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WOOMOO INC. is founded by Ben, [[Leo]] and Shao in May 2012. Our goal is to make our everyday life easier through software. Our first product [[POP]] helps everyone with an app idea to be able to see how it works on the smart phone. We are a fast growing team that loves design and programing. You can learn more about us by reading the following team section and our blog. Woomoo, the startup behind app prototyping tool POP, has been acqui-hired by Priceline. All six of the company’s [[employees]] have relocated from Taipei, where Woomoo was based, to Bangkok to work on app development for Agoda, the hotel booking website owned by [[Priceline]]. The deal’s terms were undisclosed. provides [[iPhone]] prototyping application. Its application is used to design on paper, take [[pictures]], create [[wireframes]], share and feedback, and simulate. The company was founded in 2012 and is based in San Mateo, California. As of May 24, 2016, WOOMOO INC. operates as a subsidiary of priceline.com LLC.a Launched in 2012, POP lets developers turn hand-drawn sketches of an app’s wireframe into a working prototype. Founder Ben Lin says POP is the number one prototyping tool for mobile apps and has had 350,000 signups so far. Woomoo also provided product management services for app developers. |
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{{Infobox Magazine |
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| title = Pop |
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| image_file = Pop magazine.jpg |
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| image_size = 250px |
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| image_caption = '''Kate Moss on one of two covers for Autumn 2006.''' |
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| editors = [[Dasha Zhukova]] |
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| editor_title = Editor-in-Chief |
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| frequency = Twice yearly |
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| circulation = 80,000+ per issue |
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| category = [[Fashion Magazine]] |
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| company = [[Bauer Verlagsgruppe|Bauer]] |
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| publisher = |
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| firstdate = 2000 |
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| country = [[United Kingdom]] |
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| based = [[London]] |
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| language = [[English language|English]] |
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| website = {{URL|http://thepop.com}} |
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|}} |
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'''''Pop''''' is a [[United Kingdom|British]] fashion magazine co-founded in 2000 by [[Ashley Heath (person)|Ashley Heath]] and editor [[Katie Grand]].<ref name="telegraph"/><ref name="healy">Murray Healy, [http://www.hintmag.com/hinterview/katiegrand/katiegrand1.php "Katie Grand: She's Popping Out"], ''Hint Magazine'', hintmag.com, 2004. Retrieved 17-06-2009.</ref> The initial creative directors for the magazine were Lee Swillingham and Stuart Spalding.<ref>[http://www.mad.co.uk/Main/News/Disciplines/Media/Articles/dc254a414274455fa012326a389f3a32/Designer-Swillingham-goes-pop-in-grand-style.html "Designer Swillingham goes pop in grand style"], ''Creative Review'', 01 September 2000. Retrieved 07-06-2009.</ref><ref>Rachael Gallagher, [http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/story.asp?storycode=42630 "Mark Frith joins Katie Grand style magazine as consultant"], ''The Press Gazette'', 9 December 2008</ref> ''Pop'' is published bi-annually. |
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==History== |
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In 1999, the publishing house [[Emap]] enticed Grand to leave ''[[Dazed & Confused (magazine)|Dazed & Confused]]''—a magazine founded by [[Rankin (photographer)|Rankin]] and [[Jefferson Hack]]—and invited her to work on the cult magazine ''[[The Face (magazine)|The Face]]'', as the magazine's official fashion director. At the same time Emap offered her a position as Editor-in- Chief of an as-yet unnamed new magazine. The first issue of ''Pop'' was launched in September 2000. Grand said that her main concept was that "it to be really jolly. And pink — I was obsessed with it being pink."<ref name="healy"/> |
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Grand left ''Pop'' in 2008, along with creative directors Swillingham and Spalding, to establish a rival magazine, ''Love'', published by [[Condé Nast Publications|Conde Nast]].<ref>Caitlin Fitzsimmons, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/feb/27/dasha-zhukova-editor-in-chief-of-pop "Dasha Zhukova named editor-in-chief of Pop magazine"], ''[[The Guardian]]'', 27 February 2009. Retrieved 17 June 2009.</ref> |
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''Pop'' relaunched in an online digital format as THEPOP.COM. and the first issue under new management was released on 1 September 2009.<ref name="telegraph"/> [[Dasha Zhukova]] was hired as editor-in-chief with Ashley Heath as the Editorial Director and David Girhammar as an editor.<ref name="telegraph">[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/fashion/style/4865615/Roman-Abramovichs-girlfriend-Dasha-Zhukova-takes-reins-at-Pop-magazine.html "Roman Abramovich's girlfriend Dasha Zhukova takes reins at Pop magazine"], ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'', 28 February 2009</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.acidosurtido.com.ar/english/news.asp |title=Acido Surtido / News|work=Acido Surtido|date= |accessdate=22 March 2010}}</ref> |
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On 1 September 2010 [[Britney Spears]] graced the cover of the magazine for her first time. |
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==See also== |
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* ''[[The Face (magazine)|The Face]]'' |
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==References== |
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{{Reflist}} |
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==External links== |
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*[http://THEPOP.COM official website] |
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{{Bauer Verlagsgruppe}} |
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[[Category:Bauer Group (UK)]] |
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[[Category:British fashion magazines|Pop]] |
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[[Category:Biannual magazines]] |
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[[Category:2000 establishments in the United Kingdom]] |
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[[Category:Magazines established in 2000]] |
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[[Category:London magazines]] |
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Revision as of 17:37, 17 November 2016
WOOMOO INC. is founded by Ben, Leo and Shao in May 2012. Our goal is to make our everyday life easier through software. Our first product POP helps everyone with an app idea to be able to see how it works on the smart phone. We are a fast growing team that loves design and programing. You can learn more about us by reading the following team section and our blog. Woomoo, the startup behind app prototyping tool POP, has been acqui-hired by Priceline. All six of the company’s employees have relocated from Taipei, where Woomoo was based, to Bangkok to work on app development for Agoda, the hotel booking website owned by Priceline. The deal’s terms were undisclosed. provides iPhone prototyping application. Its application is used to design on paper, take pictures, create wireframes, share and feedback, and simulate. The company was founded in 2012 and is based in San Mateo, California. As of May 24, 2016, WOOMOO INC. operates as a subsidiary of priceline.com LLC.a Launched in 2012, POP lets developers turn hand-drawn sketches of an app’s wireframe into a working prototype. Founder Ben Lin says POP is the number one prototyping tool for mobile apps and has had 350,000 signups so far. Woomoo also provided product management services for app developers.