| 词条 | Twist and Shout, Inc. |
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| industry = Software | founded = {{Start date|2011}} | defunct = {{End date|2014|04|01}} | hq_location = San Francisco, California | products = Twist (mobile application) }}Twist and Shout, Inc. was an American software company based in San Francisco, California and founded in 2011. Its main product is a mobile application called Twist which allows users to share their estimated time of arrival (ETA) and real-time GPS location while traveling.[1][2][3][4][5] Twist closed its doors on April 1, 2014.[6] HistoryTwist and Shout, Inc. was founded by Bill Lee, Mike Belshe, Frank VanZile and Edward Marks.[7] Twist and Shout, Inc. collected $6 million in venture capital funds {{when|date=November 2013}} from Bridgescale Partners, Eric Hahn, Jeff Skoll, Bill Lee and Mike Belshe.[1][8] CorporateTwist and Shout's advisors included David Sacks, CEO of Yammer, Matthew Cowan, Bridgescale Partners Managing Director, and Eric Hahn, Inventures Group Partner.[5] The Twist website and mobile application team included engineers from MIT, Apple, Google and Stanford.[11] ProductsThe concept for the mobile application called Twist, came from co-founder and CEO Bill Lee.[9] Twist adjusted to user transportation modes such as driving, public transit or walking, and allowed private sharing of estimated arrival times with others.[10] Twist functioned on a user's phone and integrated with their calendar, contacts, email, chat and Google Map features.[11][12][13] Twist incorporated traffic conditions into its arrival time calculations.[14] The service was free and was advertisement-free.[18] It was available in the United States, Canada, Australia and the United Kingdom.[15] It was compatible with the iPhone and Android phones.[16] References1. ^1 Kline, Daniel B. (March 12, 2013). “Twist app shouts your arrival time”. Boston.com. 2. ^Shah, Semil (February 14, 2013). [https://techcrunch.com/2013/02/14/in-the-studio-twists-bill-lee-talks-shop-about-mobile-apps-and-angel-investing/ “‘In The Studio,’ Twist’s Bill Lee Talks Shop About Mobile Apps And Angel Investing”]. TechCrunch. 3. ^Fidelman, Mark (December 16, 2012). [https://www.forbes.com/sites/markfidelman/2012/12/16/twist-mobile-app-good-things-come-to-those-who-arent-late/ “Twist Mobile App: Good Things Come to Those Who Aren’t Late”]. Forbes. 4. ^Hardawar, Devindra (December 18, 2012). [https://venturebeat.com/2012/12/18/twist-android-app/ “Running late? Now Twist can track your ETA on Android”]. VentureBeat. 5. ^1 (October 3, 2012) “Twist Adds Yammer CEO and Founder David Sacks to Advisory Board, Launches Time-Saving Arrival App Internationally in the UK, Australia and Canada”. Market Wired. 6. ^(April 1, 2014) [https://www.facebook.com/twisttime/posts/604824006268654 "Twist FaceBook post"] 7. ^Roush, Wade (September 19, 2012). “Twist’s App Spells RIP for OMW – But It’s Really About ‘Selling Time’”. Xconomy. 8. ^Yeung, Ken (December 18, 2012). [https://thenextweb.com/apps/2012/12/18/twist-launches-android-app-built-in-html5/?awesm=tnw.to_g0ZZ4 “Twist launches HTML5 app to help Android users let others know when they’ll be late for an appointment”]. TNW The Next Web. 9. ^Van Grove, Jennifer (July 18, 2012). [https://venturebeat.com/2012/07/18/twist/ “Twist, an app for iPhone, saves time with accurate ETAs”]. VentureBeat. 10. ^Androidguys (March 14, 2013). “APPTEASERS: 15 Android games and apps you should know about”. 11. ^1 Mlot, Stephanie (July 18, 2012). [https://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2407300,00.asp “Always Late? Twist App Will Provide Friends With Your ETA”]. PCmag.com. 12. ^Ouimet, Maeghan (July 18, 2012). “Always Late? There’s an App for That”. Inc.. 13. ^McCarty, Brad (July 18, 2012). [https://thenextweb.com/apps/2012/07/18/with-a-6-million-series-a-twist-for-ios-wants-to-ensure-youll-never-wait-for-someone-again/ “With a $6 million Series A, Twist for iOS wants to ensure you’ll never wait for someone again”]. TNW The Next Web. 14. ^Shankland, Stephen (July 18, 2012). “Late again? Twist will text or e-mail your apology” CNet 15. ^1 {{cite web|last=Kenney|first=Briley|title=Automatically alert family and friends when you are close by with Twist|url=http://dottech.org/104094/android-review-twist/|publisher=DotTech.org|accessdate=November 30, 2013}} 16. ^{{cite web|last=Rossman|first=Jim|title=Twist lets your family or friends know if you’ll be late for dinner|url=http://www.dallasnews.com/business/technology/20130207-twist-lets-your-family-or-friends-know-if-youll-be-late-for-dinner.ece|publisher=The Dallas Morning News|accessdate=November 30, 2013}} External links
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