Quixey: As more and more users του Ίντερνετ χρησιμοποιούν φορητές συσκευές, αυξάνεται κατακόρυφα η χρήση εφαρμογών, καθώς είναι πάρα πολλοί αυτοί οι οποίοι προτιμούν την πρόσβαση στο Διαδίκτυο μέσω πιο «περιορισμένων», αλλά πιο πρακτικών διόδων/ «πακέτων», τα οποία δεν είναι ανοικτά σε links ή «ορατά» σε μηχανές αναζήτησης.
According to an MIT publication Technology Review, the company Quixey aims to change that, and in this direction it is leveraging 150 employees and $74 million in funding, with the goal of developing a search engine that can "look" inside applications.
Quixey's goal is to add a search box to the user's phone that can take searches like "best Chinese restaurants in such-and-such city" or "taxi home" and display a list of results that allow the user to go directly to the relevant one screen or function within an application.
According to MIT Technology Review (which reviewed a prototype slated for release later this year), the search engine initially focuses on places to eat and drink. When a specific type of cuisine is requested, the highest-rated restaurants are listed, based on reviews from apps like Yelp and Urbanspoon. Also listed are links to the OpenTable app for the user to view table availability and make a reservation. It is worth noting that Quixey can provide searching results from applications not installed on the device: pressing one of them is followed by its installation.
According to Liro Sapira, co-founder and CTO of the company, the way people today interact with applications is problematic as "it makes no sense" to navigate through an icon set of icons to find the application needs and learn how to move on to it. "A search bar is the best way to use third-party applications, and Quixey's vision is to place this bar on each device."
Source: naftemporiki.gr
