aardvark – Gadget Teaser https://www.gadgetteaser.com Tracking the gadget and tech revolution Sat, 13 Feb 2010 21:36:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.14 Google picks up Aardvark https://www.gadgetteaser.com/2010/02/13/google-picks-up-aardvark/ Sat, 13 Feb 2010 18:38:11 +0000 https://www.gadgetteaser.com/?p=2732 Google made another acquisition this week, this time in the form of Aardvark. Aardvark is an answer service that relies primarily on crowd sourcing to get the job done. It can be a fun way to kill some time, especially if you’ve got it on your iPhone, but people tend to ask fairly vague questions […]

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]]> Aardvark logo.Google made another acquisition this week, this time in the form of Aardvark. Aardvark is an answer service that relies primarily on crowd sourcing to get the job done. It can be a fun way to kill some time, especially if you’ve got it on your iPhone, but people tend to ask fairly vague questions that can be difficult to answer.

Aardvark is joining the Google Labs line of products but will continue to function as normal. That’s a bit of a shift for Google. Acquisitions usually have a hold put on new memberships or even go through a period of service outage before being re-released under the Google name. Really the only change is that Aardvark will be getting some Googlers in addition to its current staff.

The best news in it all is that changes to the Aardvark service will come a lot faster now that it’s in Google’s hands.

Source: Google

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]]> Aardvaark considering an offer from Google https://www.gadgetteaser.com/2009/12/07/aardvaark-considering-an-offer-from-google/ https://www.gadgetteaser.com/2009/12/07/aardvaark-considering-an-offer-from-google/#comments Mon, 07 Dec 2009 05:29:56 +0000 https://www.gadgetteaser.com/?p=2433 Aardvark, a social service that allows you to ask friends and other members to answer questions and give advice, is reportedly considering a buyout from Google. There’s no official word on price, but the rumor is that it’s over $30 million. To date the company has raised around $6 million in venture capital. As TechCrunch […]

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]]> vark.com logo.Aardvark, a social service that allows you to ask friends and other members to answer questions and give advice, is reportedly considering a buyout from Google. There’s no official word on price, but the rumor is that it’s over $30 million. To date the company has raised around $6 million in venture capital.

As TechCrunch has it, Aardvark isn’t just talking to Google, it’s shopping around. There’s even the option of acquiring more VC for sale of some personal stock from the founders. I was actually surprised to hear that the valuation was so high. Aardvark is a fun way to kill some time and it’s got a great iPhone app, but I’ve asked so many questions that have gone unanswered I lost interest pretty quickly (seriously, no one can tell me the name of that composer). If I were these guys, I’d take the money and never look back.

Source: TechCrunch

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