Search tools //

Quixey //

Friday, April 15, 2011

There’s an App for That

Whether you want to annoy the people around you with farting sounds or file your taxes, there’s an app for that. Quixey, a new search engine for apps in private beta, will help you find it.

User Interface

4.5 stars

Usefulness

4 stars

Innovation

4 stars

Cost:

Free

Overall Rating:

4.2

Qwiki //

Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Information on Demand

Want to learn more about a topic without going through the trouble of sifting through Google’s results? Qwiki pulls information from around the web and turns it into a brief, easily digestible multimedia presentation to get you up to speed.

User Interface

5 stars

Usefulness

3.5 stars

Innovation

5 stars

Cost:

Free

Overall Rating:

4.5

Wolfram Alpha //

Thursday, May 14, 2009

Facts At Your Fingertips

Wolfram Alpha, a new type of search engine that’s already being hyped as a threat to Google, is set to launch in just a few days, on May 18. Can it really challenge the search engine juggernaut?

User Interface

4 stars

Usefulness

4.5 stars

Innovation

5 stars

Cost:

Free

Overall Rating:

4.5