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RIP Lifestage
Aug 12, 2017
Facebook recently shut down 'Lifestage', its standalone social networking has been released a year ago for high schoolers. The Snapchat-like app was intended to help teens find and connect with other clbadmates who went to their school. Only users aged 21 or younger could sign up for it.
You've got Got Mail. Not!
Aug 10, 2017
The tech giant started an email service that offered users an @ facebook.com address, in November 2010. However, it was quietly dropped after Facebook.
Riff Goes O'er The Cliff!
Aug 10, 2017
Just a few months after launching Snapchat competitor, Riff, a collaborative video creation app for both iOS and Android users in 2015, Facebook plugged the plugin on it.
However, the tech giant said that the most of the features of the app had been integrated into the Facebook app and Messenger.
No Takers For Paper
Aug 10, 2017
Facebook shut down Paper, a stand-alone iOS app that was part News Feed, part newsreader, in 2016, two years after its launch. The app changed the user experience with customizable sections for politics, technology, food, and other subjects. However, the app has failed to attract a wide audience and has been closed.
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Slinging A Dud!
Aug 10, 2017
Facebook's third attempt to capture Snapchat's market, named Slingshot, too crashed. Though the idea was to make it easier for you to get started, you could only view the incoming message (shot) after you send a shot to the sender, Facebook did not manage to capture the market.
The app was discontinued and removed from the App Store and Google Play store in December 2015, after Facebook shut down its Creative Labs division.
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