at The age of 34 years of U.S. Internet young entrepreneurs Colin Kroll died. The co-founder of the short-video service Vine and the Quiz App HQ Trivia was found on Sunday dead in the bedroom of his apartment in Manhattan. A police spokesman told the US channel NBC in the night on Monday. The cause of death is suspected to be, therefore, a drug Overdose.
Kroll was co-founded in 2012, the popular video service Vine, with up to six seconds long Videos shared. Vine was acquired by Twitter and has now been set.
Later, Kroll founded the Quiz App HQ Trivia. The game came out in August 2017 on the market and had in the following March, two million users. The number of users but should be decreased significantly. HQ Trivia said on Sunday “deeply saddened” about the death of the founder, and spoke to the families his condolences.
according to media reports, Kroll was fired once by Twitter due to a lack of Management skills. The “Time”magazine also reported that he had been confronted with HQ Trivia with allegations of inappropriate behavior. (Taken over by 20 minutes, edited, of the daily Gazette.ch/Newsnet.) (red)
Created: 17.12.2018, 08:41 PM
