Definitions
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- noun computing Any of various pieces of
software designed to harvest articles fromnewsgroups , or fromnews websites
Etymologies
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Examples
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For example, I did a search on "newsbot" and clicked on three articles, only to find that none of the articles were recorded in my history or used for personalization.
MSN Newsbot review Greg Linden 2004
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For example, I did a search on "newsbot" and clicked on three articles, only to find that none of the articles were recorded in my history or used for personalization.
Archive 2004-07-01 Greg Linden 2004
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Gypsii just launched a "newsbot" that harvests news from the Internet and then delivers stories to smartphones based on where they happen to be, according to Schuyler.
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The nyt newsbot I set up reflects the contents of all the Times feeds.
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All it would take is one TV newsbot mispronouncing his name just once, and the floodgates would open.
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Stationed on the corner was a chrome-plated newsbot, hawking the Daily Skan.
Tek Lab Shatner, William 1991
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Of course, the fault wasn't Google's - but a number of very embarrassed people at the South Florida Sun Sentinel and Bloomberg are trying to push the blame at Google's newsbot.
Internet Business 2008
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- Google's newsbot happened to be on the site, found the story, and published it in its index
Internet Business 2008
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If you’re following a newsbot, you’re going to get news spam.
Micro-experiment Phil Whitehouse 2009
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