Abstract: The disclosed technology concerns a method for wetting and dispersing a pulverulent polycarboxylic acid containing polymer in aqueous media without the need of a steric stabilizer and/or a wetting agent, said method comprises a) providing a pulverulent pre-neutralized carboxylic acid containing polymer or copolymer, wherein said polymer or copolymer is prepared from a monomer mixture comprising at least one olefinically unsaturated carboxylic acid group containing monomer, and wherein from about 1 to about 10 wt. % of said carboxylic acid group containing monomer(s) is neutralized; b) mixing said pulverulent pre-neutralized carboxylic acid containing polymer or copolymer in aqueous medium; and c) mixing a deswelling agent selected from an acid, a salt, and combinations thereof with said aqueous medium, and optionally d), adjusting the pH.

Abstract: A computing device identifies detects changes to a shared document from a plurality of users. The computing device determines change activities and corresponding provenance to the shared document in response to detecting the changes. A context of granular changes is generated based on the change activities and corresponding provenance to the shared document. The computing device generates a graphical user interface based on the context. The graphical user interface provides a visualization of the granular changes.

Abstract: Methods, systems and computer program products are provided for incentivizing users to consume and interact with content. An indication is received of a time span spent by a user viewing content displayed on a display screen at a user device. An indication of a proportion of an area of the display screen filled by the displayed content is also received. A value of an incentive to be awarded to the user is determined based at least upon the time span and the indicated proportion of the area of the display screen. The value of the incentive may also take into account feedback provided by the user on the displayed content, as well as a number of interactions by the user with the displayed content. The incentive is awarded to the user.

Abstract: Methods, systems and computer program products are described that incentivize users to provide feedback about, consume, and/or interact with content displayed on a user device. In accordance with embodiments, the user provides feedback about content items displayed on the user device, wherein each instance of feedback is classified into one of a plurality of predefined feedback types. Information related to the number of instances of each type of feedback generated by the user is transmitted from the user device to a server where such information is used to determine the value of an incentive to be awarded to the user. The incentives may take the form of credits that are accumulated in association with a user account and an interface may be provided by which the user can redeem the credits to obtain one or more items of value.