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Outfit7 Industry Mobile Applications Founder(s) Samo Login Headquarters Limassol, Cyprus, Cyprus Outfit7 is a Slovenian based startup best known for its creation of the popular Talking Friends collection of mobile apps which have been downloaded more than 160 million times. The most popular Talking Friend is Talking Tom Cat which has been downloaded more than 40 million times. The company moved its headquarters to Limassol, Cyprus in 2011 after being set up in Slovenia in 2009. Now it operates with a two fully owned subsidiaries in Ljubljana, Slovenia (R&D) and Palo Alto, California (marketing) and sees approximately 15 million downloads a month after launching its first app, Talking Tom on June 27th 2010. To date the company has released twelve Talking Friends apps.[1]
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Company Profile
The company was founded in October, 2009 by Samo Login. The company generates revenue through a combination of paid app downloads, in-app payments for virtual items and advertising. While the company does not disclose revenues, it has announced that it made $200,000 on Christmas Day, 2010.[2][3]
Products
In addition to Talking Tom, the company has ten other characters in the Talking Friends line including Talking Gina the Giraffe which achieved 1 million downloads over its first four days. Other characters include: Talking Ben the Dog, Talking Lila the Fairy, Talking Santa, Talking Bacteria John, John & John, Talking Roby the Robot, Talking Rex the Dinosaur, Talking Harry the Hedgehog, Talking Larry the Bird, Talking Baby Hippo.[4]
Appearances in popular culture
Talking Tom appeared ABC’s television show Modern Family, Season 2, Episode 12, “Our Children, Ourselves.” [5]
Notes
- ^ Kim, R. (February, 2011), "How Outfit7 Built A Toy App Powerhouse", Gigaom.com, Retrieved 2011-4-25.
- ^ Dredge, S. (March, 2011), "Outfit7 talks to the animals", www.guardian.co.uk, Retrieved 2011-4-25.
- ^ “Outfit7", Crunchbase.com, Retrieved 2011-4-25.
- ^ Kim, R. (February, 2011), "How Outfit7 Built A Toy App Powerhouse", Gigaom.com, Retrieved 2011-4-25.
- ^ "Talking Tom on Modern Family (S02E12 - Our Children, Ourselves)", YouTube.com, Retrieved 2011-4-25.
References
- Wauters, R (March, 2011). “Outfit7 Hits 60 Million Downloaded Apps, Made $200,000 On Christmas Day Alone”, Techcrunch.com, Retrieved 2011-4-25.
- Kim-Mai C. (January, 2011). “With 60 Million Downloads, Outfit7 Builds an App Empire for Children of the iPad Generation, InsideMobileApps.com, Retrieved 2011-4-25.
External links
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