mapping service as HERE back in November last year in the hopes of ramping up the licensing potential of its location services by taking its all-too-well-known mobile brand out of the equation to attract more users, such as rival mobile makers who might otherwise have shied away from adding Nokia's brand to their devices.
On the other side of the equation are the creative users of Tongal.
