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Taptu

Field	Value
name	Taptu Ltd, Taptu Inc
foundation	2007
type	defunct
location	Cambridge, UK
industry	Social Media
products	Mobile Social News Aggregator, Mobile Search

Taptu was a social media and technology company that built platforms, tools and applications that enabled content on touch screen mobile devices, including phones running iOS and Android. Taptu was a privately held company that was founded in Cambridge, England, in 2007 and was funded by DFJ Esprit and Sofinnova. The company was based in Cambridge and Denver, Colorado, United States.

In September 2012, Taptu was acquired by Mediafed Ltd. The Taptu service shut down March 31, 2015, a year before Mediafed went into administration.

Products

Original product

Taptu's first product was a mobile search engine, provided as a website using html optimised for phones, and dedicated apps for iPhone and Android. It was closed in early 2011.

My Taptu

Its other product was My Taptu, a social news aggregator that drew heavily on the company’s mobile search heritage but attempts to move them beyond search. According to Taptu, the app, which was available on the iPhone and Android devices, was "aimed at solving information overload," or what Taptu calls "app hopping." It presented all the information that a person "is into" in a "one- stop app" through "streams," or what CNET described as “content playlists.” My Taptu tried to separate itself in the social news space by offering ways of personalization.

Recognition and awards

Overall Mobile Search Company of the Year, Mobile Search Awards, September 2008
Best Search Provider 2008, Mobile Entertainment Awards
Commercial Category, MEX Design Competition
Red Herring Top 100 European Tech Startups, April 2008
Global Community Award, MobileMonday Peer Awards, February 2008
Meffys 2010, Winner of Content Discovery and Personalisation Award
TechCrunch Europas 2010, Highly Commended in the category of Best Mobile Start Up

References

Crider, Michael. (Mar 30, 2015). "Taptu News Reader Service Shutting Down, Developers Recommend Feedly As A Replacement".
(27 April 2016). "RSS feed service Mediafed goes into administration".
Butcher, Mike. (November 9, 2010). "My Taptu arrives to take on Flipboard and Pulse in the touch aggregator stakes". TechCrunch.
Kiss, Jemima. (9 November 2010). "My Taptu app took the visual news aggregator to mobile". The Guardian.
"Taptu releases new search apps for Android, iOS".

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