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Hackaday
File:Hackaday logo.png
Type of site
Weblog
Available inEnglish
OwnerSupplyframe Inc.[1]
Founder(s)Phillip Torrone[2]
EditorMike Szczys[3]
URLhackaday.com
CommercialYes
RegistrationOptional
LaunchedSeptember 2004[2]
Current statusOnline

Hackaday is a hardware hacking website.[4] It was founded in 2004 as a web magazine.

History

Hackaday was founded in 2004 by Phillip Torrone as a web magazine for Engadget, devoted to publishing and archiving "the best hacks, mods and DIY (do it yourself) projects from around web".[2] Hackaday has since split from Engadget and its former parent company Weblogs, Inc..[5] In 2007 Computerworld magazine ranked Hackaday #10 on their list of the top 15 geek blog sites.[6]

Hackaday.io started as a project hosting site in 2014[7] under the name of Hackaday Projects.[8] It has now grown into a social network of 100,000 members[9]

In 2015, Hackaday's owner, Supplyframe, acquired the hardware marketplace Tindie.[10]

In 2021, Hackaday's owner, Supplyframe, was acquired by Siemens.[11]

References

  1. ^ "Hello from SupplyFrame – your new evil overlords!". Hackaday.com. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
  2. ^ a b c Phillip Torrone (October 2004). "Introducing Hack A Day, the gadget hack archive". Engadget. Retrieved 15 November 2011.
  3. ^ "Mike Szczys's Profile". hackaday.io. Retrieved 2020-06-02.
  4. ^ Constantin, Lucian (2015-03-13). "Here's a USB flash drive that could fry your laptop". Computerworld. Retrieved 2020-06-01.
  5. ^ By (2010-07-12). "A Letter From Jason Calacanis, The Owner Of Hack A Day". Hackaday. Retrieved 2020-06-01.
  6. ^ Computerworld staff (1 May 2007). "Top 15 geek blog sites". Computerworld. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
  7. ^ "Project Community Profile: Hackaday.io | Make:". Make: DIY Projects and Ideas for Makers. 2020-05-09. Retrieved 2020-06-01.
  8. ^ "Introducing: Hackaday Projects". Hackaday. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
  9. ^ "HACKADAY.IO JUST PASSED 100,000 MEMBERS". Hackaday. Retrieved 3 Dec 2015.
  10. ^ By (2015-08-05). "Tindie Becomes A Part Of The Hackaday Family". Hackaday. Retrieved 2020-06-02.
  11. ^ By (2021-05-17). "Siemens accelerates digital marketplace strategy with acquisition of Supplyframe". Siemens.
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