For most of 2009, SMS-based, human-powered question-and-answer service ChaCha has made surprising leaps up Nielsen Mobile’s rating of mobile search services. ChaCha, which uses inexpensive freelancers ...

I was surprised this evening to receive an email from the ChaCha communications team about a new feature they’ve just launched. I say surprised because we have not been kind to the service in our ...

ChaCha’s text search for mobile is set to debut on AT&T, and while the kinks definitely need working out its results are superior to Google’s similar service. But it’ll never replace texting your ...

We’ve always had a lot of fun with Indianapolis-based startup ChaCha. They launched in 2007 as a human powered search engine – meaning a human found you answers when you typed in a query. Pranksters, ...

ChaCha, the US-based Q&A service for mobile phones, has today announced it’s launching in the UK. This means that if you’re looking for an answer to any question, including phone numbers, addresses, ...

The CEO of ChaCha, a fast-growing digital startup that offers answers via text message, is threatening to drop T-Mobile's wireless service over the carrier's plan to impose a new one-quarter of one ...

ChaCha saw a significant increase in traffic during the Teen Choice Awards, with mobile leading the way in how users engaged with the free real-time question-and-answer service. The traffic to content ...

Human-powered search engine ChaCha launched in late 2006 to somewhat mixed reviews. It sought to entice users to search with expert guides in real time via IM chat windows. It also offered algorithmic ...

Social search engine ChaCha, which has struggled to gain traction and usage on the desktop, is introducing a new text-based mobile service called “textChaCha” (short code: 242242). The same human ...

Indiana-based question-and-answer startup ChaCha announced today that it’s received $7 million in new funding. The company was founded in 2006 as a cross between Ask.com and the Mechanical Turk: Users ...

Real-time answers service ChaCha has closed a $20 million round of financing from new investors VantagePoint Venture Partners and Rho Ventures to support in-MMS ad opportunities for brands. ChaCha has ...

This story was written by Joseph Tartakoff. Mobile search firm ChaCha has raised $4 million of a $5 million round, according to an SEC filing. We’ve reached out to the company to get more information ...