Lost and found:The art of information retrieval -old and new skills for searches and classification

摘要

It is 2014 and it is the best of times and the worst of times for finding things. The whole world is at our fingertips, and yet some things remain as elusive as ever. Why? Well, "Exhibit A" m'lud is a certain wireless speaker manufacturer which has just released its latest mobile app for people to use with their speakers. Wherever you are in your house, not only can you play any song you own digitally through a mobile device or computer through said speaker, you can search across allstreaming services you subscribe to in order to find and play just the right song you want. Instantly.