ReadWriteWeb just posted an in depth article stating that the contextual web is the next stage in the development of the web. The article states that technologies like open API’s and web services like those offered by Baynote’s contextual targeting platform have paved the way for a more personal and contextual user experience. [...]

Another sketch: what ordering breakfast might be like if your waiter only listened to the words you were saying, instead of the intent behind the words. Of course, this would never happen in real life, but it happens with website search all the time. If only there was an intent-aware search system…

Check out our two minute trailer from last week’s “Mob Commerce” webcast featuring Forrester Analyst Sucharita Mulpuru.

In this webcast, Sucharita ties the Forrester Consumer Forum’s uber-theme of the universal needs of consumers (Connection, Uniqueness, Comfort and Variety) to what we do at Baynote.  She made us realize that product recommendations can tap into all four [...]

Apple’s MacWorld Expo has become wildly famous with the technology community worldwide. Each year Steve Jobs gets on the podium and delivers a keynote that introduces another innovative product to his ever growing customer base. Today Apple’s website announced that this upcoming January will be the final MacWorld. What’s their reason? [...]

A new post on InternetNews.com reveals the findings of a new report released by Verizon advising companies on technologies to leverage to cut cost for surviving in the 2009 economy.

Software-as-a-service (SaaS) is one of the technologies the company [Verizon] picked. Many businesses are turning to the category of product to cut costs, avoid the expenses [...]

Jack Jia will be one of several speakers on Richard McManus’s ReadWriteWeb Live podcast today at 3:30pst.  RWW Live is hosted as always by Sean Ammirati and ReadWriteWeb editor Richard MacManus.
From their blog – “ReadWriteWeb talks to a group of leaders in the online shopping market. We have executives from Retrevo, ModCloth, Baynote, ThisNext and [...]

Jeremiah Owyang, senior analyst at Forrester Research, wrote a great post a few days back on the technology scalability vs. services in startups. It is often stated that the holy grail of technology startups is to have a highly scalable product while offering minimum human services for maximum scalability. However, as Jeremiah states, [...]

There’s plenty of doom and gloom to go around these days, but its not all bad news. Choosing a vendor has never been easier, so don’t wait for the dust to settle. Companies are licking their wounds and only the strong will survive. Defenses are down and now you can [...]

Baynote is a finalist in the Mashable 2nd Annual Open Web Awards — an international online voting competition that honors major innovations in web technology.
Now we need your help! By voting for Baynote, you are helping to put our brand in front of the most tech-savvy early adopters, venture capitalists, entrepreneurs, influencers, Web 2.0 enthusiasts [...]

Yesterday at Baynote we had the privilege of a visit by a delegation from China’s Consulate General office in San Francisco including the Consul General himself Gao Zhansheng.
We initially discussed Baynote’s platform and why its peer-driven recommendations are particularly important to business and society at large. This lead to a more philosophical conversation regarding [...]