Political Streams from LiveLabs, is now open to business. From the FAQ,

Political Streams is an application which mines social media content in real time for political discussion. It surfaces the news articles and documents that are being discussed as well as the people and places that appear in those articles. In addition, it provides related information for any news article, weblog post, person or place. This related information gives a broader context, allowing the user to understand how both the mainstream and social media are discussing an issue, person or place.  

It is this last part that makes this tool interesting.

Very impressive and promising start. Clearly designed to "scale across verticals", this is a result of work by some very smart researchers at Live Labs. I look forward to many of these "yet to be uncovered" verticals. A "200 OK" from social streams is keenly awaited.

This entry was posted on Friday, October 10th, 2008 at 3:23 am