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Foxit Software

Fujian Foxit Software Development Joint Stock Co., Ltd., also known as Foxit Software, is a software developer based in Fuzhou, China, with subsidiaries in the United States, Europe, Japan, and Australia, that develops Portable Document Format (PDF) software and tools used to create, edit, eSign, and secure files and digital documents. It also has other offices in Fuzhou, Beijing, Berlin, South Yarra (Melbourne), Japan, Taiwan, Korea, France, North Macedonia, and Slovakia.

History
Foxit Software was founded in 2001 In 2009, Foxit Software Company incorporated as Foxit Corporation. Before 2019, Amazon was an early investor and substantial shareholder of Foxit, once owning 12.38% of the latter's shares, before divesting in 2019 to make Foxit eligible for a simplified IPO process for domestic companies in China. In June 2020, Foxit Software received permission to list in the Shanghai Stock Exchange STAR Market (the Sci-Tech Innovation Board). According to Foxit's pre-IPO disclosures, it seeks to raise RMB 409 million (approximately USD 49 million). == Products ==
Products
Foxit Reader The company's first product, Foxit Reader, was released in 2004. Foxit Reader 3.0 offers comparable functionality to Adobe Reader. Older versions were notable for their speed and small file sizes. Foxit released version 8.0 in 2016. The software is pre-installed on Windows PCs from HP, Acer, and ASUS. Foxit released version 9.0 in 2017. The software is available as a freeware download for PCs running Windows 7 (or later), MacOS and older versions of Linux. The Foxit installer was bundled with potentially unwanted programs like the Ask Toolbar and OpenCandy which installed the browser-hijacking malware Conduit. In July 2014, the Internet Storm Center reported that the mobile version for iPhone was transmitting unencrypted telemetry and other data to remote servers located in China despite users attempting to opt out of such data collection. Foxit PhantomPDF Foxit PhantomPDF, a multi-feature PDF editor, was released in 2008. Foxit PhantomPDF has an interface that holds many advanced PDF editing and security features. Foxit released version 8.0 in 2016. ConnectedPDF ConnectedPDF, released in 2016, extends the traditional portable document format by associating a unique identifier with each PDF, thereby enabling capabilities such as file update notifications, document locating and tracking, shared and synchronized review and mark-up, and remote digital rights management and protection. ConnectedPDF is not a stand-alone product. Functionality is embedded within some of Foxit's PDF software products. ConnectedPDF is included in the latest releases of Foxit PhantomPDF (version ≥8), Foxit Reader (version ≥8) and Foxit MobilePDF (version ≥5). Gmail and Google Chrome. The company has also developed the rendering engine for Google's open-source PDFium project. SDKs Foxit also provides a variety of PDF software development kits (SDKs) for developers wanting to create custom PDF applications. == Industry association memberships ==
Industry association memberships
Foxit Software is an active member of the PDF Association. LuraTech, acquired by Foxit in 2015, was a founding member of the PDF Association. Carsten Heiermann, founder and CEO of the LuraTech group, is member of the association's board. Thomas Zellmann, who joined LuraTech in 2001, is the association's Managing Director. == See also==
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