Posts Tagged ‘zook’

Flickr on Zook

Thursday, October 2nd, 2008

We’ve made downloadble flickr snaps available on Zook -

http://www.zook.in/wap/search.jsp?query=flickr+ladakh

http://www.zook.in/wap/search.jsp?query=flickr+butterfly

http://www.zook.in/wap/search.jsp?query=flickr+merida

http://www.zook.in/wap/search.jsp?query=flickr+ferrari

http://www.zook.in/wap/search.jsp?query=flickr+coffee

http://www.zook.in/wap/search.jsp?query=flickr+sunrise

Explore!

Alerts, Greetings. Now Search the Whole Web!

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

This is just a post about the tonnes of updates on Zook!

  • Find the alert you want to set. Try “alerts movies INOX bangalore” or “alerts electronics deals“  - essentially syntax independent after the “alerts ….” - find and set the deals/movies/events you want to follow, not the “best whatever” somebody else puts and pushes to you.
  • Greetings: Find a birthday/diwali/eid, etc, SMS forward, and set it up for the appropriate day as a mobile greeting! We’ll make sure its delivered on the right day and tell your friend you remembered them on the special day.
  • Web Search: We’ve integrated web search results on Zook - just in case the data isn’t there, or good enough right away. Over time, we’ll try pulling information out of that too so you don’t have to grapple with links and more links and more links….

Keep Zook.in!

What Can You Zook ?

Tuesday, September 9th, 2008

People solve a nice variety of needs through the Zook community. Here’s a few samples:

Sports news and updates:
all winners of 2008 US open
olympics medal tally

Distances, though we’re not a maps service:
Choutapal, nalgonda is how far from hyderbad

Meanings, reference, current affairs:
Mesogynist meaning
what is 123 agreement?
where do we’ve nuclear reactors in india?
“in the red” means?
“spaghetti bowl” means?

Status:
pnr status 140494xxxx

Shortcuts:
RelianceGSM’s website Address
electricity bill of CESC online

Curiosity:
world fastest train?
Where is the place ‘Silent Hill’ actually located

Tough Ones!
rajasthani cook supplier Pune
world’s top most prizes after nobel?
malavan weather
Big purchasing dealer for mentha oil in barabanki (we got this!)

To anyone who asks “What kind of questions does Zook answer?”, or “How’re you like XYZ local search?”, the above should provide a clue. We’re amazed at how so many folks are actually SMSing in to figure out answers to whatever pops up in their heads - and the big challenge now is to get to the whole country, so there’s a new tool for the cliched “no such thing as a dumb question”.

Go ahead, ask! ANYthing that you think needs answering on the phone. Oh, there IS the usual “restaurants, movies, stuff” too.

Open2Save/Zook partnership formal announcement

Wednesday, August 27th, 2008

We announced this formally in the press.

MoneyControl

The Hindu

Pluggd.in, who broke it first!

AlooTechie

Sify

Business Standard

As a next step in our efforts with O2S, we’re adding m-downloadable-coupons that you can get on your phone for your categories/locality combination (and so cut out the noise!) soon. Keep Zook.in!

Totally thrilling “query” to get for a search engine

Friday, August 22nd, 2008

We got this a couple of days ago :

Thank u for all ur response give by sms. on 10:50, Aug 19 from city:Mumbai

Its indeed heartwarming that someone not only found Zook useful, but thinks of us as a friend! Hoping to be as useful to many, many more ….

Beijing Bites

Thursday, August 21st, 2008

Some interestinq queries we’ve got connected to the Olympics:
is olympic gold completely made of pure gold? what about other medals?
The IOC has strict stipulations on the material, identification, weight, size and etchings on the medals. Each must be at least 70 mm across and six mm thick. The gold and silver medals must contain at least 92.5 percent silver, and at least 6 grams of 24-carat gold must coat each gold medal. Bronze medals are mostly made of copper.

china used special & rare metal in olympic medal.what’s it?

China has used jade in the medals for the Beijing Olympics in order to
symbolize the nation’s culture engraved on metal in the center of each
medal.

http://www.bjreview.com.cn/olympic/txt/2008-03/24/content_129203.htm

how much do olympic medals weigh?

The medals for the champions and the runner-ups are made of pure silver and each of the champion’s medals is plated with at least six grams of pure gold as requested by the game organizer. Each medal weighs about 150 grams.

Currency Crossword!

Friday, August 8th, 2008

Rohan made us an interesting one - you can find most answers on Zook - and you’ll get the others in moments if you Zook ‘em.

Play the crossie here!

Pub Hopping on Zook!

Monday, July 14th, 2008

http://www.contests2win.com/crosswords/25253/Pub-hopping-on-Zook-in
Solve that.