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Tumblrs beginning
Tumblr was launched on April 27, 2007 by David Karp.Marco Arment served as the lead developer, though he left the company in 2010 to focus on Instapaper. Within two weeks of its launch, the service had gained 75,000 users.Its headquarters are at new york city, united states. it always had been a private usage account and free!! -
First time becoming app!
With Tumblr's 2009 acquisition of Tumblerette, an Apple Inc. App Store application created by Jeff Rock and Garrett Ross, the service launched its official iPhone app. -
Financial costs & investments
Retrieved 2009-06-25.Tumblr's original funding came from Karp's earnings as a software consultant at parenting site UrbanBaby. Tumblr has raised funding from Union Square Ventures, Spark Capital, Martín Varsavsky, John Borthwick (Betaworks), Fred Seibert, and Sequoia Capital (among other investors)The company had a $800 million valuation in August 2011. In September 2011, the company raised $85 million in a round of funding led by Greylock Partners and Insight Venture Partners. -
Best recognition
In August 2009, Tumblr's CEO, David Karp, was named Best Young Tech Entrepreneur 2009 by BusinessWeek
"Best Young Tech Entrepreneurs 2009: Tumblr". Bloomberg Businessweek. Retrieved December 24, 2011. -
Second time becoming app
he site became available to BlackBerry smartphones on April 17, 2010 via a Mobelux application in the BlackBerry App World. In June 2012, Tumblr released a new version of its iOS app, Tumblr 3.0 allowing support for Spotify, hi-res images and offline access -
celebrities and extras.......
Celebrities that use Tumblr include Lady Gaga,[27] Zooey Deschanel[27] and John Mayer.[27] Many musicians of bands use Tumblr as well, including Tyler "Telle" Smith of The Word Alive and members of Motionless in White. -
Services request by what ages
The service is most popular with the teen and college-aged user segments with half of Tumblr's visitor base being under the age of 25.Lipsman, Andrew (August 30, 2011). "Tumblr Defies its Name as User Growth Accelerates". comScore. Archived from the original on January 6, 2012. Retrieved January 6, 2012. -
Accomplishments
In 2011, We are the 99% Tumblr went viral and became the unifying slogan[28] for the Occupy Wall Street movement.Kain, E.D. (October 12, 2011). "Outside of Wonkland, 'We are the 99%' Is a Pretty Good Slogan". Forbes. "Behind the Occupy Wall Street slogan ‘We Are the 99%’". The Washington Independent -
Obamas accomplishments with tumblr
On October 21, 2011, Tumblr became the first blogging platform to host President Obama's blog.Bilton, Nick (October 24, 2011). "Obama Campaign Experiments With Tumblr for '12". New York Times. -
Sponsors and companies
In early June 2012, Tumblr featured its first major brand advertising campaign in conjunction with Adidas. Adidas launched an official soccer Tumblr blog and bought placements on the user dashboard. This launch was only two months after Tumblr announced it would be moving towards paid advertising on its site -
Usage
As of August 20, 2012, Tumblr has over 69.4 million blogs and more than 29.8 billion total posts. As of September 2011, the website receives more than 13 billion views per month. As of July 2010, the site receives 25,000 new users each day and as of July 2012, 71.6 million posts are created on the site each day. An analysis by AddThis of shares through their service in 2011 noted that Tumblr sharing had increased by 1299.5% -
What is tumblr??
Tumblr, stylized as tumblr., is a microblogging platform and social networking website, owned and operated by Tumblr, Inc. The service allows users to post multimedia and other content to a short-form blog.As of October 13, 2012, Tumblr has over 77 million blogs. According to comScore, it scored 13.4 million unique visitors in the United States alone in July 2011—up 218% from July 2010.
