Hello (social network)
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| Original author(s) | Hello Network, Inc. |
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| Initial release | May 1, 2016 |
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| Operating system | Cross-platform |
| Available in | Multilingual |
| Type | Instant messaging and social media |
| Website | www |
| Headquarters | San Francisco |
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| No. of locations | Mountain View, California, United States |
| Founder(s) | Orkut Büyükkökten & John Murphy |
Hello, stylized as hello, was a social networking service founded by Orkut Büyükkökten, the creator of Orkut.[3][4][5] The service used to support access via a mobile app and was available for Android and iOS.[3] It was launched May 1, 2016, as a replacement to Orkut, which was shut down on September 30, 2014.[6] Hello is owned by Hello Network.
As of September 2019, Hello had been downloaded approximately 1 million times, compared to Orkut's 300 million active users.[7] Hello.com was shut down in April 2022. According to their website, "We are pausing hello while we get ready to launch something even better".[8]
References
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- ^ "hello.com". Google Play Store. 2019-04-26. Retrieved 2019-04-26.
- ^ a b Yeung, Ken (5 August 2016). "Orkut founder launches Hello, a social network focused on your passions". VentureBeat. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
- ^ Sathe, Gopal (7 September 2016). "Say Hello to Orkut Buyukkokten, Founder of India's Former Favourite Social Network". NDTV.
- ^ Ghoshal, Anirban (10 August 2016). "Say hello to 'hello': Orkut's new offering". Hindustan Times.
- ^ "Orkut and hello". www.orkut.com. Archived from the original on 5 October 2016. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
- ^ Singh, Jitendra (9 September 2019). "Much-hyped social network platform by Orkut's founder fails to take off". Entrackr. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
- ^ "hello network". hello.com. Retrieved 2022-06-20.
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