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Rummble launches Rummble Labs to power ‘The Age of Relevance’ online
Last time we checked in on London startup Rummble, things were in a state of flux. We broke the news that the company was changing direction and today it is set to officially launch its new product: Rummble Labs.
Rummble Labs is targeting a wide range of businesses with recommendation technology that can slot into their products, saving them from having to “reinvent the wheel” by building it themselves.
Rummble Labs can track purchases, reviews, ratings, postings, check-ins, “likes” and comments and use this data to create a complete “trust graph”. This graph, comparing users’ tastes and preferences, can then deliver relevant data and recommendations.
Rummble Labs takes the form of an adaptable API that can scale to process large volumes of data and the company is talking about this technology powering “The Age of Relevance” on the Internet. As we’ve previously noted, the startup’s underlying technology always seemed like its biggest asset and this change of direction to becoming a B2B platform play makes sense in a crowded consumer market.
Rummble is currently in Austin, Texas as part of UK Trade & Investment’s Mission to SXSWi, which invited 31 UK digital companies to the digital festival.
You can dig into the full details about Rummble Labs here.
Man becomes first person jailed for ‘blog stalking”
Hospital worker Stephen Andreassen has become the first person in the Britain to be jailed for using his blog to stalk a woman after she ended a four-week relationship with him, reports The Telegraph.
Rebecca Pattinson entered a relationship with Andreassen in 2006, three years after they met, when she went to see him perform on the fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square as part of Antony Gormley’s “One or Other” exhibition. The relationship ended just four weeks later when Andreassen began asking Pattinson to move in with him.
As a result, Andreassen started to harass his ex-girlfriend with calls, emails and text messages, taking to Facebook to beg to be taken back.
When Miss Pattinson started to lock down her social networking accounts and threaten to call the Police, Andreassen started to submit blog posts “warning all men” about her – 35 in total – adding links to other websites that detailed their relationship.
His actions landed him with a lifetime restraining order from mentioning Miss Pattinson in further posts, avoiding jail, after he admitted harassment claims.
Two months later, he was arrested for posting a new entry on his blog, calling his ex-girlfriend a “liar” and a “sociopath”. At Manchester magistrates’ court, Andreassen was sentenced to 18 weeks in jail for breaking a restraining order. He has also been sacked by Manchester Royal Infirmary.Image Credit
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