Thomas Marban
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| Thomas Marban | |
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| Born | 1979 Linz, Austria |
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Thomas Marban is an Internet start-up creator and advisor since the mid-nineties when he incorporated one of the first dedicated web agencies and subsequently an enterprise digital media asset management solution which is among the global leaders in this space.[peacock term] He was creator of PopUrls, a mash-up of the web's most visited social news sites and portals that started a new trend[peacock term] in so called single page aggregators.[1][unreliable source?] He is also part of the Web Standards Project.[citation needed] Today, his holding company tomatic focuses on the funding and creation of start-ups in the consumer space.[citation needed]
He's also co-founder of Twidroyd, the very first[2][not in citation given] Twitter client for the Android operating system.
In 2009, Thomas worked with Wired Magazine founder Kevin Kelly to relaunch the influential[peacock term] Cool Tools blog.[3][importance?]
PopUrls and Twidroyd were acquired by Idealab in July 2010 for an undisclosed amount.[4][non-primary source needed]
PopUrls was awarded as one of the Top 50 Websites of 2009 by TIME Magazine [5] and in 2010 won the Groundswell Award by Forrester Research.[6][non-primary source needed]
Thomas received an Honoree at the 11th Annual Webby Awards for enabling real world activities online.[7][non-primary source needed]
In June 2012, Thomas announced Flipso, a startup in cooperation with Idealab.[citation needed]
In June 2013, Thomas announced the blogging service Postagon.[citation needed]
In June 2014, Thomas announced the News site Popist which was acquired by stealth startup Quickly one year later.[citation needed]
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