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  • Hunch Takes A Deep Data Dive On The Tastes And Interests Of eBay Users

    "Over the course of the past month, the team over at Hunch has spent some time figuring out the differences in tastes and interests of people who have shopped on eBay and those who have yet to make their first eBay sale or purchase.

  • EBay Buys Hunch to Serve E-Commerce Recommendations

    "Hunch Inc. has found a home inside eBay Inc., helping the global e-commerce company better predict which items will entice shoppers. Hunch's technology is expected to help eBay expand its merchandising and relevance capabilities to improve the shopping and selling experience for eBay customers."

  • eBay has a Hunch, buys startup for recommendation technology, NYC foothold

    "eBay acquired the New York-based startup Hunch on Monday, which could help it solve the site's issues with consumer recommendations while gaining a foothold in the Big Apple. The San Jose-based online marketplace will use Hunch technology and its team to integrate more advanced recommendations into its website, which doesn't fit into the same neat mold as other sites in recommendations."

  • Data Points: Communication Nation

    "If you don’t agree that the pen is mightier than the sword, why would you take notes in a meeting? Hunch, an Internet recommendation engine, is collecting a massive amount of data to build a “Taste Graph” of the Web that links our affinity for any one thing—books, gadgets, fashion, writing implements—to a prediction of what else we might like."

  • Quit Netflix? Meet The Netflix Predictor From Hunch

    "Hunch just rolled out their Netflix Predictor this week, which allows users to log in with their Hunch account and get a wide selection of movies recommended to them. Based on the number of films it offered me which I have already seen and loved, it’s a good bet they have cracked the “Napoleon Dynamite problem,” in which some quirkier films are so polarizing that it’s almost impossible to predict whether someone will like it."

  • Which Ivy League School Best Suits You?

    "Harvard or Yale? The high-school overachievers’ nagging existential dilemma suddenly got a whole lot easier thanks to the taste-prediction startup Hunch."

  • The differences between people who can and can’t drive a stick

    "The latest infoporn from Hunch.com delves into the site's proprietary user data system to uncover the characteristics of people who can drive cars with a stick shift vs. those who can't."

  • Infographic: What Does the Average Android, iOS User Look Like?

    "Recommendation engine Hunch polled 15,818 users about their mobile operating system preferences. Ever wonder what the average Android or iOS users was eating or watching on TV? According to Hunch, you're most likely to find an Android user watching How I Met Your Mother while eating Corn Pops, while that iPhone owner will be taking in an episode of The Killing while snacking on Rice Krispies. Who knew?"

  • iPhone Users Have Slightly More Hipster Cred Than Android Users

    "Hunch is back with some stats pertaining to our biggest war at the moment: Android vs. iPhone. In this edition, Hunch queried almost 16,000 users on the operating system their smartphone sported."

  • Are iPhone users bigger jerks than Android users?

    "The folks at decision-making site Hunch created the infographic you see below. Based on the infographic, we can see that iPhone users tend to be well-traveled, well-educated, and prone to hanging up on telemarketers. They also may be in the habit of texting while driving."

  • The REAL Differences Between Dog And Cat People

    "Hunch.com analyzed data from more than 80+million users to analyze the real differences between cat and dog people."

  • Hunch, Taste Graphs & the Link Between Lettuce & Politics

    "By asking just a few simple questions to users, the Hunch website is able to predict with pretty astonishing accuracy how they'll answer other questions. Dixon says that he believes that there seem to be two ways in which personalization will occur in the future - 'either through shadowy cookies and things behind the scene' or by things that users control. 'And we want to be the people doing it.'"

  • The Eating Habits of Conservatives Versus Liberals

    "Did you know a political conservative is more likely to prefer McDonald’s french fries than his liberal counterpart? He’s also more likely to qualify Chinese takeout as 'exotic ethnic food.' These insights come from collective intelligence system Hunch.com, a site that’s gathering data from millions of web users about preferences and building a 'taste graph' for the entire Internet."

  • Infographic: The Ever-Expanding Taste Graph by Hunch

    "Hunch was designed as a collective intelligence decision-making system that predicts what you will enjoy based on past decisions. In order to make the best recommendations, Hunch relies on an ever-growing database of connections -- between you and your friends, between you and your interests, etc. -- known internally as the taste graph."

  • Royal Wedding: Yanks vs. Brits on the Ring, Dress

    "In the lead-up to Prince William and Middleton's big day, Hunch, which asks users a series of questions to create individual "taste profiles," took a deep dive into its database of answers and found that Yanks and Brits are likely to differ on all sorts of wedding day decisions, from the ring and flowers to the cocktails, food and music. "

  • Mac People vs. PC People: What Your Gadget Says About You

    "Hunch just published an infographic chock full of data from a survey of 388,315 of the site's users. The inescapable Mac vs. PC argument is showing no signs of fading here in 2011."

  • Mac vs PC: The Stereotypes May be True

    "An unscientific survey by Hunch, a site that makes recommendations based on detailed user preferences, found that Mac users tend to be younger, more liberal, more fashion-conscious and more likely to live in cities than people who prefer PCs."

  • Infographic: Mac Users Are Liberal, Vegetarian, City-Dwellers

    "Hunch.com offers a great visual snapshot of Mac users and their PC counterparts over on the site’s blog today. The personalized recommendation engine collected data from its users to paint a picture of the average Mac and PC person, and at least a good portion of the results are pretty much in keeping with prevailing stereotypes."

  • Hunch Brings Predictions to Internet TV

    "Hunch has partnered up with Samsung and Digitas to launch The Smart Living Room, an interactive microsite that makes movie watching a deeper social experience. The Smart Living Room takes Hunch's predictive ability and adds it to television viewing."

  • Your Choice of Email Domain Says a Lot About You

    "Hunch looked through the stats of their users and asked them about which of the four major free email providers - Gmail, Yahoo!, AOL, and Hotmail - they used and their personalities. Taking their answers, they came up with profiles for the average person who uses a particular email domain. Which scenario fits you the best?"

  • Hunch profiles the average Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail and AOL e-mail user

    "What is the average e-mail user like? Not to stereotype or anything, but Hunch has an idea. The New York-based Web application, which is building a “taste graph” of everyone on the Internet using algorithms mixed with user-curated content, looked to its own users for clues. What it discovered was a very specific archetype for each e-mail provider."

  • What do you recommend?

    "Hunch culls data (known as a 'taste profile') about the articles, topics and people that users and their friends like. While other services offer consumers recommendations based on past purchases and specified tastes, Hunch is one of the first to offer information on things users might like even if their taste profile possesses no prior knowledge of their opinions in a given category."

  • Names You Need to Know In 2011: Hunch.com

    "Hunch aims to tailor the web to each user’s tastes and preferences by getting to know them through a series of questions. Hunch.com’s goal is to build the “taste map” of the Internet, learning the preferences of web users and linking them with sites and information they have an affinity for."

  • Search Takes a Social Turn

    "Hunch, a start-up based in New York, wants to go beyond cataloging the places and products for which your friends have already expressed affection. With some complex software, it tries to use that information to predict what other things you might like, even if nobody you know has ever offered an opinion on those things before."

  • Hunch homes in on who you are

    "It took 39 questions for the Hunch Twitter Predictor to make a wrong guess about me. The Twitter Predictor is meant to show off how Hunch can be legitimately useful--especially as the site prepares to launch an application program interface (API) that will bring its algorithm's know-how to third-party sites."

  • The World's Most Intriguing Startups

    "Hunch uses the experiences of others to help people make decisions. ... Type in "What magazine should I subscribe to?" for example, and Hunch will provide answers by matching responses from users with similar preferences."

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