AskMeNow adds Wikipedia
Rating: don’t tell me, ask me now
by Bena Roberts
AskMeNow has announced a preliminary agreement with Wikimedia to offer a mobile search version of Wikipedia. Its in beta but it will allow users to perform natural language searches on the Wikipedia knowledge base. After beta testing the aim is to launch a free mobile search Wikipedia database.
From the press release
“AskMeNow is extremely excited about the opportunity to provide a unique service to one of the worlds most popular user generated sites,” said AskMeNow CEO Darryl Cohen. “We look forward to working side by side with the many volunteers that make Wikipedia one of the Internet’s top ten sites. Together with the Wikimedia Foundation, we will establish new ways to interact with Wikipedia’s content without jeopardizing the uniqueness that has made it so successful.”
What we think
Great idea. GoMo News loves Wikipedia and the fact that the service is available for free will ensure that it is an immediate success on mobile.
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