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A Facebook data scientist has laughed off recent research by Princeton University which claimed that the social network giant would lose 80% of its users in the next few years. According to the model the Princeton researchers used, Princeton University would be extinct by the end of the decade and our entire planet will vanish by 2060. That last prediction is based on declining searches for the word "air" on Google. 
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Former self-described Google "search girl" and current Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer says that "the future is personalization...where you're the query." Such searches will take into account all your history and preferences.
Meghin Moore's curator insight,
October 2, 2013 2:36 PM
So if Marissa Mayer says that "the future is personalization," what impact will that have on news? Will journalism start to cater to each and every individual? Will this allow more bias-filled articles to come to light, based on an individual's search preferences? Will the ever-growing divide in the media be affected by this? That's something I'll probably end up seeing as I go on in life. |
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Improving its ability to find treasure amid junk offers Facebook a chance to topple Google from the throne as the king of search.
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