Daybees Search
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Daybees Search (or Daybees Event Search) is a web-based vertical search engine for events.{{Cite web |title=Google, Bing, Yahoo Still Anchor For Finding Information |url=https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/198918/google-bing-yahoo-still-anchor-for-finding-infor.html |access-date=2023-03-15 |website=www.mediapost.com |language=en}} Daybees was the first application of its type designed specifically for events.{{Cite web |last=Intellectual Property Office |first=Concept House |date=2015-03-04 |title=Intellectual Property Office - Patents Journal : UK applications filed |url=https://www.ipo.gov.uk/types/patent/p-os/p-journal/p-pj/p-pj-ukappfiled?lastResult=170&perPage=10&startYear=2011&startMonth=November&startDay=16th+-+6391&endYear=2011&endMonth=November&endDay=16th+-+6391&filter=&sort=Publication+Date&status=undefined |access-date=2023-03-15 |website=www.ipo.gov.uk |language=English}}
About
When the UK beta website launched in March 2013,{{Cite web |url=http://www.eventindustrynews.co.uk/2013/03/27/the-worlds-most-comprehensive-search-engine-for-events-with-advanced-integrated-calendar-launches/ |title=Event Industry News: March 27, 2013 |access-date=April 2, 2013 |archive-date=March 30, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130330085506/http://www.eventindustrynews.co.uk/2013/03/27/the-worlds-most-comprehensive-search-engine-for-events-with-advanced-integrated-calendar-launches/ |url-status=dead }} Daybees had over 230 event categories with over 1.5 million happenings of all kinds,[https://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/08/technology/08iht-search08.html?_r=1& New York Times: April 07, 2013] making it one of the largest event-based search engines on the web.Web User Magazine:
Page 21, Issue 316, April 18, 2013 The process for generating event listings is primarily by web scraping, using algorithms with web crawlers, to find any events taking place. Event data is extracted from the crawled event pages and assimilated into a data stack. This is then formatted, tagged, categorized and compiled. A software-based merging tool is utilized to prevent duplication, ensuring that identical events listed on multiple websites are consolidated..{{Cite web |url=https://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2013-04/15/daybees |title=Wired: April 15, 2013 |access-date=August 26, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160410083038/http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2013-04/15/daybees |archive-date=April 10, 2016 |url-status=dead }} The user-interface provides an accessible way for Daybees users to find events.{{Cite news |title=Webscape: Calendars to simplify your life |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-radio-and-tv-22796014 |access-date=2023-11-22}}
Mobile platforms
The Daybees Event Finder mobile app was released for iOS devices[https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/daybees-event-finder/id643845917?mt=8&uo=4 Daybees Event Finder: iTunes app]{{dead link|date=March 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} on 1 June 2013, followed by support for Android devices[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.daybees.android Daybees Event Finder: Android app] on 5 June 2013. The Daybees mobile app was listed as one of the best new apps of July 2013{{Cite web |url=http://tech.uk.msn.com/apps/best-new-apps-for-tablets-and-smartphones-july-1#image=9 |title=MSN Tech: July 4, 2013 |access-date=July 9, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130707210252/http://tech.uk.msn.com/apps/best-new-apps-for-tablets-and-smartphones-july-1#image=9 |archive-date=July 7, 2013 |url-status=dead }} and in "Apps of the Week" and "Picks of the Week" for August 2013.Sunday Mirror: August 18, 2013 The app has a feature which enables users to add their own events that can be shared with selected personal connections.[http://www.apppicker.com/reviews/10787/daybees-event-finder-app-review-find-all-manner-of-events-in-your-local-area-and-across-the-globe appPicker: November 11, 2013]
Draft versions of iconic movie posters
Bill Gold, granted Daybees permission to publish their exploratory conceptual development work for movies including The Exorcist, Ocean's Eleven (2001 film), Pulp Fiction, and A Clockwork Orange (film). This collection was released in 2013.[https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2013/may/17/rejected-film-posters-exorcist-casablanca The Guardian: May 17, 2013][http://www.designweek.co.uk/whats-on/the-movie-posters-that-never-were/3036507.article Design Week: May 20, 2013]Crawlers (Into the Dark)
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://daybees.com/}}{{dead link|date=May 2024}}
- [http://daybees.com/iconic-movie-posters/ Iconic movie poster draft designs]