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	<title>Gigaom Search &#187; Companies &#187; Yik Yak</title>
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		<title>Q&amp;A with two elusive entrepreneurs: The Yik Yak founders</title>
		<link>http://gigaom.com/2015/03/07/qa-with-two-elusive-entrepreneurs-the-yik-yak-founders/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Mar 2015 16:00:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carmel DeAmicis]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As far as founders go, the Yik Yak fellas are some of the quietest. Georgia-based Brooks Buffington and Tyler Droll stayed out of the Silicon Valley limelight during the early days&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Here&#8217;s what the new Tinder Plus looks like</title>
		<link>http://gigaom.com/2015/03/02/heres-what-the-new-tinder-plus-looks-like/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2015 21:23:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carmel DeAmicis]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After months of rumors, Tinder has finally unveiled its premium feature, announcing the news with a blog post. If you're not satisfied with the free version, you can pay the company $10&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Yik Yak gives a better explanation of down voting allegations</title>
		<link>http://gigaom.com/2015/02/18/yik-yak-gives-a-better-explanation-of-down-voting-allegations/</link>
		<comments>http://gigaom.com/2015/02/18/yik-yak-gives-a-better-explanation-of-down-voting-allegations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2015 21:45:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carmel DeAmicis]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes, startups make mistakes. After talking to the founders, I don't think Yik Yak is trying to censor its competitors through shady tactics. I believe they were just trying to stop spammy ads from&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Yik Yak’s growth flatlined after funding, but why?</title>
		<link>http://gigaom.com/2015/02/13/yik-yaks-growth-flatlined-after-funding-but-why/</link>
		<comments>http://gigaom.com/2015/02/13/yik-yaks-growth-flatlined-after-funding-but-why/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2015 18:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carmel DeAmicis]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yik Yak, the app that's becoming a social media staple on college campuses in the U.S., saw its downloads dip and flatline right around the time it announced its $62 million Sequoia funding round in December. It's&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Shady but smart: Secret&#8217;s CES feed copies Yik Yak for a new crowd</title>
		<link>https://gigaom.com/2015/01/05/shady-but-smart-secrets-ces-feed-copies-yik-yak-for-a-new-crowd/</link>
		<comments>https://gigaom.com/2015/01/05/shady-but-smart-secrets-ces-feed-copies-yik-yak-for-a-new-crowd/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2015 21:43:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carmel DeAmicis]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[That savvy Secret. The anonymous sharing network, which recently redesigned its entire product to save itself, isn't going quietly into that dark night. It unrolled a new feature Monday allowing people at CES to view and&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>5 social trends you can expect to see in 2015</title>
		<link>https://gigaom.com/2015/01/01/5-social-trends-you-can-expect-to-see-in-2015/</link>
		<comments>https://gigaom.com/2015/01/01/5-social-trends-you-can-expect-to-see-in-2015/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2015 13:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carmel DeAmicis]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As we lay 2014 to rest, we're topping our hats to some of the social media crazes that came along with it. Messaging. Anonymity. Ephemerality. Yo (whatever that was). At the same&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Secret tries to save itself by imitating Yik Yak</title>
		<link>https://gigaom.com/2014/12/18/secret-tries-to-save-itself-by-imitating-yik-yak/</link>
		<comments>https://gigaom.com/2014/12/18/secret-tries-to-save-itself-by-imitating-yik-yak/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2014 18:11:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carmel DeAmicis]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Secret's "dramatic" app update (which I foreshadowed earlier this month) has arrived. The Verge has published an in-depth look at the confessional app's attempt to relaunch itself after user downloads and app&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Rumored Twitter-Foursquare partnership shows Yik Yak is a threat</title>
		<link>https://gigaom.com/2014/12/16/rumored-twitter-foursquare-partnership-shows-yik-yak-is-a-threat/</link>
		<comments>https://gigaom.com/2014/12/16/rumored-twitter-foursquare-partnership-shows-yik-yak-is-a-threat/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2014 02:29:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carmel DeAmicis]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Twitter is reportedly teaming up with Foursquare to power location-based tweets, according to Business Insider.  Location features are key to Twitter's product roadmap, because the company believes such contextual information will make the&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Open Garden&#8217;s hard sell: A world of shared radios</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2014 13:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kevin Fitchard]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On the evening of Sept 28, Open Garden co-founder and CEO Micha Benoliel was on Skype call in a hotel room in Hong Kong complaining to his CMO Christophe Daligault that&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Yik Yak shown no slack in intern hack attack</title>
		<link>https://gigaom.com/2014/12/08/yik-yak-shown-no-slack-in-intern-hack-attack/</link>
		<comments>https://gigaom.com/2014/12/08/yik-yak-shown-no-slack-in-intern-hack-attack/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2014 22:57:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carmel DeAmicis]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Getting hacked seems to be a rite of passage for social media companies. It's sign that they've grown big enough to attract the attention of the hacking community. Right on schedule, anonymous&#8230;]]></description>
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