Android Siri Competitor Iris Takes Step Towards Legitimacy With ChaCha
23.05.12
Siri functions by tapping into popular Web databases and search engines like Yelp and Wolfram Alpha. Apple and Siri spent millions of dollars and a lot of time fine-tuning Siri before the so-called personal assistant made it to the iPhone 4S. Dexetera gained notoriety in October by hacking Iris in eight hours. Granted, it did not really work all that well at the time but the company did well by getting its foot in the door and on consumers' radars.
"ChaCha's massive database of quality answers will add a lot of value to the Iris app," said Dexetra CEO Narayan Babu in a press release . "This partnership will not only benefit Iris, but Dexetra as well and it is an honor to work with this groundbreaking company."
ChaCha adds validation and functionality to the Iris app with little downside for the company. If Iris does not pan out there is no ill effect to the Q&A site. If Iris does take off then everybody wins.
Source: ReadWriteWeb