After quietly acquiring Yik Yak, Sidechat revamps the anonymous social app to match its campus chat app; both apps now appear to run on the same servers
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch : Tweets: @groo6ix Tweets: @groo6ix : it's really fucking annoying how yikyak is the only way i can know what's happening at my school that's falling apart and it no longer s...
Yik Yak, the app that creates anonymous message boards for users within a five mile radius, returns to the US iOS App Store after its 2017 shutdown
Find Your Herd — iPhone Screenshots — YIK YAK IS BACK! Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge : Local and anonymous social media app Yik Yak is back José Adorno / 9to5Mac : Yik Yak for iOS is back after a f...
A look at the many failed social networks launched since 2002, including Friendster, Myspace, Bebo, ConnectU, Path, Yik Yak, Orkut, Google+, and Vine
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SEC filing: Square paid Yik Yak $1M to hire several of its employees and acquire a non-exclusive license to some of its intellectual property
Lora Kolodny / TechCrunch :
Yik Yak founders confirm they are shutting down the app, and a few staffers will join Square in Atlanta
We started Yik Yak in 2013 because we wanted to help you connect with the people right around you on campus, whether you knew them or not. And from the University of North Florida couple who met …
SEC filing: Square paid Yik Yak $1M to hire several of its employees and acquire a non-exclusive license to some of its intellectual property
Lora Kolodny / TechCrunch :
Yik Yak founders confirm they are shutting down the app, and a few staffers will join Square in Atlanta
We started Yik Yak in 2013 because we wanted to help you connect with the people right around you on campus, whether you knew them or not. And from the University of North Florida couple who met …
Source: Square acquired the engineering team of Yik Yak, which had raised ~$74M in total funding, for less than $3M
Selina Wang / Bloomberg :
Anonymous social network Yik Yak lays off about 30 of its 50 staffers as growth stalls; sources say the remaining employees are mostly engineers
Casey Newton / The Verge :
Yik Yak pivots away from anonymity, makes user handles mandatory, adds expiring status messages, feed of nearby users, and more
Casey Newton / The Verge :