AskMeNow
{{Infobox company |
name = AskMeNow Inc. |
logo = Image:AskMeNow-Smart-Alec.png |
type = Public |
traded_as = |
foundation = {{Start date|2005|11}} |
defunct = {{End date|2008}} |
fate = Dissolved |
location = Irvine, California |
key_people = Darryl Cohen - CEO |
area_served = North America |
industry = Search |
products = S3 - Enterprise Semantic Search Solution |
services = SMS-based question answering, mobile content distribution, mobile advertising |
revenue = {{increase}} US$54,536 (FY 2007)|
operating_income = {{increase}} US$-9.428 million (FY 2007)|
net_income = {{increase}} US$-20.435 million (FY 2007)|
assets = {{decrease}} US$645,110 (FY 2007) |
equity = {{decrease}} US$-4.894 Million (FY 2007)|
num_employees =32 (Dec 2007) {{cite web|url=http://pdf.secdatabase.com/1201/0001144204-08-022576.pdf |title=AskMeNow, Form 10KSB, Filing Date Apr 15, 2008 |publisher=secdatabase.com |accessdate =Jan 15, 2013}}|
homepage = | }}
AskMeNow Inc. was an American public corporation, specializing in mobile search and mobile advertising. The Irvine, California based company officially launched in November 2005 and ceased operations in late 2008.{{cite web|url=http://edgar.secdatabase.com/2494/114420405033866/filing-main.htm |title=AskMeNow, Form PRE 14C, Filing Date Nov 3, 2005 |publisher=secdatabase.com |accessdate =Jan 15, 2013}}{{cite web|url=http://pdf.secdatabase.com/2601/0001144204-07-019311.pdf |title=AskMeNow, Form 10KSB, Filing Date Apr 17, 2007 |publisher=secdatabase.com |accessdate =Jan 15, 2013}} AskMeNow's primary offering was a consumer mobile search product based on proprietary technology that offered a natural language based interaction and dynamic content provision platform.
AskWiki
AskMeNow signed a partnership agreement with the Wikimedia Foundation to bring natural language processing to English Wikipedia.{{cite web|url=http://pdf.secdatabase.com/971/0001144204-07-062666.pdf |title=AskMeNow, Form 10QSB, Filing Date Nov 16, 2007 |publisher=secdatabase.com |accessdate =Jan 15, 2013}} The beta product, AskWiki, integrated some of the semantic web and natural language features of AskMeNow into English Wikipedia searches. The AskWiki engine was able to parse natural language statements and return specific answers rather than just relevant articles.{{Cite web|url=http://www.webmonkey.com/2007/11/askwiki_wikipedia_knows_what_you_re_thinking/|title=How to Start an Online Business & Make Money Doing It | WebMonkey|date=19 September 2019}} The contract between AskMeNow and Wikimedia was rescinded after Jimmy Wales announced his own for profit search engine named Wikia.
Partnerships
AskMeNow partnered with a variety of content publishers to offer mobile access to these publishers’ content. These partnerships included National Hockey League,{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20070928083850/http://www.fiercemobilecontent.com/story/puck-drops-on-askmenownhl-deal/2007-04-12 Puck drops on AskMeNow/NHL deal]}} Merriam-Webster,[http://biz.yahoo.com/iw/070214/0215510.html AskMeNow and Merriam-Webster Launch Mobile Dictionary] Encyclopædia Britannica,{{cite press release|title=Encyclopædia Britannica Selects AskMeNow to Launch Mobile Encyclopedia |url=http://www.mirror99.com/20070221/encyclopaedia_britannica_selects_askmenow_to_launch_mobile_geae.jspx |publisher=World's Technology News |date=February 21, 2007 |accessdate=May 7, 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927105019/http://www.mirror99.com/20070221/encyclopaedia_britannica_selects_askmenow_to_launch_mobile_geae.jspx |archivedate=September 27, 2007 }} and Guinness World Records.[http://biz.yahoo.com/iw/070109/0200987.html Guinness World Records(TM) Selects AskMeNow to Provide Mobile Access to Its Extensive World Record Database] {{dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
AskMeNow had established distribution partnerships with Alltel{{cite web|url=http://pdf.secdatabase.com/1765/0001144204-07-018475.pdf |title=AskMeNow, Form 8-K, Current Report, Filing Date Apr 12, 2007 |publisher=secdatabase.com |accessdate =Jan 15, 2013}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/03/02/alltel-offers-askmenow-mobile-answer-service/ |title=Alltel offers AskMeNow mobile answer service |access-date=2007-06-20 |archive-date=2007-09-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928041621/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/03/02/alltel-offers-askmenow-mobile-answer-service/ |url-status=dead }} in the US and Rogers Wireless and Bell Mobility in Canada.{{cite web|url=http://edgar.secdatabase.com/2405/114420406014450/filing-main.htm |title=AskMeNow, Form 8-K, Current Report, Filing Date Apr 7, 2006 |publisher=secdatabase.com |accessdate =Jan 15, 2013}}{{cite web|url=http://pdf.secdatabase.com/2226/0001144204-08-008606.pdf |title=AskMeNow, Form 8-K, Current Report, Filing Date Feb 13, 2008 |publisher=secdatabase.com |accessdate =Jan 15, 2013}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.secdatabase.com/CIK/1104538/Company-Name/ASKMENOW-INC. AskMeNow Historical SEC Filings]
Category:Defunct companies based in California
Category:Marketing companies established in 2005
Category:Companies disestablished in 2008
Category:Digital marketing companies of the United States