Drawing from location awareness and voice recognition technologies, representatives from Bing, Google and Wolfram Alpha weigh in on the future of Internet search. Bing’s Blaise Aguera y Arcas promises a revised form of search that offers time and location specific results custom-tailored to the user.
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Saturday’s massive 8.8-magnitude earthquake in Chile has captured the attention and concern of the world community. The area continues to be plagued by dozens of smaller quakes including at least nine of magnitude 6.0 or higher.
Below is a timeline of earthquake activity in Chile over the last 72 hours. Wolfram|Alpha’s earthquake data is updated every [...]
This may be a step toward monetization and/or an admission that as a “search destination” it’s foundering.
Wolfram today has a defined range of data (see the Wikipedia list), making it unpredictable for those not familiar with its capabilities and limitations
Not long ago “computational engine” Wolfram Alpha struck a deal with Microsoft to license some of [...]
I’ve been playing around with Wolfram Alpha for a couple of days. In all, I agree with Danny’s “impressive” verdict. And it functions in a way that’s very different than any other search engine I’ve ever used. Even beyond impressive, the words that best describe the experience of using Wolfram Alpha are “fun” and “enchanting.”
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“Whether this ends up being Wolfram Alpha or overtaking our Wolfram.com site, that’s a subject of great internal debate at our company. We were keen to make sure this product is associated with our brand. Worst case, if we never figure out a business model at all, it’s great example of what the technology we [...]
Wolfram Alpha hopes to pay for itself in two ways When it goes live, Some deals for these are already in place for when the site goes live, though Wolfram didn’t reveal which companies will show there.
Certainly no self-serve AdWords-like system appears in the works. Unlike traditional search ads, these don’t appear to be [...]
Complimentary To Google, Not Competitive
While I think technically that Wolfram Alpha will be pretty amazing — and indeed a huge new significant tool that people should consider — It remains a specialized search tool, and general searchers — which are among those Wolfram Alpha is targeting — typically do not go directly to such tools.it [...]
From last post Wolfram Alpha “Fact Engine” is Amazing Stats, At Your Fingertips
Any search engines faces the “disambiguation” challenge, figuring out what someone is after when a word can have multiple meanings. Did “apple” mean the fruit or the computer company, for example.
Search engines traditionally use related search options to assist users. In addition, [...]
Last post we talked about Fact Engine of Wolfram Alpha
Do a search on Wolfram Alpha, and if it has matching data, it presents a ton of information on a single page, from figures to charts. For example, a search for “newport beach” not only shows the current temperature and forecast but also provides easy access [...]
Much attention has been focused on the forthcoming Wolfram Alpha search service. Will it be as important as Google has become? Perhaps! A new search paradigm? Yes! Or at least a new way of gathering information. A Google-killer? Nope! But when the service launches, it should become an essential in anyone’s search tool kit.
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