ChaCha Debuts Human-Powered Mobile Search

Watch out Google, ChaCha is doing a mobile search dance uniquely its own. ChaCha on Thursday announced a new service that allows users to text questions of any kind to 242242, which spells ChaCha on most mobile phones, and receive answers back by text.

While the

service might not look strange at first glance, it is actually a real human being that sends the answers back. The service is currently available as a free trial, although the company said it plans to offer subscriptions in the future.


Much like the 411 concierge-style services currently offered by most cellular services providers, ChaCha promises to reply questions that humans can’t find easily while […]

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