<s>
Burner	B-Application
is	O
a	O
mobile	O
application	O
for	O
iOS	B-Application
and	O
Android	B-Application
made	O
by	O
Ad	O
Hoc	O
Labs	O
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
that	O
allows	O
users	O
to	O
create	O
temporary	O
disposable	O
phone	O
numbers	O
in	O
the	O
U.S.	O
and	O
Canada	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Burner	B-Application
is	O
a	O
product	O
of	O
Ad	O
Hoc	O
Labs	O
,	O
an	O
Atwater	O
Village	O
,	O
Los	O
Angeles-based	O
software	O
startup	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
application	O
's	O
name	O
is	O
a	O
reference	O
to	O
so-called	O
"	O
burner	B-Application
phones	O
,	O
"	O
prepaid	O
mobile	O
phones	O
that	O
are	O
replaced	O
frequently	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Burner	B-Application
phones	O
have	O
been	O
used	O
to	O
control	O
costs	O
,	O
reduce	O
contractual	O
obligations	O
,	O
and	O
provide	O
a	O
degree	O
of	O
privacy	O
in	O
mobile	O
phone	O
use	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Burner	B-Application
application	O
launched	O
in	O
August	O
2012	O
with	O
angel	O
investors	O
including	O
Techstars	O
founder	O
David	O
Cohen	O
and	O
super	O
angel	O
Dave	O
McClure	O
in	O
October	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
iPhone	B-Device
application	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
August	O
2012	O
,	O
followed	O
by	O
an	O
Android	B-Application
version	O
in	O
April	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
has	O
also	O
stated	O
that	O
the	O
long-term	O
vision	O
for	O
Burner	B-Application
is	O
to	O
build	O
technology	O
where	O
phone	O
numbers	O
are	O
smarter	O
and	O
act	O
more	O
like	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Burner	B-Application
allows	O
users	O
to	O
make	O
phone	O
calls	O
and	O
VoIP	B-Application
calls	I-Application
and	O
send	O
SMS	B-Device
and	O
MMS	O
messages	O
via	O
phone	O
numbers	O
issued	O
through	O
the	O
app	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Burner	B-Application
Connections	O
features	O
,	O
launched	O
in	O
October	O
2015	O
,	O
allow	O
users	O
to	O
integrate	O
their	O
Burner	B-Application
numbers	O
with	O
third-party	O
applications	O
like	O
Slack	B-Protocol
,	O
Google	B-Language
Sheets	I-Language
,	O
Dropbox	B-Application
,	O
Evernote	B-Application
and	O
SoundCloud	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
functionality	O
allows	O
people	O
to	O
automatically	O
archive	O
SMS	B-Device
messages	O
and	O
images	O
,	O
program	O
auto-responses	O
,	O
sync	O
voicemails	O
and	O
more	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
November	O
2015	O
,	O
Burner	B-Application
launched	O
a	O
way	O
for	O
developers	O
to	O
connect	O
the	O
app	O
with	O
various	O
applications	O
,	O
like	O
IFTTT	B-Application
,	O
or	O
create	O
new	O
custom	O
integrations	O
through	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
webhooks	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
