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HopStop.com, Inc, (branded as "HopStop"), was an online city transit guide offering door-to-door subway and bus directions and maps for over 140 cities around the world using its website, or apps for iPhone, iPad and formerly Android. The company, which was founded in 2005, was named one of the top 100 fastest growing software companies in the United States in 2011. It was purchased by Apple Inc. in July 2013. The Android version of its app was removed from the Play Store in September 2013. Transit directions were available for New York City and several other major metropolitan areas, including Atlanta, Boston, Las Vegas, London, Los Angeles, Paris, Philadelphia, Portland, San Francisco, Seattle, Toronto, and Washington, D.C.. Service in Chicago is suspended as of mid-October 2013, with no announced timeline for restoration. Starting October 2015, HopStop will no longer be available on any platform. Apple will be using the IOS 9 update to replace the company with Apple Maps transit directions. Apple has taken some criticism as a result of this, mostly due to the discontinued support of around 100 cities and its very early release. Twitter users have shared their thoughts on the shutdown.〔 〕 == History == Chinedu Echeruo, formerly an analyst at investment banks and hedge funds founded HopStop in 2005. Echeruo is now Chairman of the Board for HopStop. He holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BS from Syracuse University. Joe Meyer, formerly Vice President & General Manager for AOL's Quigo Technologies came on as President & CEO in 2009. In 2011, HopStop was named one of the top 100 fastest growing software companies in the United States and ranked 1,182 overall on the 2011 Inc 500 | 5000 list. Since the release of iOS 6 in September 2012, in which Apple replaced support for Google Maps with their own mapping, HopStop has been named as one of the top transit apps for Apple products by multiple publishers including Business Insider, Fast Company and Wired. The company was acquired by Apple Inc in July 2013. They dropped support for Windows Phone a few days later. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「HopStop」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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