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Inq was a social software and app manufacturer who launched two successful software products and a series of award-winning handsets. Material, Inq's personalised magazine, became the top free news app in the UK App Store and achieved a number 4 position in the US, shortly after launch.〔(Material: Tailored magazine featuring news, blogs & RSS - Daily Ranks | App Annie )〕 SO.HO, a social launcher developed by Inq, was also warmly received with press positioning it as an alternative to Facebook Home.〔(Why settle for Facebook Home when you can have Twitter Home, too? | VentureBeat | Social | by John Koetsier )〕 Prior to focusing on software, Inq released a series of "social mobiles" for which they were awarded "Best Newcomer" and "Best Handset" at the GSMA in 2009.〔(YouTube )〕 In January 2014 Inq announced that the business was to close down and that the apps they had in market would not be updated after this point. ==Company Overview== Inq held offices in London and Rome and employed between 11 and 50 staff across the two offices. The company was founded in 2007 by Ken Johnstone (Inq's current CEO), Frank Meehan and Jeff Taylor. It is a fully owned subsidiary of Hutchison Whampoa and is backed by Li Ka-shing who is Chairman of Hutchison Whampoa and is also an investor in Facebook and Spotify. 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「Inq Mobile」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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