June 2011
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Survey Says: Mobile Users Engage More Than Web...
We recently surveyed users of both our web-based beta Q&A community and our iPhone app and wanted to share some key findings and differences between how the two groups (web + mobile) engage with our Q&A service.
We launched the beta of our user-powered Q&A community last summer, and while it is only accessible to about a third of our user base (scaling more widely soon!), we had a...
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Ask.com Integrates YouTube APIs - Video Answers
Video has become a huge component of today’s social web experience. As such, it’s no surprise there are plenty of new start-ups on the scene (most notably Vyou, touted in the press a YouTube meets Facebook meets Quora) as well as sites like Mahalo that allow users to upload and share “how to” videos with each other.
Web users certainly love video - today seven in 10 adult Internet users watch...
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A New Mobile Ask.com Experience
As promised a few weeks ago, Ask.com just rolled out a new experience for visitors coming to our website from an iPhone, iPod touch, or Android device. While we’ve been excited to see how users have embraced our iPhone app (nearly 700,000 downloads and counting!) we’ve also seen tremendous growth in the number of users who access Ask.com on their mobile devices - triple digit growth in the past...
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Ask.com Is Named A Top Workplace
Great news – as revealed by the Mercury News this week, Ask.com was just named one of the Top Workplaces in the SF Bay area. The evaluation for the Top Workplaces program was based upon feedback from an employee survey that many of our employees completed a few months ago. More than 1,370 companies participated in the program and 65 of those companies were selected for the Top Workplaces award....
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Welcome to Summer!
Today is the Summer Solstice, which marks the official start of summer! And it certainly feels like it, the temperatures are supposed to reach 89 degrees here in Oakland today, which is pretty warm for these parts. The solstice has been an important day for people around the world for centuries, because there is more sun today than any other day of the year. In fact the famous monument Stonehenge...
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Pledging Allegiance to the Flag
Today is Flag Day, which celebrates the adoption of the Stars and Stripes as the official flag of the United States. According to patriotic legend, Betsy Ross sewed the first American flag in 1776, but who actually designed the American flag? Although the flag is commonly attributed to Betsy Ross, Congressman Francis Hopkinson, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, is most likely to have...
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Breakout the SPF: Ask.com Users get Ready for...
With summer just around the corner, Ask.com users are asking and answering all sorts of questions about how to prepare for the season. Some of the most popular questions focused on sun damage, tanning and how to make sure everything from sunglasses to nails are summer-ready. Check out the tips below! What is the fastest way to get rid of sunburn? 54% of Ask.com users say you should try applying...
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Ask unveils in-app trivia game at Six Flags
We’re excited to share that the Ask.com “Skip the Line” trivia game has officially arrived to kick off the summer season for the guests of Six Flags Parks! Check out today’s ClickZ coverage of the news.
The Ask for iPhone app was updated late last week to detect users within the vicinity of Six Flags parks in 10 major cities across the country. Based on that location, the app will now launch the...
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Hackathons, APIs and all that good stuff...
Last weekend I had the opportunity to check out the TechCrunch Disrupt Hackathon organized in New York. There is something about this type of event that sets it apart from others – maybe it’s the hacking itself, the people or the atmosphere — nonetheless, I am always excited to participate. The challenge? Pick a real-world problem and hack a solution – all in 24 hours. The event is geared towards...
