Case Study on how VistaPrint uses Amazon Personalize for product recommendations
Nothing mind-blowing, but a nice read if you have some time: A blog post by VistaPrint on how they use Amazon Personalize for creating personalized...
A look inside TikTok’s all-knowing algorithm [Charlotte Hu]
The New York Times recently reported about leaked documents on how Tik Tok’s recommender system works (PayWall). The report followed an investigation of the Wall...
On YouTube’s recommendation system [Cristos Goodrow]
Cristos Goodrow, VP of Engineering at YouTube, published a blog post about YouTube’s recommender system that provides “a deeper look into how YouTube’s recommendation system...
Apple’s opt-in for cross-app advertisement leads to a 15% – 20% drop in revenue, says Brian Bowman
A few months ago, Apple changed its practice regarding user-tracking across apps. Since then, Apple requires app developers to explicitly ask users whether they agree...
‘Rex’: Medium’s Recommender-System as a Microservice [Miles Hinson]
Miles Hinson writes about his experience in developing ‘Rex’, the recommender system for Medium, as a Microservice. He discusses design choices and presents a few...
Against All Odds: Netflix, From Mail-Order DVD Rentals to Streaming Dominance [Shawn Knight @ TechSpot]
Shown Knight from Techspot writes about the history of Netflix and how Netflix evolved from a mail-order DVD rental to the world’s largest streaming service....
What Twitter learned from the Recsys 2020 Challenge [Michael Bronstein et al.]
‘What Twitter learned from the Recsys 2020 Challenge’ is a blog post authored by Michael Bronstein, Luca Belli, Apoorv Sharma, Yuanpu Xie, Ying Xiao, Dan...
Spotify considers the interests of artists when recommending music to users
Spotify announced a new feature that allows artists and music labels to influence how their music is recommended to the users of Spotify. In this...
Case study how simple recommendation techniques improve user experience in e-Commerce [Emilio Carrión @ MercadonaTech]
Emilio Carrión (MercadonaTech) wrote a blog post about how simple recommendations to substitute ‘ghost’ products improve conversion rate and user experience. He defines ‘ghost’ products...
Facebook documents its recommender system — a little bit. [Sarah Perez @ Techcrunch]
Facebook has not been very open about how its recommender system works exactly. This may be about to change though. Today, Techcrunch announced that Facebook...