September 2012
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It’s Official – We’re Hitched!
Yesterday marked the closing of the About.com acquisition and another milestone for Ask.com. Askers in Oakland joined Doug Leeds and the About.com staff in NYC on a video conference where we celebrated the marriage of the two companies with a champagne toast and a wedding cake (of course!).
Here’s to living happily ever after! Cheers!
- Suraya Akbarzad, Ask.com
Solving the Customer Experience Puzzle
Last week, Ask.com traveled to Phoenix, Arizona where a large forum, including executives from Verizon, Bank of America, Oracle, McDonald’s, USAA, Nissan, ShopNBC and even our sister company, Match.com, convened on the topic of Customer Experience, or “CX” as industry insiders refer to it. It’s a hot topic among companies spanning all industries, and in the case, we were all in the same room. ...
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TC Disrupt Hackathon 2012: We All Scream For…
They came, they saw, they hacked. And they ate ice cream sandwiches from local supplier CREAM Nation - courtesy of Ask.com. Hey, when you’re burning the midnight oil at the biggest Hackathon TC has put on to date (a record 147 teams presented 1 minute pitches on Sunday night) warm cookies smothered in ice cream sound, uh, really good. In fact, they might just be the perfect pairing with our...
Hot Fun in the Summer
Middle Harbor Shoreline Park – this was the awesome location for our Ask.com Summer Event. Amazing views of both SF and the harbor cranes that were George Lucas’ alleged inspiration for the AT-ATs. All, in all, a perfect place for us Askers to enjoy the SUNNY part of the Bay for a day of food, games and good times.
And good times were indeed had by all. There was a little something for...
