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Wolfram Alpha Pro Arrives Tomorrow

1:00AM February 8, 2012 | Adrian Covert

Wolfram Alpha may or may not be one of my favourite things in tech right now. It’ll spew movie times, compare NFL stats, help you cheat in Words With Friends and tell you exactly what aeroplane you’re staring at in the sky. And now with tomorrow’s arrival of Wolfram Alpha Pro, the company, in its founder’s words, begins “step 2″. More »


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Ever Wonder Where That Plane Flying Over Your Head Is Going?

12:40PM November 19, 2011 | Adrian Covert

You’re laying on a grassy knoll, staring at clouds, thinking about puppies and wondering if Becky and/or Brian Jones will go with you to the school dance. Then a plane flies overhead. You wonder where it’ll end up. But you no longer have to wonder: Wolfram Alpha will tell you. More »


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The Difference Between Watson And Wolfram|Alpha

3:20AM February 22, 2011 | Jesus Diaz

Stephen Wolfram explains how IBM’s Jeopardy winner Watson and his own Wolfrapm|Alpha compare to each other. More »


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Wolfram Alpha Arrives On Android For A Very Reasonable $US2

12:52AM October 7, 2010 | Brian Barrett

When Wolfram Alpha first showed up on the iPhone last October, it spent a good six months costing $US50. That was not sane! With the launch today of the app’s Android version, they’re locked in at a perfectly rational $US2. For a compendium of factoids, weather patterns, computational models and yucks? I’ll take it. [Thanks twilsonx!]


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The $US50 Wolfram Alpha iPhone App Is Now $2.49

3:01PM April 1, 2010 | Matt Buchanan

Wolfram Alpha has decided it might be a good thing if people to actually use the supercalculator on their phone, so its famously $US50 iPhone (and soon to be iPad) app is now $2.49. And they’re


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Wolfram Alpha Is Tired Of People Not Paying $US50 Dollars For Their iPhone App

9:14AM December 4, 2009 | John Herrman

The first problem with the Wolfram Alpha iPhone app was that it cost $US50. The second problem was that the site’s iPhone web interface was nearly as good as the app, and it was free. Guess which issue Mathematica “fixed!” More »


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Wolfram Alpha Ends Up Where It Belongs: In Another Search Engine

6:58AM November 12, 2009 | John Herrman

Results from Wolfram Alpha — the mathematically inclined search engine that everybody hyperventilated about a few months ago then promptly and completely ignored — will soon be rolled into Bing searches. This is fantastic news if you use Bing! (Which you actually might!) More »


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Wolfram Alpha Now Makes Your IPhone Smarter Too

9:00PM June 16, 2009 | John Herrman

Mathematica’s Wolfram Alpha, the occasionally cheesy, unintentionally racist autistic savant of search engines, has finally gotten a mobile version. It’s optimised for iPhones, and therefore Android phones, the Pre, and others (It works fine in Opera Mobile, for example). Search pages are presented in a clean, simple menu format, although results seem mostly unchanged. [Wolfram Alpha via Electric Pig] More »


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Wolfram Alpha Is Actually a Frustrated Stand-Up Comedian

4:20AM June 5, 2009 | Jesus Diaz

Yesterday we got some funny answers from Wolfram Alpha, the search engine that promised to enlighten us. Today, this catalog of silly answers uncovers its true nature as a failed stand-up comedian and pop culture expert.

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Ask Wolfram Alpha: Are You Self Aware?

8:20AM June 4, 2009 | Jesus Diaz

WE ARE ONTO YOU, YOU WOLFRAM ALPHA BIG LIAR YOU!

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