web publisher mobile app founded 2005 founder ronen shilo dror erez gaby bilcyzk headquarters new york city united states ; london united kingdom area served worldwide number of employees 1 website www.conduit.com www.como.com conduit ltd. is an international software company which currently sells a diy mobile app platform that enables small and medium sized businesses to create promote and manage their mobile apps . the new brand name como was originally conduit mobile . 1 2 the company started in 2005 and reinvented itself in 2013 spinning off the website toolbar business that made it the largest internet company in israel at the time . 3 4 5 contents 1 products 2 history 3 see also 4 references products edit the company s main product is como a mobile development platform that allows users to create native and web mobile applications for smartphones . 6 about one million apps have been created reaching about ten million daily visitors as of june 2014 . 6 app creation for its app gallery is free and it charges a monthly subscription fee to place apps on the apple store or google play . 6 the company sold its conduit website toolbar product in 2013 and no longer offers toolbars the business that initially brought it to prominence . 3 history edit conduit was founded in 2005 by shilo dror erez and gaby bilcyzk . 7 8 between years 2005 and 2013 it ran a successful but controversial toolbar platform business . this toolbar is flagged by most antivirus software as potentially unwanted and adware . 9 conduit s toolbar software is often downloaded by malware packages from other publishers . 10 one of the first successes with this new app maker platform happened in 2012 . the platform was used to create nfl player and european soccer team branded apps . 11 the company had more than 400 employees in 2013 . 12 in september same year conduit spun off its entire website toolbar business division which combined with perion network . 13 after the deal conduit shareholders owned 81 % of perion s existing shares and both perion and conduit remained independent companies . 5 the substantial size of the conduit user base allowed perion to immediately surpass aol in u.s. searches . 5 in 2015 como was listed as one of the best app makers in the market . this success was achieved with wide range of services and a deal with amazon appstore . 14 como announced it would purchase keeprz a mobile customer loyalty platform for 45 million . 1 see also edit perion network download valley references edit a b c weinglass simona 16 july 2015 . israel s como acquires keeprz customer loyalty platform for 50m . geektime . retrieved 24 july 2015 . fried ina february 7 2011 . exclusive web app publisher conduit expands into mobile . all things digital . retrieved may 18 2012 . a b tenanbaum gil 11 july 2013 . conduit gives up on its own web browser . jewish business news . retrieved 25 july 2015 . lisa damast and jessica mchugh june 6 2012 . israeli vc struggles continue despite m & a increase . financial times . retrieved march 13 2013 . a b c matthew kanterman and elliott gotkine september 17 2013 . perion with conduit seen besting aol in u.s. searches . bloomberg news . retrieved december 16 2013 . a b c shamah david . do it yourself mobile app maker big hit with business 23 june 2014 . the times of israel . retrieved 24 july 2015 . cooper steve january 2 2009 . conduit builds on the power of the web toolbar . thestreet.com . retrieved may 16 2011 . grimland guy january 4 2011 . israeli startup conduit with more users than twitter negotiating billion dollar exit . haaretz . retrieved may 16 2011 . pup.optional.conduit removal instructions . malware removal guides . 2013 08 07 . retrieved 2013 10 12 . keenan thomas p. august 1 2014 . technocreep the surrender of privacy and the capitalization of intimacy . greystone books . isbn 9781771641227 . neal ungerleider january 23 2012 . hashtag hail mary social media blitzes the super bowl . fastcompany . retrieved march 13 2013 . conduit an israeli firm with several prominent sports clients including soccer teams barcelona real madrid and chelsea launched a series of player branded apps and toolbars . jeremy quittner january 1 2013 . the real valuation is about having fun . inc. magazine . retrieved march 13 2013 . ingrid lunden october 7 2013 . after buying wibiya for 45m conduit discontinues product as it shifts away from toolbars . techcrunch . angeles sara july 28 2015 . 18 best app makers . businessnewsdaily . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title conduit company & oldid 735636770 categories software companies of israel navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what 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