Qwant, Not Quant
January 3, 2015
Remember Pertimm? No problem. I scanned Techmeme yesterday and noted a link to a story about Qwant, another Google killer from France and the publishing wizards at Axil Springer. You might have some trouble locating the service because Techmeme spelled Qwant “correctly” if you live in Silicon Valley:
I covered Qwant in one of my for fee Information Today columns. I won’t recycle that analysis here.
The “news” is that Qwant is going to roll out a child friendly version of its search system. Here’s the interface for Qwant. I wonder how many children can figure out what’s what?
Notice that the blank column contains news about my query “Qwant child friendly.” What do you think about a service that doesn’t present news about itself?
Fascinating. Will French children be thwarted by Qwant’s effort to protect them from adult content? LA schools found out that blocked iPads were a no brainer to convert from school stuff or more thrilling content.
Stephen E Arnold, January 3, 2015
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