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Tag: yix

Chatting with YIX: Cofounder Jenny Diggles on animated gifs, eliminating "dude bros" in tech, and working with Microsoft

Rick Turoczy on July 29, 2014

Traditionally, Portland hasn’t been the strongest town for consumer facing apps. But one genre—games—has managed to buck that trend. One of the recent newcomers to the Portland gaming scene is YIX, the first game centered around animated gifs. Read More

Gif in the game: Portland's YIX makes sharing animated gifs a bit more competitive

Rick Turoczy on June 30, 2014

Sharing animated gifs is an Internet mainstay. It’s practically why the Internet was created, it seems. And the growing prevalence of chat clients has only caused that use to increase. Just as common is the anecdotal oneupmanship that has always been an unspoken component practice. Now, a new Portland startup is jumping headlong into that aspect of the game. Literally. Read More