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Clicker.com tells you what to watch and where to find it
As the number of TV networks and programs has exploded in the last decade, a major concern for cable companies has become how will viewers find their favorite shows among 1,000 channels. The problem has gotten even worse with the availability of more and more TV shows online, where some of the helpful network silos have disappeared altogether.
So where do you go if you want to see last night's episode of Modern Family, then follow it with episode 6 of Season 3's Mad Men, before checking out if your favorite Indiana Jones movie is online?
You go to Clicker.com, a year-old Los Angeles-based programming guide for Internet television founded by former Ask.com chief executive Jim Lanzone. True to his roots in search, Lanzone and his team have created a comprehensive database so a user can find every legally available TV show and movie available online.
The company is now upping the ante for users with the roll-out of Clicker Predict, which predicts what you'd want to watch based on your data. And to make it not just intuitive but social, Clicker also announced it is being integrated into Facebook's platform. This means you not only get program recommendations based on your previous viewing habits but also based on what your friends are watching.
from Ask...:
Will you use Facebook’s new messaging service?
It's official. Soon you'll be able to adopt your very own "facebook.com" email address.
Facebook announced a new all-in-one messaging tool on Monday, after much speculation that the social networking giant was planning a so-called "Gmail-killer.
from Ask...:
Is the recession harder on women?
In 2009, more men are putting an emphasis on stability and security in their job and are looking for a girlfriend as a potential wife, according to the annual Great Male Survey by askmen.com
But how are women fairing in comparison?
Yahoo! Shine asked 19,000 women in the Great Female Survey and found that more women see their career on hold. Fifty-six percent stated that any upward movement in their career is cut off because of the economic crisis while only 24 percent of men saw the same problem.
from Ask...:
Any light in that tunnel?
Private employers are slashing jobs and the services sector, which powers most of the economy, is in its worst slump ever. "It's impossible to find any ray of light here," Joel Prakken, chairman of Macroeconomic Advisers in St. Louis, Missouri, said of the job losses last month.
With the government working to bail out banks, and possibly automakers, and with a top adviser to President-elect Barack Obama underscoring the need for an economic stimulus package, do you think things will get better and when?
from Ask...:
Bailout vote fails: disaster or a vote for the people?
By a vote of 228-to-205 the House of Representatives rejected a compromise plan that would have allowed the Treasury Department to buy up toxic debt from struggling banks. Is the rejection a "complete disaster" or "a vote for the people who did not issue or accept a sub-prime mortgage?" Join the debate in the comments field below.
from Ask...:
Sign, sign, everywhere a sign
It's become a truism that Americans are driving less due to high fuel prices. Here are five signs that signal a decline in demand:
1. Drop in volume: The fall in U.S. oil demand in the first half of 2008 was the biggest in 26 years, according to the EIA.
from Ask...:
Pinching pennies
Times are tough for Americans as their wallets take multiple blows from the housing slump, rising oil and food prices, growing unemployment, inflation fears and recession talk. Many homeowners are facing negative equity, with mortgages bigger than their property's value.
Even as recently as November, households were going into debt to maintain spending, but new numbers show that Americans are saving at the highest rate since March 1995.
