AskMeNow acquires Expert

Mobile search platform developer AskMeNow announced its pending acquisition of information management solutions provider Expert System six months after the two firms entered an exclusive partnership to launch a mobile question and answer service. Financial terms were not disclosed, although AskMeNow said the acquisition is expected to close within the next three to four months provided the funding is in place.

"Developed over ten years in Italy, Expert System's technology encompasses more than 400,000 word meanings and associations, which allows the system to interpret virtually every possible meaning for every written word," said AskMeNow CEO Darryl Cohen in a prepared statement. "Together, we have achieved total language disambiguation. The development of a delivery of a customer service mechanism will allow users to access information through natural language, a decided advantage when using a mobile device."

For more on the AskMeNow/Expert deal:
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