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IAC, the parent company of search portal Ask.com, has announced a mobile application which ties together local content, social networking and GPS. This application, called Ask Mobile GPS, is available for download to select supported mobile devices as a free trial version. Ask Mobile GPS ties together Web services from three popular IAC Web sites – Ask.com, Citysearch and Evite.com. It uses the built-in GPS function of supported… Read More

“IAC will issue 1.2668 shares of its stock for each share of Ask Jeeves. That would represent a premium of about 16 percent for Ask Jeeves shareholders, based on Friday's closing prices. Shares of Ask Jeeves gained $3.41, or 14 percent, to $27.65 in pre-market trading on Inet following Monday's announcement, while shares of IAC lost 60 cents, or about 2.5 percent, to $21.69. “ Ask Jeeves owns the popular advertising… Read More