Yahoo buys social data vizulation startup VizifyMarch 6, 2014 - 10:57 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Yahoo has acquired Vizify, a company that turns social media data into interactive visual aids such as infographics and videos, adding to the Internet giant’s string of acquisitions designed both to get talent and access to new technologies and services, PCWorld reports. In this instance, Vizify in Portland, Oregon, will be closing down the service and refunding its paid customers. From Wednesday, March 5, Vizify will not be accepting new users, the startup wrote on its website. “We have found in Vizify a company that shares our passion for visualization technology and the user experience,” Yahoo said in a statement Wednesday. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. A team of five persons from Vizify has joined Yahoo’s media product organization in San Francisco, Yahoo said. Vizify said it can’t talk specifics just yet about what lies ahead, but is excited to bring a more visual approach to data at Yahoo. “We have a lot more up our sleeves and can’t wait to get started,” company executives wrote on their website. Yahoo has been on an acquisition spree for a long time and in January agreed to acquire Incredible Labs, the startup behind mobile personal assistant app Donna, shortly after it said it was acquiring Tomfoolery, a startup whose key product is Anchor, an app offering group chats, file sharing, and email and voice calling for businesses. In February, the staff from Distill, the developer of a collaborative video interview platform, decided to join Yahoo. Vizify has been talking to Yahoo since last summer. “Ultimately, we just couldn’t say no to the opportunity to bring our vision to the hundreds of millions of people who use Yahoo every day,” the company said on its website. Related links: Top stories Yerevan will host the 2024 edition of the World Congress On Information Technology (WCIT). Rustam Badasyan said due to the lack of such regulation, the state budget is deprived of VAT revenues. Krisp’s smart noise suppression tech silences ambient sounds and isolates your voice for calls. Gurgen Khachatryan claimed that the "illegalities have been taking place in 2020." Partner news Most popular in the section | Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. Aram I supports Karekin II’s “patriotic position” Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I has expressed support for the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. |