Archive for June, 2008

Indianapolis gaining ground as ‘cybercity’

Indianapolis - It is the kind of news that gets attention: Indiana mentioned in the same breath as San Jose and Boston when it comes to creating high tech jobs. A new study lists Indianapolis as one of the fastest growing “cybercities” in the country. Read more.

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ChaCha Wins Stevie® Award for “Best New Service”

Groundbreaking Service Praised by Leading Global Growth Consulting Company
Indianapolis, IN - June 19, 2008 - Adding to its list of prestigious awards, ChaCha announced today that it took home top national prize in the Best New Service category of the American Business Awards, presented at a gala event held in NYC last Thursday. Hailed as [...]

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Can ChaCha’s Humans Compete with Google’s Algorithms?

Scott A. Jones talks about the human-guided search engine, competition from other sites, and how ChaCha embraces a Wikipedia-esque structure. Read more.

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Website of the Day: Cha Cha

Everyone gets burning questions every once in a while, and it’s usually when you’re out among your friends and you have a bet to settle. If you don’t have a smartphone to whip out and jump onto Wikipedia then ChaCha is your new, I-told-you-so best friend. Read more.

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Click Report: ChaCha Answers Your Questions

We’ve all been in a situation where we want to know the answer to a simple question, but have no way of looking up the answer. That’s where our cell phones come in handy. Read more.

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ChaCha. Why wasn’t this around when I was in School?

Man oh man, it sure would have come in handy on more than a few occasions!
ChaCha, the human powered search engine, is pretty nifty. I remember hearing about this a few months ago, but admit I had never actually tried it. The concept is this: you text a question to the ChaCha short code… any [...]

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REVIEW: ChaCha’s answers much better than anticipated

Have you ever wondered who directed that awesome flick “Hot Rod,” or who won the 1998 Giro d’ Italia bike race, or if there is a cure for herpes? Well wonder no longer as the answer to all these questions and more is now at the tip of your finger thanks to ChaCha. (For those [...]

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Have a Question? Do the ‘ChaCha’

No question is too complicated, too bizarre or too random for ChaCha, a recently launched mobile answering service that promises quick and accurate answers to your inquiries via text message. Read more.

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Cell Services Keep It Easy, and Free

You hear it all the time: “These cellphones are too complicated, by cracky! I don’t want to play music or surf the Internet. I just want to make phone calls!”
It may turn out, though, that these complaints are misdirected. Maybe the real problem isn’t new features - it’s the complexity added to the phones’ designs.
But [...]

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