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2018

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who acquires GIF Search Platform Tenor recently?
A
Google
B
Flipkart
C
Amazon
D
Snapdeal
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Google has acquired GIF platform Tenor, adding a library of animated images to its vast internet search engine.

Detailed explanation-2: -Tenor is an online GIF search engine and database owned by Google. Its main product is the GIF Keyboard, which is available on Android, iOS, and macOS.

Detailed explanation-3: -Terms of the deal were not disclosed by the companies. The deal was estimated to be worth “just north of $100 million plus employee retention packages, although another source says that’s a bit too low, ” Axios reported.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Google acquisition will help Tenor roll out more improvements for users, API partners, and advertisers, Tenor CEO David McIntosh said in a blog post(Opens in a new window).

Detailed explanation-5: -Three years ago, when Apple started supporting third-party keyboards, McIntosh and Hachenburg debuted Tenor’s iOS GIF keyboard (Tenor changed its name from Riffsy a year ago in a push to improve branding). It was downloaded more than a million times in its first week.

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