<s>
Bump	B-Application
!	O
</s>
<s>
is	O
a	O
discontinued	O
iOS	B-Application
and	O
Android	B-Application
mobile	I-Application
app	O
that	O
enables	O
smartphone	B-Application
users	O
to	O
transfer	O
contact	O
information	O
,	O
photos	O
and	O
files	O
between	O
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2011	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
#8	O
on	O
Apple	O
's	O
list	O
of	O
all-time	O
most	O
popular	O
free	O
iPhone	B-Application
apps	I-Application
,	O
and	O
by	O
February	O
2013	O
it	O
had	O
been	O
downloaded	O
125	O
million	O
times	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
developer	O
,	O
Bump	B-Application
Technologies	O
,	O
shut	O
down	O
the	O
service	O
and	O
discontinued	O
the	O
app	O
on	O
January	O
31	O
,	O
2014	O
,	O
after	O
being	O
acquired	O
by	O
Google	B-Application
for	O
Google	B-Algorithm
Photos	I-Algorithm
and	O
Android	B-Application
Camera	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bump	B-Application
sends	O
contact	O
information	O
,	O
photos	O
and	O
files	O
to	O
another	O
device	O
over	O
the	O
internet	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
initiate	O
a	O
transfer	O
,	O
two	O
people	O
physically	O
bump	B-Application
their	O
phones	O
together	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
screen	O
appears	O
on	O
both	O
users	O
 '	O
smartphone	B-Application
displays	O
,	O
allowing	O
them	O
to	O
confirm	O
what	O
they	O
want	O
to	O
send	O
to	O
each	O
other	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
two	O
users	O
bump	B-Application
their	O
phones	O
,	O
software	O
on	O
the	O
phones	O
send	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
sensor	O
data	O
to	O
an	O
algorithm	O
running	O
on	O
Bump	B-Application
servers	O
,	O
which	O
includes	O
the	O
location	O
of	O
the	O
phone	O
,	O
accelerometer	O
readings	O
,	O
IP	B-Protocol
address	I-Protocol
,	O
and	O
other	O
sensor	O
readings	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
algorithm	O
figures	O
out	O
which	O
two	O
phones	O
felt	O
the	O
same	O
physical	O
bump	B-Application
and	O
then	O
transfers	O
the	O
information	O
between	O
those	O
phones	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bump	B-Application
makes	O
transfers	O
through	O
software	O
,	O
in	O
contrast	O
to	O
devices	O
with	O
Near	O
Field	O
Communication	O
(	O
NFC	O
)	O
chips	O
,	O
which	O
transfer	O
data	O
through	O
software	O
and	O
hardware	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
February	O
2012	O
release	O
of	O
Bump	B-Application
3.0	O
for	O
iOS	B-Application
,	O
the	O
company	O
took	O
the	O
unusual	O
step	O
of	O
streamlining	O
the	O
app	O
to	O
focus	O
on	O
its	O
most	O
frequently	O
used	O
features	O
:	O
contact	O
and	O
photo	O
sharing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bump	B-Application
3.0	O
for	O
Android	B-Application
maintained	O
the	O
features	O
eliminated	O
from	O
the	O
iOS	B-Application
version	O
but	O
moved	O
them	O
behind	O
swipeable	O
layers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2012	O
,	O
a	O
Bump	B-Application
update	O
enabled	O
users	O
to	O
transfer	O
photos	O
from	O
their	O
phone	O
to	O
their	O
computer	O
via	O
a	O
web	O
service	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
initiate	O
a	O
transfer	O
,	O
the	O
user	O
goes	O
to	O
the	O
Bump	B-Application
website	O
on	O
their	O
computer	O
and	O
bumps	B-Application
the	O
smartphone	B-Application
on	O
the	O
computer	O
keyboard	O
's	O
space	O
bar	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
December	O
2012	O
,	O
various	O
Bump	B-Application
updates	O
for	O
iOS	B-Application
and	O
Android	B-Application
had	O
added	O
the	O
abilities	O
to	O
share	O
video	O
,	O
audio	O
,	O
and	O
any	O
files	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
2013	O
,	O
an	O
update	O
to	O
the	O
Bump	B-Application
iOS	B-Application
and	O
Android	B-Application
apps	O
enabled	O
users	O
to	O
transfer	O
photos	O
,	O
videos	O
,	O
contacts	O
and	O
other	O
