Saturday, May 12, 2007

IAC to launch Ask Mobile GPS service

By Michele Gershberg
Reuters
Friday, May 11, 2007; 6:41 PM

NEW YORK (Reuters) - IAC/InterActiveCorp. (IACI.O) said it

launched on Friday a new mobile application for its Ask.com Web


search service to help consumers find friends, shops and

services based on their location at a given moment.

"Ask Mobile GPS," or Global Positioning System, was

launched on Ask.com's Web site on Friday and will be available

next week on Sprint Nextel Corp. (S.N) through a deal between

the No. 3 U.S. wireless carrier and WaveMarket, which provides

location-based services for mobile phones.

The service will be offered for $9.99 per month on seven

phone models currently offered by Sprint. IAC aims to expand

the service to other U.S. carriers and may offer more ba

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