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Search locally in Boston with Zync

Search locally in Boston with Zync

Finding local amenities is a tough task when traveling, let along in your area. A Boston company aims at helping personalized local search through algorithmic recommendations.

Zync has developed a prediction algorithm that enables users to pull in recommendations based on personal taste. Being that it's difficult to sift through recommendations for large cities, Zync takes into account personal tastes and the opinions of people you trust in order to model search results. Friends can share with each other what services, restaurants and locations that they enjoy, ranking them higher for their contact list.

Zync has currently only opened up only for Boston based results.

[via StartupSquad]

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