<s>
Qwiki	B-Protocol
was	O
a	O
New	O
York	O
City	O
based	O
startup	O
automated	O
video	O
production	O
company	O
acquired	O
by	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Qwiki	B-Protocol
released	O
an	O
iPhone	B-Device
app	O
that	O
automatically	O
turns	O
the	O
pictures	O
and	O
videos	O
from	O
a	O
user	O
's	O
camera	O
roll	O
into	O
movies	O
to	O
share	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
's	O
initial	O
product	O
,	O
an	O
iPad	B-Device
application	O
that	O
created	O
video	O
summaries	O
of	O
over	O
3	O
million	O
search	O
terms	O
,	O
was	O
downloaded	O
more	O
than	O
3	O
million	O
times	O
and	O
named	O
by	O
Apple	O
as	O
the	O
best	O
"	O
Search	O
and	O
Reference	O
"	O
application	O
of	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
integrating	O
this	O
technology	O
in	O
the	O
Bing	B-Application
search	I-Application
engine	I-Application
and	O
launching	O
video	O
creation	O
tools	O
for	O
major	O
publishers	O
in	O
cooperation	O
with	O
ABC	O
News	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
launched	O
Qwiki	B-Protocol
for	O
iPhone	B-Device
,	O
which	O
received	O
Apple	O
's	O
Editor	O
's	O
Choice	O
and	O
was	O
mentioned	O
as	O
an	O
Honoree	O
in	O
the	O
2013	O
Webby	O
's	O
in	O
two	O
categories	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Time	O
Inc	O
.	O
named	O
Qwiki	B-Protocol
one	O
of	O
“	O
10	O
NYC	O
Startups	O
to	O
Watch	O
”	O
for	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
's	O
investors	O
included	O
cofounders	O
of	O
Facebook	B-Application
,	O
YouTube	O
and	O
Groupon	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
a	O
meeting	O
between	O
Doug	B-Protocol
Imbruce	I-Protocol
and	O
Marissa	O
Mayer	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
was	O
acquired	O
for	O
$50	O
million	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Imbruce	O
was	O
the	O
Co-founder	O
and	O
CEO	O
of	O
Qwiki	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Qwiki	B-Protocol
launched	O
in	O
alpha	O
testing	O
mode	O
on	O
January	O
24	O
,	O
2011	O
after	O
winning	O
the	O
TechCrunch	O
Disrupt	O
Award	O
in	O
2010	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Soon	O
after	O
Google	O
offered	O
to	O
buy	O
Qwiki	B-Protocol
for	O
$	O
100-150	O
million	O
which	O
it	O
declined	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2011	O
,	O
Qwiki	B-Protocol
raised	O
$8	O
million	O
in	O
Series	O
A	O
financing	O
,	O
a	O
round	O
that	O
was	O
led	O
primarily	O
by	O
Facebook	B-Application
co-founder	O
Eduardo	O
Saverin	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
January	O
24	O
,	O
2011	O
,	O
Qwiki	B-Protocol
launched	O
its	O
public	O
alpha	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2011	O
,	O
Qwiki	B-Protocol
raised	O
an	O
additional	O
$1	O
million	O
from	O
Groupon	B-Application
and	O
Lightbank	O
co-founders	O
Brad	O
Keywell	O
and	O
Eric	O
Lefkofsky	O
,	O
bringing	O
the	O
total	O
raised	O
to	O
date	O
to	O
$10.5	O
million	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
2011	O
Qwiki	B-Protocol
released	O
an	O
iPad	B-Device
App	O
version	O
of	O
its	O
service	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
application	O
has	O
an	O
additional	O
feature	O
not	O
present	O
in	O
the	O
web	O
version	O
that	O
lets	O
the	O
user	O
browse	O
Google	B-Application
Maps	I-Application
which	O
displays	O
Qwiki	B-Protocol
annotations	O
at	O
certain	O
points	O
linked	O
to	O
content	O
relevant	O
to	O
those	O
locations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Seven	O
weeks	O
after	O
launch	O
,	O
the	O
Qwiki	B-Protocol
App	O
was	O
downloaded	O
over	O
500,000	O
times	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
2012	O
,	O
Qwiki	B-Protocol
relocated	O
to	O
New	O
York	O
City	O
from	O
its	O
Bay	O
Area	O
offices	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
be	O
closer	O
to	O
major	O
media	O
organizations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2012	O
,	O
Qwiki	B-Protocol
launched	O
a	O
new	O
platform	O
for	O
bloggers	O
and	O
online	O
publishers	O
including	O
a	O
partnership	O
with	O
ABC	O
News	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
2012	O
,	O
Bing	B-Application
announced	O
that	O
it	O
would	O
display	O
Qwiki	B-Protocol
videos	O
on	O
Bing	B-Application
search	I-Application
pages	O
just	O
below	O
Wikipedia	O
and	O
that	O
users	O
will	O
be	O
able	O
to	O
play	O
Qwikis	B-Protocol
without	O
leaving	O
their	O
search	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
2013	O
,	O
Qwiki	B-Protocol
for	O
iPhone	B-Device
launched	O
on	O
the	O
App	O
Store	O
as	O
Editors	O
 '	O
Choice	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2013	O
,	O
Time	O
Inc	O
.	O
named	O
Qwiki	B-Protocol
one	O
of	O
"	O
10	O
NYC	O
Startups	O
to	O
Watch	O
for	O
2013	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
2013	O
,	O
Yahoo	B-Application
acquired	O
Qwiki	B-Protocol
for	O
$50	O
million	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
2014	O
,	O
Yahoo	B-Application
announced	O
that	O
Qwiki	B-Protocol
would	O
close	O
on	O
November	O
1	O
.	O
</s>
