Archive for the “Search Engines” category
WolframAlpha, Where Are You?
by Tony Hung on July 13, 2009
Time will tell if it was Bing’s inherent abilities or Microsoft’s deep-pockets spending that caused the initial bump of 8% in unique users after the first month — but its clear what is suffering from a lack of Buzz … Wolfram Alpha. (…)
How Many Geeks Are Even Trying Bing?
by Tony Hung on June 14, 2009
I think one of the great advantages that Google has isn’t just the strength of its search technology, or the bottom-line deliciousness of adwords / adsense. Its really the thought leadership of what “Search” — and even, probably “The Internet” (…)
WolframAlpha == The Web’s Calculator
by Tony Hung on May 16, 2009
Much like everyone else, I had a quick peek at WolframAlpha over this past weekend. My initial impressions? With its applied use of the Mathematica engine to the Web’s content and user queries, but needing a human element to gather (…)