AskMeNow Inc.
Type	Public (Traded On OTCBB)
Founded	Irvine, CA (2005)
Headquarters	Irvine, California
Key people	Darryl Cohen - CEO
Industry	Mobile Search Services
Products	Consumer Mobile Search, Enterprise Search
Website	[1]

AskMeNow is an Irvine, California based mobile search company that launched in the United States in late 2005. The company offers a consumer mobile search product and also powers mobile offerings for a number of content providers such as Merriam-Webster, Encyclopædia Britannica, and Guinness World Records.^[1] Image File history File links AskMeNow-Smart-Alec. ... Public is of or pertaining to the people; belonging to the people; relating to, or affecting, a nation, state, or community; opposed to private; as, the public treasury, a road or lake. ... The OTC Bulletin Board is a stock market for companies to list shares which either do not meet the capitalization, ownership, or other requirements of major stock exchanges, or for companies who do not choose to have their shares listed on such exchanges. ... Irvine is the name of more than one place: Irvine, California Irvine, Scotland Irvine is the name of a Scotish Clan. ... CA or ca may stand for: C&A stores calcium (Ca): symbol for the chemical element California: State of, United States Canada (ISO country code) Catalan language (ISO 639 alpha-2) Cellular automata Central America Certificate authority Channel America: Defunct US television network Chartered accountant Chemical Abstract Citizens Alliance: Political... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Irvine is the name of more than one place: Irvine, California Irvine, Scotland Irvine is the name of a Scotish Clan. ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Area  Ranked 3rd  - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²)  - Width 250 miles (400 km)  - Length 770 miles (1,240 km)  - % water 4. ... Chief Executive Officer (CEO) is the job of having the ultimate executive responsibility or authority within an organization or corporation. ... Mobile Search is an evolving service centred around the convergence of search engines and mobile phones. ... A website (or Web site) is a collection of web pages, typically common to a particular domain name or subdomain on the World Wide Web on the Internet. ... Location of Irvine within Orange County, California. ... Mobile Search is an evolving service centred around the convergence of search engines and mobile phones. ...

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How It Works

There are two ways AskMeNow can be accessed ^[2]

• SMS (Text Messaging) - AskMeNow allows users to find information on their mobile devices by sending questions via SMS messages. AskMeNow answers them using a combination of proprietary search technology and human assistance. The answers are sent back as SMS text messages, SMS to WAP messages, or email.

• Mobile Applications - A GUI is offered via mobile applications. AskMeNow applications are offered on platforms including BlackBerry, Treo, Windows Mobile, J2ME, Symbian and Pocket PC.

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References

See also

• Mobile search - mobile search article
• Mobile local search - article on mobile search for 'local things' such as nearby businesses, events, traffic reports etc.

Mobile Search is an evolving service centred around the convergence of search engines and mobile phones. ... Mobile Local Search, also known as MoLo, is a rapidily evolving technology that lets people search for local things using a mobile device such as a cellular phone or a personal digital assistant. ...

External links

• AskMeNow Official website
• CNET Review's AskMeNow