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Pokeware
Pokeware was a set of protocols, an ad exchange, and a client-server program that enables viewers to search for information about objects within video for real-time search results. Pokeware was released by Pokeware, a company founded by Maryse Liburdi. In 2017, Liburdi pleaded guilty to having defrauded investors of millions of dollars, having used investors' money to pay for her personal life. She had manipulated bank accounts to make the company look healthy. The US Justice Department has stated that between 2008 and the company's closure in January, 2015, Pokeware "earned little or no revenue".
Article summary
Pokeware was a set of protocols, an ad exchange, and a client-server program that enables viewers to search for information about objects within video for real-time search results. Pokeware was released by Pokeware, a company founded by Maryse Liburdi. In 2017, Liburdi pleaded guilty to having defrauded investors of millions of dollars, having used investors' money to pay for her personal life. She had manipulated bank accounts to make the company look healthy. The US Justice Department has stated that between 2008 and the company's closure in January, 2015, Pokeware "earned little or no revenue".
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- If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?
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