Vurb is a web and mobile contextual search engine. When you type a query in Vurb, you get everything you need without having to leave the search engine. The company is rolling out search for Places, Movies, and Media. It will soon launch search for add People, Startups, and others. For example, if you search for a film, you get a trailer, showtimes, reviews, a link to watch the movie on Netflix, the IMDb score and more.
Fred Wilson made some heated comments on stage. “This problem is a bitch, you won’t solve it, and it will kill you,” he said. But it looks like the company managed to convince the other judges.
"Search is outdated. Google steers you to right section of the library, but doesn’t answer your question or compile that answer with others to help you make a decision. Luckily, today Vurb is launching its reinvention of search results in the form of a web and mobilecontextual search engine. Rather than forcing you to do multiple searches in different tabs, Vurb collects all the relevant info on one page and preserves your path in a saveable, sharable stream.
"Search is outdated. Google steers you to right section of the library, but doesn’t answer your question or compile that answer with others to help you make a decision. Luckily, today Vurb is launching its reinvention of search results in the form of a web and mobilecontextual search engine. Rather than forcing you to do multiple searches in different tabs, Vurb collects all the relevant info on one page and preserves your path in a saveable, sharable stream.
Vurb is rolling out search for Places, Movies, and Media today, but soon plans to add People, Startups, and many more verticals. The best way to convey everything Vurb can do is to just walk you through a chain of searches, so let’s take a look at trying to plan a night out.
SOurce: TechCrunch