files	O
from	O
a	O
computer	O
to	O
a	O
smartphone	B-Application
and	O
vice	O
versa	O
via	O
a	O
web	O
service	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
perform	O
the	O
transfer	O
,	O
users	O
go	O
to	O
the	O
Bump	B-Application
website	O
on	O
their	O
computer	O
and	O
bump	B-Application
the	O
smartphone	B-Application
on	O
the	O
computer	O
keyboard	O
's	O
space	O
bar	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bump	B-Application
was	O
listed	O
among	O
Time'''s	O
"	O
50	O
Best	O
Android	B-Application
Applications	I-Application
for	O
2013	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Similar	O
to	O
this	O
original	O
concept	O
,	O
the	O
idea	O
for	O
Bump	B-Application
app	O
was	O
conceived	O
by	O
David	O
Lieb	O
,	O
a	O
former	O
employee	O
of	O
Texas	O
Instruments	O
,	O
while	O
he	O
was	O
attending	O
the	O
University	O
of	O
Chicago	O
Booth	O
School	O
of	O
Business	O
for	O
his	O
MBA	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
going	O
through	O
the	O
orientation	O
and	O
meeting	O
process	O
of	O
business	O
school	O
,	O
he	O
became	O
frustrated	O
by	O
constantly	O
entering	O
contact	O
information	O
into	O
his	O
iPhone	B-Device
and	O
felt	O
that	O
the	O
process	O
could	O
be	O
improved	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
His	O
fellow	O
Texas	O
Instruments	O
employees	O
Andy	O
Huibers	O
and	O
Jake	O
Mintz	O
,	O
who	O
was	O
a	O
classmate	O
of	O
Lieb	O
's	O
at	O
the	O
University	O
of	O
Chicago	O
's	O
MBA	B-Application
program	O
,	O
joined	O
Lieb	O
to	O
form	O
Bump	B-Application
Technologies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bump	B-Application
Technologies	O
launched	O
in	O
2008	O
and	O
is	O
located	O
in	O
Mountain	O
View	O
,	O
Calif	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2009	O
,	O
Bump	B-Application
received	O
$3.4	O
m	O
in	O
Series	O
A	O
funding	O
followed	O
in	O
January	O
2011	O
with	O
a	O
$16m	O
series	O
B	O
financing	O
round	O
led	O
by	O
Andreessen	O
Horowitz	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Bump	B-Application
app	O
debuted	O
in	O
the	O
Apple	O
iOS	B-Application
App	I-Application
Store	I-Application
in	O
March	O
2009	O
and	O
was	O
“	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
apps	O
that	O
helped	O
to	O
define	O
the	O
iPhone	B-Device
”	O
(	O
Harry	O
McCracken	O
,	O
Technologizer	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
soon	O
became	O
the	O
billionth	O
download	O
on	O
Apple	B-Application
's	I-Application
App	I-Application
Store	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
Android	B-Application
version	O
launched	O
in	O
November	O
2009	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
the	O
time	O
Bump	B-Application
3.0	O
for	O
iOS	B-Application
was	O
released	O
in	O
February	O
2012	O
,	O
the	O
app	O
had	O
been	O
installed	O
77	O
million	O
times	O
,	O
with	O
users	O
sharing	O
more	O
than	O
2	O
million	O
photos	O
daily	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
February	O
2013	O
,	O
there	O
had	O
been	O
125	O
million	O
Bump	B-Application
app	O
downloads	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bump	B-Application
Technologies	O
worked	O
with	O
PayPal	O
in	O
March	O
2010	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
PayPal	O
iPhone	B-Application
application	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
similar	O
version	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
Android	B-Application
in	O
August	O
2010	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Bump	B-Application
capability	O
in	O
PayPal	O
's	O
apps	O
was	O
removed	O
in	O
March	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
that	O
time	O
,	O
Bump	B-Application
Technologies	O
released	O
Bump	B-Application
Pay	O
,	O
an	O
iOS	B-Application
app	I-Application
that	O
lets	O
users	O
transfer	O
money	O
via	O
PayPal	O
by	O
physically	O
bumping	O
two	O
smartphones	B-Application
together	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
