MixBit
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| Original author(s) | Steve Chen Chad Hurley |
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| Developer(s) | MixBit, Inc. |
| Initial release | August 8, 2013 |
| Operating system | iOS,Android |
| Type | Video sharing |
| License | Freeware |
| Website | mixbit |
MixBitwas avideo sharingservice created bySteve ChenandChad Hurley,two of the co-founders ofYouTube.It was released on August 8, 2013. MixBit let users create dynamic shared videos, and competed withVine(owned byTwitter) andInstagram(owned byFacebook) in the video sharing website market.[1]ItsiPhoneapp was released in August 2013 and itsAndroidapp followed two months later. MixBit ceased operations on August 21, 2018.
AVOS Systems
[edit]AVOS Systems was an Internet company founded byChad Hurley,Steve Chen,and Vijay Karunamurthy. In April 2011, it was announced that AVOS purchasedDelicious,with the transition occurring in June 2011.[2][3]In May 2011, AVOS purchased the social analytics company Tap 11.[4]In May 2014, AVOS sold Delicious to Science Inc.[5]
In 2012, AVOS launched Zeen, a web curation service allowing users to create video magazines, based on the word "zine." AVOS shut Zeen down in 2013.[6]In 2014 AVOS transformed from an incubator into a single company working only on MixBit.[7]
MixBit later became part of InvoiceOwl.[8]
References
[edit]- ^Dredge, Stuart (8 August 2013)."YouTube founders take on Vine and Instagram with MixBit video app".The Guardian.
- ^"YouTube Founders Acquire Delicious From Yahoo!".AVOS. April 28, 2011. Archived fromthe originalon May 8, 2011.RetrievedApril 28,2011.
- ^"YouTube Founders Acquire Delicious".Delicious Blog. Archived fromthe originalon April 29, 2011.RetrievedApril 30,2011.
- ^Olivarez-Giles, Nathan (May 9, 2011)."YouTube founders buy Tap11 social media analytics firm".Los Angeles Times.Archivedfrom the original on May 10, 2011.RetrievedMay 9,2011.
- ^Fiegerman, Seth (May 8, 2014)."Bookmarking Site Delicious Acquired for the Third Time in 10 Years".Mashable.RetrievedMay 8,2014.
- ^Russell, Jon (2013-10-23)."AVOS will close Web curation service Zeen on December 8 to focus on its Mixbit video remix app".The Next Web.Retrieved2022-11-27.
- ^"YouTube Co-Founders Split As Hurley Spins Out MixBit And Chen Joins Google Ventures".6 June 2014.
- ^"MixBit is now InvoiceOwl".