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| Type | Public (OTCBB: AKMN) |
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| Founded | 2005 |
| Headquarters | Irvine, California |
| Area served | North America |
| Key people | Darryl Cohen - CEO |
| Industry | Search |
| Products | S3 - Enterprise Semantic Search Solution |
| Services | SMS-based question answering, mobile content distribution, mobile advertising |
| Website | askmenow.com, m.askmenow.com |
AskMeNow Inc. is an American public corporation, specializing in mobile search and mobile advertising. The Irvine, California based company officially launched in November 2005. AskMeNow Inc.'s primary offering is a consumer mobile search product which utilizes proprietary technology to offer a natural language based interaction and dynamic content provision platform. The end result is that AskMeNow is able to respond to user queries posed in natural language with a single relevant answer. Answers to text-based queries are sent back in a variety of formats including SMS, E-mail, or dynamic WAP pages. AskMeNow also offers a push content service dubbed "AlertMeNow." The service pushes free mobile text alerts on a daily basis, with information from content partners including Merriam-Webster and Encyclopaedia Britannica.
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There are three ways the AskMeNow consumer search product can be accessed [1]
AskMeNow Inc. partnered with a variety of content publishers to offer mobile access to these publishers’ content. These partnerships include NHL[2], Merriam-Webster[3], Encyclopædia Britannica[4], and Guinness World Records[5].
AskMeNow Inc. maintains distribution partnerships with Alltel[6] in the US, as well as Rogers Wireless[7] and Bell Mobility[8] in Canada, as well as Handango.