Vizify Bought By Yahoo

<p>Vizify has been bought by internet giant Yahoo.</p> <p>by Newsdesk | 6th March 2014</p><p></p><p> </p><p><img src="http://www.thegayuk.com/communities/8/004/009/928/388/images/4606875824.png" width="256" height="256" alt="" title=""/></p> <p></p><p>Vizify is an app which turns your social media data into interactive infographics and videos. It became very popular at the end of 2013, when it turned many people's twitter feeds into a 30 second video clip demonstrating their most popular posts and their most interactive friends and fans.</p><p></p><p>A statement on the Vizify website reads:</p><p></p><p>'We started Vizify in 2011 with the vision of transforming the information that we all consume and create every day into something more beautiful and personal. We were awed and grateful to see this vision taken up by so many of you as you built and shared our graphical bios, infographic cards, and videos.</p><p></p><p>'Since last summer, we’ve been engaged in a conversation with some of the incredible folks at Yahoo about the ways this more visual approach to data can inspire and entertain. As our conversations progressed, we realized we’d found a partner who shared our passion for user experience, design, and visualizing information. 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.</p><p></p><p>'As part of the transition to Yahoo, we will be sunsetting the Vizify service (read below for more detail). As for what’s next, we can’t talk specifics just yet, but we’re 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.'</p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.thegayuk.com/magazine/4574334751/NEWS-Yahoo-Censors-Gay-Lesbian-and-Bisexual/6185043">Last year Yahoo bought Tumblr and within a short period words like #Gay #Lesbian and #Bisexual had been censored. </a></p><p></p><p>Some, (<a href="http://techcrunch.com/2014/03/05/yahoo-buys-social-data-visualization-firm-vizify-will-shut-it-down/">TechCrunch</a>) are suggesting that Yahoo has bought the company in order to shut it down, however it is suggested that the pay off will have been small compared to some of the big purchases we've seen in recent times.</p><p></p><p>The amount the company has been bought for has not be disclosed.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/the-gay-uk/id616631043?mt=8&uo=4&at=11luiF">Read this and other stories on our free app for iTunes</a></p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=hr.apps.n52474532">or for Android phones</a></p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/the-gay-uk/id770600575?mt=8&uo=4&at=11luiF">Download our latest edition of TheGayUK on your Apple Device</a></p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.presspadapp.thegayuk">Download our latest edition of TheGayUK on your Android Device</a></p><p></p><p> </p>