Ask.com’s next big idea is … asking

If that doesn't sound very exciting, that's because ... it's not. Apparently, the innovation well is running a little dry at Ask.

Web search + app search, together at last: Ask.com integrates Quixey app search results

Ask.com and app discovery engine Quixey have signed a deal that will see explicit app search capabilities embedded within a major search engine for the first time.

Ask.com reveals the most popular questions of 2012

The result is a fascinating insight into not just what people are searching for, but why. And what, specifically, they want to know about a person, event, or concept.