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Yahoo buys defunct Rockmelt browser startup for its technology, engineers

article published on 2 August, 2013

Yahoo has paid over $60 million for the failed social browsing startup Rockmelt. The company will shut down the app and browser, but use its engineers and technology to boost its media and mobile properties. Rockmelt, launched in 2010 and backed by Netscape founder Marc Andreessen, was originally a desktop browser that eventually become just an iOS app. The sources say Yahoo paid ... [ read the full article ]

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R.I.P. to one of the greatest innovations in the modern era, Rockmelt....will say no one ever.
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