FileHippo is a software downloading

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. The website has sections listing most recently updated programs and most popular downloads, organised by category, with program information and link. Registration is not required in this website, and FileHippo does not accept software submissions from publishers.

History

FileHippo was established in 2004 by the technology company, Well Known Media, of

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. The site added a news section in 2014. FileHippo was estimated to be worth over US$13,000,000 in November 2015. Before

Softonic Softonic is a Spanish software download platform that distributes, categorizes, and evaluates programs for Windows, Android, and Mac. The platform was founded in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, in June 1997. History Softonic started in 1997 as a ...

acquired the FileHippo.com website, it was funded by user donations and third-party advertising, had an Update Checker, later renamed App Manager, a free program that scanned a computer for outdated software and offered links to more recent versions, later redirecting to IObit Software Updater. *http://www.filehippo.com/updatechecker/ to https://filehippo.com/download_iobit-software-updater/ *http://filehippo.com/download_app_manager to https://filehippo.com/windows/tuning-utilities/

acquired FileHippo. On the FileHippo home page formerly stated "© FileHippo s.r.o." and since , it states "Softonic International, S.A. holds the license to use the name and logo of Filehippo".

References

External links

FileHippo.com
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