Mar 07 2008
Ask ChaCha, Get Answered in Minutes!
Wanna know how much a kilo of beef costs in New York or where to change your damaged windshield wipers? Just visit ChaCha and text your question to them via the web page, you are promised to receive the answer (to your cell phone if it’s a US number) in minutes! I tried the first question on twitter as I’m in China and got the answer as follows:
Question
how much does a kilo of beef cost in new yorkAnswer
At Rube’s, New York Strip would be $$ 66.00 for 1 kilo of premium meat. Thank you for asking Chacha!
Isn’t this cool?
As stated on their web site, the service is assisted by human guides who will search the information for you in case their system doesn’t have the information. They have rules about what questions are acceptable. So use it wisely
. By the way, if you are on twitter, simply follow them here: http://twitter.com/242242 and DM them the question and get answered!
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Thanks for covering our new Twitter integration. The 242242 account is our experimental version. We plan to allow you to send questions and follow d chacha (d 242242 will continue to work as well) starting Monday. Please keep the feedback coming! –Brad
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