Text Engine was a browser-less search engine based on text messages. Users could access basic internet information, without a data plan or a Wi-Fi connection, by sending and receiving text messages. It also employed human operators to answer queries when the application was unable to retrieve correct results. The company, founded in 2013 by Eric Bryant and Shari Sloane, was based in Bedminster, New Jersey, USA, part of the New York metropolitan area. Service in the US was discontinued in October 2018. The alpha version of Text Engine was launched on May 9, 2013 in a Google Product Forum in which Google announced that it sunset a similar service. The alpha version was simply called “Google SMS Search” and only allowed 15 free queries per month. After that quota was reached, users were charged a $4 fee to continue using the search engine. More information...
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