Yahoo has purchased SkyPhrase with the intention of enabling computers to deeply understand natural language and intentions. “Yahoo uses Bing for their search engine, so it’s unclear why they would buy a natural language technology for search because they can use Microsoft’s technology,” said Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group. “Marissa Mayer looks like she’s struggling to figure out where she should take the company and maybe she’s figuring Google has natural language, so perhaps she needs natural language too.”
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Yahoo Buys SkyPhrase in Surprising Search Play
Posted by: Richard Adhikari December 4, 2013 11:34 AMYahoo has purchased SkyPhrase with the intention of enabling computers to deeply understand natural language and intentions. “Yahoo uses Bing for their search engine, so it’s unclear why they would buy a natural language technology for search because they can use Microsoft’s technology,” said Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group. “Marissa Mayer looks like she’s struggling to figure out where she should take the company and maybe she’s figuring Google has natural language, so perhaps she needs natural language too.”