Astrid (application)

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Astrid was a cross-platform to-do list and task management application that was created in Israel in 2008 . It was identified by the company's octopus symbol. The service reminded users of scheduled tasks and was designed to have limited integration with Google Calendar . Yahoo! took over the company on May 1, 2013 and discontinued Astrid on August 5, 2013.

history

2008 Astrid was Tim Su and Jon Paris in San Francisco founded

In May 2013, Astrid Co-Founder and CEO Jon Paris announced on the company's blog on May 1 that Yahoo! Astrid had taken over.

In an announcement at the beginning of July 2013, the public was informed about the planned discontinuation of the task management service Astrid by Yahoo! informed.

Yahoo! ceased service on August 5, 2013. The Astrid team provided its customers with a data export tool and recommended them to former competitors, such as B. Any.do , Sandglaz , Wrike, and Wunderlist .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Blair, Nancy: Yahoo shutters to-do list app Astrid . In: USA TODAY , August 5, 2013. 
  2. ↑ a b Chris Velazko: Yahoo's Recently Acquired Task Tracking Service Astrid Will Go Dark On August 5 . In: TechCrunch . AOL Inc. July 6, 2013. Retrieved July 6, 2013.
  3. ^ Blair, Nancy: Yahoo shutters to-do list app Astrid . In: USA TODAY , August 5, 2013. 
  4. ^ Jon Paris: Yahoo acquires Astrid . In: Astrid . Astrid. May 1, 2013. Archived from the original on August 11, 2013. Retrieved July 6, 2013.
  5. ^ Blair, Nancy: Yahoo shutters to-do list app Astrid . In: USA TODAY , August 5, 2013.