MixBit
{{short description|Video sharing service}}
{{Infobox software
|name = MixBit
|logo = MixBit Logo.png
|screenshot =
|caption =
|author = Steve Chen
Chad Hurley
|developer = MixBit, Inc.
|released = {{Start date and age|2013|8|8}}
|operating system = iOS, Android
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|genre = Video sharing
|license = Freeware
|website = [https://web.archive.org/web/20180430093209/https://mixbit.com/home mixbit.com]
}}
MixBit was a video sharing service created by Steve Chen and Chad Hurley, two of the co-founders of YouTube. It was released on August 8, 2013. MixBit let users create dynamic shared videos, and competed with Vine (owned by Twitter) and Instagram (owned by Facebook) in the video sharing website market.{{cite news|title=YouTube founders take on Vine and Instagram with MixBit video app|newspaper=The Guardian |date=8 August 2013 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/appsblog/2013/aug/08/mixbit-iphone-app-youtube-founders|last1=Dredge |first1=Stuart }} Its iPhone app was released in August 2013 and its Android app followed two months later. MixBit ceased operations on August 21, 2018.
AVOS Systems
AVOS Systems was an Internet company founded by Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Vijay Karunamurthy. In April 2011, it was announced that AVOS purchased Delicious, with the transition occurring in June 2011.{{cite news | url=http://www.avos.com/delicious-press-release/ | title=YouTube Founders Acquire Delicious From Yahoo! | date= April 27, 2011 | website=www.avos.com | access-date= | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110508004624/http://www.avos.com/delicious-press-release/| archive-date=May 8, 2011 | url-status=dead }}{{cite web | title=YouTube Founders Acquire Delicious | url=http://blog.delicious.com/ | website=Delicious.com | date=April 27, 2011 | access-date= | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110429093750/http://blog.delicious.com/ | archive-date=April 29, 2011 | url-status=dead }} In May 2011, AVOS purchased the social analytics company Tap 11.{{cite news | url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2011/05/youtube-founders-buy-tap11-a-social-media-analytics-firm.html| title=YouTube founders buy Tap11 social media analytics firm | last=Olivarez-Giles | first=Nathan| date=May 9, 2011| work=Los Angeles Times | archive-url=https://archive.today/20120709233457/http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2011/05/youtube-founders-buy-tap11-a-social-media-analytics-firm.html | archive-date=July 9, 2012 | url-status=live | access-date= }} In May 2014, AVOS sold Delicious to Science Inc.{{cite news |last= Fiegerman |first= Seth | date= May 8, 2014 | title=Bookmarking Site Delicious Acquired for the Third Time in 10 Years | url=http://mashable.com/2014/05/08/delicious-acquired-science-inc/ | website=Mashable | archive-url=https://archive.today/20140508190732/http://mashable.com/2014/05/08/delicious-acquired-science-inc/ | archive-date=May 8, 2014 | url-status=live }}
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.{{Cite web | last=Russell | first=Jon | date=October 23, 2013 | title=AVOS will close Web curation service Zeen on December 8 to focus on its Mixbit video remix app | url=https://thenextweb.com/news/avos-will-close-web-curation-service-zeen-on-december-8-to-focus-on-its-mixbit-video-remix-app | website=The Next Web | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210619163814/https://thenextweb.com/news/avos-will-close-web-curation-service-zeen-on-december-8-to-focus-on-its-mixbit-video-remix-app | archive-date=June 19, 2021 | url-status=live }} In 2014 AVOS transformed from an incubator into a single company working only on MixBit.{{cite web | last=Crook | first=Jordan | title=YouTube Co-Founders Split As Hurley Spins Out MixBit And Chen Joins Google Ventures | url=https://techcrunch.com/2014/06/06/youtube-co-founders-break-up-as-chad-hurley-spins-out-his-own-company-and-steve-chen-joins-google-ventures | website=TechCrunch | date=June 6, 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140626121248/http://techcrunch.com/2014/06/06/youtube-co-founders-break-up-as-chad-hurley-spins-out-his-own-company-and-steve-chen-joins-google-ventures/ | archive-date=June 26, 2014 | url-status=live }}
MixBit later became part of InvoiceOwl.{{cite web | title=MixBit is now InvoiceOwl | website=www.invoiceowl.com | url=https://www.invoiceowl.com/mixbit/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210518164848/https://www.invoiceowl.com/mixbit/ | archive-date=May 18, 2021 | url-status=live }}
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External links
- {{Official website|https://mixbit.com}}
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