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Wolfram Alpha Launches Image Identification Search Engine
Wolfram Alpha does image search the Wolfram way, but showing entity data around the image as they interpret it....
Wolfram Alpha “Handwrites” Answers For April Fools’ Day
Move over there just a little bit, Google. Even Wolfram Alpha, the computation knowledge engine (as it calls itself), is getting in on the April...
Wolfram Alpha To Power Samsung’s Version Of Siri
Wolfram Alpha currently helps answer some questions via Apple’s Voice Search, Siri. Now Wolfram Alpha announced they have partnered with...
Wolfram|Alpha Puts 300 Hand-Drawn Query Icons On Its New Homepage
Here’s something you don’t see every day: hand-drawn artwork turned into search queries. Wolfram|Alpha has rolled out a new home...
Google Launches Knowledge Graph To Provide Answers, Not Just Links
Hinted at for months, Google formally launched its “Knowledge Graph” today. The new technology is being used to provide popular...
With Fix In Place, Wolfram Alpha Explains How Siri “Recommended” The Lumia By Mistake
It wasn’t Siri that was recommending the Lumia as the best smartphone to some last week; it was Wolfram Alpha. That won’t happen...
Apple Siri’s Recommending Nokia? Then Nokia’s Recommending Android & iPhone, I Guess
Apple’s Siri search feature for the iPhone 4S thinks the Nokia Lumia 900 is the best phone ever? Actually, it’s Wolfram Alpha that...
Wolfram Alpha Gets Into Local Search — Very Badly
It’s unlikely to impact Google or Yelp in any way but Wolfram Alpha is getting into local search. According to a blog post today users can...
WSJ Says Big Google Search Changes Coming? Reality Check Time!
The Wall Street Journal is out with a story saying that Google is about to make one of the biggest changes in its history of offering web...
Apple’s Siri Drives 25 Percent Of Wolfram|Alpha Queries
Yesterday knowledge engine Wolfram|Alpha announced an intriguing new paid service Wolfram|Alpha Pro. Gary Price wrote an overview of the new...
Wolfram|Alpha Goes Pro With Powerful Data Analysis & Presentation Tools
Wolfram|Alpha (W|A) is launching a new fee-based service named Wolfram|Alpha Pro. In today’s highly competitive environment, you may...
Wolfram|Alpha Scores Again With Rich NFL Data
I am a long time admirer of Wolfram|Alpha and I’m happy to report that my admiration continues to grow, as you can now access NFL...
Wolfram Alpha Offers New Twist On Flight Search: Literal Answers To What Planes Are Overhead
You may not love this as much as I do, but that’s okay. Wolfram Alpha has just launched what I’d have to put on any year-end list of...
Live Q&A With Stephen Wolfram Today
Wolfram Alpha is a fascinating “un” search engine that’s a great alternative to Google for many types of queries. And...
Visualize Your Own Information With Google Public Data Explorer
In April 2008, Google launched its Public Data Explorer, a fantastic tool that allows you to visually explore and analyze very large data sets....
If Google Played Jeopardy: Smartest Search Engine, But It’s No Ken Jennings
Google: Go to the head of the class. Wikipedia: You stay after school for extra tutoring. That seems to be one of the conclusions you can draw...
Wolfram Alpha Redesigns For 2011
Next time you visit Wolfram Alpha, you’ll be greeted by a shiny, new, colorful home page — that’s just one of a few design...
Wolfram Alpha App Coming To Android
Wolfram Alpha announced a native Android app is on its way to the Google mobile operating system, Android. It is expected about a year after...
Wolfram|Alpha Query Widget Builder
Wolfram|Alpha, the fact engine has released a neat new feature today. Wolfram|Alpha is allowing anyone to build query driven widgets that can be...
Wolfram Alpha Slashes iPhone App Price, Launches Mobile Site
The answer to that question is “yes.” Wolfram Alpha says its iPhone app is now available for $1.99, a huge drop from the $49.99...
