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07.03.2024 | Anonymous social apps face another reckoning as UNC System t... | Anonymous social apps are in for a reckoning. Yes, again. This week, University of North Carolina (U... | techcrunch... |
03.04.2023 | Yik Yak users are protesting the app’s makeover after acquis... | Yik Yak users are enraged over the changes being made to the anonymous social app after its quiet ac... | techcrunch... |
16.03.2023 | Anonymous app Sidechat picks up rival Yik Yak…and users aren... | Sidechat, the anonymous posting platform that began blowing up last year on college campuses, appear... | techcrunch... |
31.01.2023 | Blind After 4 Years by Alexander Gornyi | The post was originally published in Russian on Startup of the Day. Alexander kindly agreed to repub... | itkey.medi... |
16.08.2021 | Yik Yak Social Media App Returns After 4 Year Hiatus, But Wh... | Isaiah Richard, Tech Times 16 August 2021, 10:08 pm
Yik Yak has returned after a four-year hiatus an... | techtimes.... |
16.08.2021 | Yik Yak returns from the dead | After meeting an ignominious end in 2017, the anonymous gossip app once popular with college student... | techcrunch... |
01.05.2017 | Term Sheet — Monday, May 1 | STARWOOD-IFICATION OF REAL ESTATE
Increasingly, venture investors view real estate as the next indus... | fortune.co... |
29.04.2017 | Yik Yak Officially Calls It Quits | The leaders of Yik Yak, a messaging app briefly in vogue on college campuses, have announced that th... | fortune.co... |
28.04.2017 | Yik Yak is finally relegated to the dustbin of Internet hist... | Enlarge / Tyler Droll, CEO of Yik Yak (L) and Brooks Buffington, COO, of Yik Yak, won the Fastest Ri... | arstechnic... |
28.04.2017 | Yik Yak shuts down after Square paid $1 million for its engi... | Yik Yak co-founders Tyler Droll and Brooks Buffington published a farewell note to users on Friday, ... | techcrunch... |
25.04.2017 | Square hires Yik Yak’s engineers, leaving fewer than 10 empl... | Enlarge
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11.12.2016 | Once-Hot Yik Yak Lays Off 60% of Employees | The Verge reports that Yik Yak, an anonymous messaging app that swept college campuses in 2014 and 2... | fortune.co... |
10.12.2016 | Anonymous messaging app Yik Yak lays off 60% of employees | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn m... | venturebea... |
10.12.2016 | Yik Yak fires 30 of 50 employees, still has no business mode... | Enlarge
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10.12.2016 | Anonymous messaging app Yik Yak lays off 60% of employees | The Verge reports that Yik Yak, an anonymous messaging app that swept college campuses in 2014 and 2... | venturebea... |
08.12.2016 | Fading anonymous social network Yik Yak is laying off most o... | Yik Yak, the once universally recognized anonymous social network that virally took over college cam... | techcrunch... |
20.10.2016 | Why we’re building an app that aims to more deeply connect y... | Twenty years ago, the proliferation of the internet created vast amounts of wealth for those who emb... | technical.... |
04.09.2016 | General Catalyst’s Niko Bonatsos on why timing and empathy a... | Jasper Kuria Contributor
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16.08.2016 | Yik Yak yearns to be local, not just anonymous | Anonymity has proven a dangerous path for startups like Secret, so Yik Yak is pushing a soft pivot t... | techcrunch... |
25.04.2016 | Yik Yak tries to make a comeback with launch of private chat | Earlier this month, TechCrunch reported that Yik Yak would soon be introducing a new feature designe... | techcrunch... |
08.04.2016 | The South has something to say, and this time Atlanta hopes ... | If your city has developed a cultural export with a national reputation before, then your local entr... | technical.... |
07.04.2016 | With money to invest, General Catalyst promotes four, includ... | General Catalyst Partners has promoted four people on its team. The announcements come just weeks af... | techcrunch... |
06.04.2016 | Yik Yak’s CTO drops out as the hyped anonymous app stagnates... | Is Yik Yak a thing anymore? Not so much, according to download stats, traffic charts, surveys and a ... | techcrunch... |
17.03.2016 | Mobli launches Galaxia, a social network that encourages use... | Most social media platforms deter users from creating multiple profiles to prevent shenanigans like ... | techcrunch... |
10.03.2016 | Yik Yak’s “handles” are just lipstick on an ugly, anonymous ... | If you update the Yik Yak app as of this week, you're greeted with this demand now. Does that fix an... | arstechnic... |
09.03.2016 | Yik Yak Gives Users Option To Use 'Handle' And Not To Be Tot... | Dave Calpito, Tech Times 09 March 2016, 09:03 am
Yik Yak, a renowned anonymous social network app pa... | techtimes.... |
21.01.2016 | Yik Yak Launches Its Own Web Client: Here’s How To Use It | Vincent Lanaria, Tech Times 21 January 2016, 06:01 am
Yik Yak is all set to release a Web version of... | techtimes.... |
20.01.2016 | Yik Yak Launches On The Web | Yik Yak, the anonymous, location-based social network that has taken college campuses by storm, has ... | techcrunch... |
16.03.2015 | Yik Yak Founders Defend Themselves Against Criticism Over Cy... | Yik Yak co-founders Tyler Droll and Brooks Buffington took the stage today at South by Southwest, wh... | techcrunch... |
26.11.2014 | Yik Yak Reportedly Raises $62M | Yik Yak, an Atlanta, GA-based anonymous messaging app, reportedly raised $62m in third funding round... | finsmes.co... |
24.11.2014 | Yik Yak raises another $62 million in funding! | The company has raised over $73 million this year, and is now valued in the hundreds of millions
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23.11.2014 | Note to self: Brace for more bubble talk as secret messaging... | Some things are all too easy to predict.
Every day, the sun rises and you wake up. And every time so... | venturebea... |
30.06.2014 | Yik Yak Secures $10M in Funding | Yik Yak, an Atlanta, GA-based social messaging app for private, localized engagement, secured $10m i... | finsmes.co... |
30.06.2014 | Anonymous messaging app Yik Yak grabs $10M to be the 'Twitte... | Anonymous messaging apps cause gossip, drama, and even media deals — and they apparently also still ... | venturebea... |
22.04.2014 | Yik Yak Raises $1.5M in Funding | Yik Yak, an Atlanta, GA-based social messaging app for hyper-local engagement, raised $1.5m in fundi... | finsmes.co... |
22.04.2014 | After Cyberbullying Scandal, Anonymous Social App Yik Yak Ra... | Anonymous social networking apps are having a moment. Following the notable funding rounds for apps ... | techcrunch... |