Archive for the 'search' Category
Thursday, January 25th, 2007
Zypsy is a cool variation on the schemes to offer value to mobile users by converting voice to text. Recall that Copytalk, Simulscribe, and SpinVox convert voicemails to email and SMS text messages. Aangel specializes a bit by converting short snippets of voice commands into reminders and calendar entries. […]
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Tagged: aangel, copytalk, getting directions, mobile, mobile users, search, simulscribe, sms text messages, spinvox, voicemails, zypsy
Tuesday, November 28th, 2006
Visual search seems to have come and gone. In 2004, Groxis released the colorful Grokker search client and received $12 mil in funding. Apparently, the consumer market didn’t more than nibble at the innovation; Groxis has pulled the product and refocused on the enterprise knowledge management market.
KartOO is a French company with a […]
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Tagged: concept maps, flash application, grokker, information visualization, kartoo, meta search engine, visualization technology
Thursday, November 16th, 2006
A few weeks ago I covered the new cohort of social activities sites. In the subcategory of basic events listing services, notably comprising Upcoming.org, Zvents, and Eventful, I neglected to include BusyTonight. Ironically, I missed it despite the presence of an active blog on which developers write thoughtfully about the philosophy and execution […]
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Tagged: busytonight, eventful, events, search, search engines, upcoming, upcoming.org, zvents