Ever get fed up with communicating with a machine? At some point or another, most people have bemoaned the loss of personal touch and succinctness of interaction that has been wrought in the wake of mass automation. Even a very specific Google search can prove infuriating when the computer just seems willfully obtuse.
Well some forward thinking folks have decided to bring the human touch back by launching a new mobile search engine called ChaCha. The idea is that you send a query for info as an SMS to 242242 (which spells ChaCha on most phones) and wait for a human response with a specific reply to your question.
It works by having ‘Guides’ deal with your question personally who do the legwork of your search for you returning the most relevant results which depending on the popularity of the service could end up swallowing a whole heap of manpower. A good idea is a good idea however and ChaCha is definitely having a go at something a bit different. It’s free to try so if anyone fancies giving it a bash, do let us know how you get on.
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