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Qype was a Hamburg-based web 2.0 company centred on social networking and local reviews. They operated websites in Germany, the United Kingdom, France, Switzerland, Austria, Ireland, Poland, Spain, Italy and Brazil, and had approximately 22 million monthly unique European visitors.〔http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/11/26/yelps-european-counterpart-qype-continues-global-expansion/ according to Techcrunch〕 Competitor Yelp announced their acquisition of Qype〔http://officialblog.yelp.com/2012/10/welcoming-qype-to-the-team.html〕 in October 2012 and Qype reviews were merged into the Yelp site by October 2013. == Company history == Qype was founded in March 2006 operating solely in the German market, and then expanded to include most European cities. In March 2007 Qype was awarded the Red Herring 100 Europe award. In July 2007 Qype UK was launched, adding English to the interface and content. In January 2008 the website was translated into French, in anticipation of the launch of Qype France. Subsequent versions localised for the Spanish market (October 2008), Ireland and Austria (Summer 2008) in local language have followed. In 2008 Brazil was added, and Qype's first iPhone application. In summer 2011, Qype launched sites in the Netherlands and Portugal as well as an application on Windows Mobile. On 13 July 2011, Qype was featured in the BBC television show, The Apprentice, when one of the contestants was unable to pronounce the company name although still used it as the inspiration for his successful project. 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「Qype」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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