Same with stocks apps, calculator apps, dictionary apps, and even broad-knowledge ones like those for Wolfram Alpha or Wikipedia.

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Wolfram Alpha LLC is a Wolfram Research company whose long-term goal is to make all systematic knowledge immediately computable and accessible to everyone.

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These are questions that can't be answered by Facebook's latest Graph Search, but they're perfect for the stats geeks over at Wolfram Alpha.

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Currently, Siri uses Wolfram Alpha to display answers to questions asked.

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Other companies that have been cited as possible Apple acquisition targets include Fusion-IO (FIO), another flash memory storage company, Twitter , and perhaps Wolfram Alpha .

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Wolfram Alpha is the brainchild of British-born physicist Stephen Wolfram.

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While Siri relies on external databases for answers, such as the online encyclopedia Wolfram Alpha, Evi has a painstakingly amassed collection of 635 million facts on 28 million things.

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Not only can S Note be used for play, it also brings serious productivity features such as an equation analyzer, shape recognition and integration with the Wolfram Alpha logistics engine.

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Fortunately, Siri can find that in Wolfram Alpha!

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