Neowin News Feed for: Jeeves

Jeeves to retire this month

Mon, 13 Feb 2006 12:22:33 +0000

The iconic mascot of Ask.com, Jeeves the butler, will be retired from the site at the end of the month. The decision was taken in September of last year,... Read more...

Ask Jeeves Updates Desktop Search

Sat, 05 Nov 2005 20:00:00 +0000

The AskJeeves blog today announced a new release of Desktop Search program. Here some of the new features for AJDS: -- Folder Indexing Preferences -- Improved PDF indexing -- Email... Read more...

Ask Jeeves Fires The Butler

Howard Thomson — Sat, 24 Sep 2005 14:54:23 +0000

It has been reported by the BBC that the Ask website will be dropping their leading character, Jeeves. The decision comes after a user survey found that the iconic butler caused confusion (as to what... Read more...

Ask Jeeves Search Brings 'Navigation Through Concepts'

Daniel Fleshbourne — Sat, 19 Mar 2005 16:16:53 +0000

Ask Jeeves is preparing to release a related-search feature that it hopes will relieve Web searchers from the burden of repeatedly refining their queries. Executives from the Oakland, Calif., company demonstrated a prototype of the... Read more...

Ask Jeeves to Launch Desktop Search

Tue, 14 Dec 2004 20:33:15 +0000

On the heels of a series of desktop search releases, Ask Jeeves Inc. is set to launch an application to scour users' hard drives for e-mails and files. Ask Jeeves, of Emeryville, Calif., will release... Read more...

Ask Jeeves Expands Local Search via Citysearch

Tue, 03 Aug 2004 15:39:40 +0000

Ask Jeeves today has partnered up with Citysearch. Together the two companies will make it easier to access local business listings on the web. If Ask Jeeves continues to add new features like... Read more...

Ask Jeeves Zooms in on Web Search

Mon, 21 Jun 2004 04:06:03 +0000

When you're the underdog you can always get some attention by developing something pretty cool. The popular search engine Ask Jeeves has announced a new feature. A feature it called "binoculars" which allows... Read more...

Ask Jeeves purchases Tukaroo

Thu, 10 Jun 2004 10:16:40 +0000

Ask Jeeves, a popular online search website, have purchased San Jose based Tukaroo, a search technology company. Tukaroo make desktop search software which could prove invaluable to Ask Jeeves. Google and Microsoft, two big... Read more...

Pupil 'suspended' after he Asked f&%king Jeeves

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 31 Jan 2003 15:34:08 +0000

Here's a quick & funny way to lighten up your "No-school snow day" -ed. An Essex schoolboy is currently under police investigation after he sent an "extremely abusive email" to staff at... Read more...

Ask Jeeves boots banner ads

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 07 Jan 2003 10:45:07 +0000

Ask Jeeves is dropping banner ads from its flagship search site and will instead rely on paid sponsorships and other "targeted" advertising for revenue, the company said Monday. The search company recently dropped pop-up ads... Read more...

Ask Jeeves launches toolbar for Internet Explorer

Mon, 29 Jul 2002 21:53:28 +0000

Hoping to put its butler services in constant contact with Web surfers, Ask Jeeves on Monday will announce the release of a new tool bar that gives people a direct line to its searching features.... Read more...

Ask Jeeves to buy software maker

Mon, 14 Jan 2002 14:00:02 +0000

Struggling Internet search service Ask Jeeves on Monday will announce the acquisition of Octopus, a software maker that it says will help offer additional services and capture a larger market. The purchase... Read more...