Game show app HQ Trivia shuts down
Built by two of the founders of the popular, now-defunct short video sharing platform Vine, HQ Trivia was an app that allowed users to win real money by participating in an online mobile-based game show, answering trivia questions on various subjects. But due to several issues, its userbase fell from a peak of 2.3 million to just 67,000 last month, causing the founders to shut it down.
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