<s>
Apture	B-Application
was	O
a	O
service	O
that	O
allowed	O
publishers	O
and	O
bloggers	O
to	O
link	O
and	O
incorporate	O
multimedia	O
into	O
a	O
dynamic	O
layer	O
above	O
their	O
pages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Apture	B-Application
was	O
used	O
by	O
several	O
large	O
organizations	O
and	O
publishers	O
including	O
The	O
Washington	O
Post	O
,	O
The	O
Economist	O
,	O
Scribd	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
World	O
Wide	O
Fund	O
for	O
Nature	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
individual	O
bloggers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Apture	B-Application
announced	O
its	O
first	O
round	O
of	O
funding	O
in	O
March	O
,	O
2009	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
2010	O
,	O
Apture	B-Application
announced	O
their	O
browser	O
extension	O
,	O
Apture	B-Application
Highlights	O
,	O
which	O
enabled	O
users	O
to	O
instantaneously	O
search	O
for	O
content	O
from	O
around	O
the	O
web	O
without	O
leaving	O
the	O
page	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Firefox	O
version	O
of	O
Apture	B-Application
Highlights	O
was	O
downloaded	O
about	O
500,000	O
times	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
November	O
12	O
,	O
2011	O
,	O
Apture	B-Application
announced	O
that	O
it	O
had	O
been	O
acquired	O
by	O
Google	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
December	O
20	O
,	O
2011	O
,	O
Apture	B-Application
disabled	O
its	O
scripts	O
and	O
discontinued	O
its	O
products	O
and	O
services	O
.	O
</s>
