"Ask.com" news, interviews, and features

News about Ask.com

• Microsoft deletes older Ask.com browser toolbars, but ignores Oracle's new crapware

  Microsoft took a shot at Oracle this month when its security software began deleting older versions of the Ask browser toolbar

• Microsoft sued as lawsuits over employee no-poach deal mount

  Microsoft, Ask.com and Oracle have been sued so far in the latest round

• Microsoft to buy Parature to bulk up Dynamics CRM

• Royal baby, Boston bombing and twerking top 2013 Ask.com searches

  Top search trends show Americans curious about Kardashian baby, government shutdown, typhoon aid

• Oracle will continue to bundle 'crapware' with Java

  Defends practice of making users opt out of Ask.com toolbar; says ''not something Oracle started"

• iPhone 5 availability, Facebook IPO top techie news questions of 2012

Features about Ask.com

• Ask.com bets on semantic search, targeting special audiences

  However, the search engine player hasn't been able to grow its market share of queries