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- - - - September 2011: Klout integrates with Google+.[27]
      - October 2011: Klout changes its scoring algorithm lowering many scores and creating complaints.[28]
      - November 2011: Klout partners with Wahooly for their beta launch.[29]
      - January 2012: Klout was able to raise an estimated $30 million from a host of venture capital firms.[30]
      - February 2012: Klout acquires local and mobile neighborhood app Blockboard.[31]
      - May 2012: Klout announces growth of 2000 new partners over a one-year period.[32]
      - August 14, 2012: Klout went through another algorithm change.
      - September 2012: Microsoft announces a strategic investment in Klout for an undisclosed sum.
      - March 28, 2013: Klout announces inclusion of Instagram analytics in factoring Klout scores.[33]
      - May 13, 2013: Klout users had claimed more than 1 million Perks across over 400 campaigns.
      - February 2014: Klout is expected to be acquired by social media company, Lithium Technologies, for $100 million or more.The contract has been signed, but not closed.[34]
      - March 27, 2014: Lithium Technologies acquired Klout.
      - September 14, 2015: Engagement on YouTube content will be factored into the Klout Score
      - October 29, 2015: Klout exposed inner workings of the Klout Score.[35]