tool	O
was	O
originally	O
created	O
for	O
the	O
Bump	B-Application
team	O
to	O
use	O
when	O
splitting	O
up	O
restaurant	O
bills	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
payment	O
feature	O
was	O
not	O
added	O
to	O
the	O
Bump	B-Application
app	O
because	O
the	O
company	O
“	O
wanted	O
to	O
make	O
it	O
as	O
simple	O
as	O
possible	O
so	O
people	O
understand	O
how	O
this	O
works	O
,	O
”	O
Lieb	O
told	O
ABC	O
News	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bump	B-Application
Pay	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
app	O
from	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
Bump	B-Application
Labs	O
initiative	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
goal	O
of	O
Bump	B-Application
Labs	O
is	O
to	O
test	O
new	O
app	O
ideas	O
that	O
may	O
not	O
fit	O
within	O
the	O
main	O
Bump	B-Application
app	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ING	O
Direct	O
added	O
a	O
feature	O
to	O
its	O
iPhone	B-Device
app	O
in	O
2011	O
that	O
lets	O
users	O
transfer	O
money	O
to	O
each	O
other	O
using	O
Bump	B-Application
's	O
technology	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
feature	O
was	O
later	O
added	O
to	O
its	O
Android	B-Application
app	O
,	O
now	O
called	O
Capital	O
One	O
360	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
2012	O
,	O
Bump	B-Application
Technologies	O
released	O
Flock	O
,	O
an	O
iPhone	B-Device
photo	O
sharing	O
app	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
Android	B-Application
version	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
December	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Using	O
geolocation	O
data	O
embedded	O
in	O
photos	O
and	O
a	O
user	O
's	O
Facebook	B-Application
connections	O
,	O
Flock	O
finds	O
pictures	O
the	O
user	O
takes	O
while	O
out	O
with	O
friends	O
and	O
family	O
and	O
puts	O
everyone	O
's	O
photos	O
from	O
that	O
event	O
into	O
a	O
single	O
shared	O
album	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
app	O
will	O
also	O
scan	O
previous	O
photos	O
in	O
the	O
iPhone	B-Device
camera	O
roll	O
and	O
uncover	O
photos	O
that	O
have	O
yet	O
to	O
be	O
shared	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bump	B-Application
Technologies	O
CEO	O
David	O
Lieb	O
has	O
said	O
technology	O
is	O
evolving	O
to	O
a	O
point	O
where	O
users	O
do	O
n't	O
have	O
to	O
make	O
their	O
phones	O
transfer	O
information	O
to	O
others	O
;	O
it	O
will	O
just	O
happen	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lieb	O
used	O
Flock	O
as	O
an	O
example	O
of	O
mobile	B-Application
apps	I-Application
that	O
will	O
do	O
what	O
the	O
user	O
wants	O
in	O
the	O
background	O
,	O
with	O
little	O
or	O
no	O
effort	O
on	O
their	O
part	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
September	O
16	O
,	O
2013	O
,	O
Bump	B-Application
Technologies	O
announced	O
that	O
it	O
had	O
been	O
acquired	O
by	O
Google	B-Application
.	I-Application
</s>
<s>
On	O
December	O
31	O
,	O
2013	O
,	O
they	O
broke	O
the	O
news	O
that	O
both	O
Bump	B-Application
and	O
Flock	O
would	O
be	O
discontinued	O
so	O
that	O
the	O
team	O
could	O
focus	O
on	O
new	O
projects	O
at	O
Google	B-Application
.	I-Application
</s>
<s>
The	O
apps	O
were	O
removed	O
from	O
the	O
App	B-Application
Store	I-Application
and	O
Google	B-Application
Play	I-Application
on	O
January	O
31	O
,	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bump	B-Application
Technologies	O
received	O
an	O
Emerging	O
Technology	O
Award	O
in	O
2010	O
from	O
the	O
San	O
Jose/Silicon	O
Valley	O
Business	O
Journal	O
for	O
the	O
“	O
mobile	O
”	O
category	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bump	B-Application
was	O
named	O
Best	O
Overall	O
Consumer	O
App	O
on	O
TiE50	O
's	O
Top	O
50	O
Startups	O
list	O
for	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2012	O
,	O
Bump	B-Application
Technologies	O
was	O
named	O
to	O
the	O
Fast	O
Company	O
Top	O
50	O
Most	O
Innovative	O
Companies	O
.	O
</s>
