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Wolfram (just as well it’s an) Alpha

May 18, 2009. Posted by Paul in Consumer technology, Information industry. Comments (1) so far.

Not a great start for the heavily trailed Wolfram Alpha. While the semantic search knowledgebase may well improve with time, the rather fun comments on the bottom of the article offer enlightening user feedback about its current performance. It’s rubbish! Though I asked it for the meaning of life and it did come back with the literarily correct 42, it might be a while before it can provide good answers to tricky (and not so tricky) questions.

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  1. Wolfram Alpha iPhone App: $50 Pricing Strategy Is Actually Marketing Best Practice…

    If you have been anywhere near the tech/iPhone blogs in the last few days, you’ve more than likely come across various posts all covering the new Wolfram Alpha iPhone app from the same angle–it’s $50 price tag being rediculously high….

    Trackback by Evolyte — July 8, 2010 @ 10:08 pm

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