Archive for October, 2008

Obama urges cellphone users to vote early

The Obama campaign has linked arms with ChaCha, a free mobile answers service, to urge people across the USA to vote early. Until election day, people who use ChaCha will receive a prompt that offers the option of getting more information on how and where to vote early. The campaign is limited to states where [...]

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ChaCha provides election research via text message

ChaCha, the mobile answer service backed by Jeff Bezos’ Bezos Expeditions, is working with youth voting initiative Rock the Vote to help people get election-related facts via text message.
The process is simple: Send a text message to RTVOTE (788683) and a ChaCha guide - a real, live person, in this case supposedly trained to give [...]

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ChaCha Hooks Up With Rock the Vote

ChaCha, the question-and-answer service that uses human “guides” to find answers, announced that Rock the Vote will use its service to engage and inform young voters ahead of the Nov. 4 election.
By using ChaCha, Rock the Vote will be able to respond to questions from young voters via text message. Questions can be sent to [...]

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ChaCha provides election information via SMS

To get your election info fix on your handset, simple send an SMS to RTVOTE (788683) and a ChaCha guide - a real, live person, in this case specifically trained to give nonpartisan information about politics - will give you an answer. It’s that simple - try it and you’ll love it! Read more.

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ChaCha and Rock the Vote Team to Bring Election Answers to Young Voters

Rock the Vote turns to ChaCha’s human-powered mobile answers service to engage young voters in the month leading to the historical 2008 presidential election
INDIANAPOLIS - October 15, 2008 - With less than a month until one of the most closely-watched presidential elections in history, today ChaCha announced Rock the Vote will leverage its market-leading mobile [...]

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Mobile service uses people instead of computers to answer questions

More than a million people now are using their cell phones to get answers to just about any question through a service called “ChaCha” that uses real people instead of computers to send you a text message back.
To use the ChaCha mobile search service you call or text a question to ChaCha. Then one of [...]

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ChaCha Receives Telephony® Magazine’s Prestigious Most Innovative Mobile Service Award for 2008

- Leader in SMS Mobile Search Growth Hailed by Leading Wireless Industry Authority -
Indianapolis, IN – October 1, 2008. Adding to its impressive list of recognitions this year, ChaCha was honored yesterday by Penton Media’s Telephony® Magazine as the Most Innovative Mobile Service for 2008. The Telephony® Innovation Awards recognize service providers who have developed [...]

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