She’s a tough nut to crack. ELIZA is a computer program that uses natural language processing. Huh? Natural what what? Basically some MIT nerds got together in the ‘60s and made a computer language that can interact with human language. Some of us are old enough to know Microsoft Office’s Clippy. Yup, he (she? hm…) interacts with you through natural language processing. So, no – there aren’t a bunch of people offshore messing with your head typing in responses to your statements. The computer can interact with you. It’s awesome, particularly in game form.
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Next up for our readers is my pal Ricard, who lights up our office with some Spanish bravado. Note the action shot to the left. He’s unstoppable at kicker and doesn’t go easy on the trash talk.
CLARA: Mornin’ Ricard. To start off, could you tell our readers when it was that Crowdpark snagged you?
RICARD: Late summer 2011.
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I interviewed Francis today to show our readers how awesome he is. Here’s our chat:
CLARA: Hey Francis. I want to show our readers how much we love having you as a driving force on our Crowdpark team. When was it that Crowdpark was lucky enough to recruit you?
FRANCIS: It was a sunny day in May 2011.
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Crowdpark, the leading developer focused on social betting games, today announced it has secured approximately $6M USD (€4M) in new equity funding from top European investors Target Partners and existing investor Earlybird Venture Capital. This brings the total amount of funding raised in all rounds to approximately $8M USD. The funding aims to further fuel Crowdpark’s significant growth via hiring and product development for its cross-platform social games. Waldemar Jantz, partner at Target Partners, will also join the board of Crowdpark. To visually illustrate this news, please see the Crowdpark infographics.
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