<s>
Facebook	B-Application
Paper	I-Application
was	O
a	O
standalone	O
mobile	O
app	O
created	O
by	O
Facebook	B-Application
,	O
only	O
for	O
iOS	B-Application
,	O
that	O
intended	O
to	O
serve	O
as	O
a	O
phone-based	O
equivalent	O
of	O
a	O
newspaper	O
or	O
magazine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
app	O
was	O
announced	O
by	O
Facebook	B-Application
on	O
January	O
30	O
,	O
2014	O
,	O
and	O
released	O
for	O
iOS	B-Application
on	O
February	O
3	O
,	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
iPhone	B-Device
app	O
appeared	O
in	O
the	O
iOS	B-Application
App	I-Application
Store	I-Application
as	O
"	O
Paper	O
–	O
stories	O
from	O
Facebook	B-Application
"	O
;	O
there	O
was	O
no	O
iPad	B-Device
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Facebook	B-Application
shut	O
Paper	O
down	O
on	O
July	O
29	O
,	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Along	O
with	O
announcing	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Facebook	B-Application
Paper	I-Application
,	O
Facebook	B-Application
also	O
announced	O
Facebook	B-Application
Creative	O
Labs	O
,	O
an	O
intra-company	O
effort	O
to	O
have	O
separate	O
teams	O
working	O
on	O
separate	O
mobile	O
apps	O
that	O
specialize	O
in	O
different	O
facets	O
related	O
to	O
the	B-Application
Facebook	I-Application
experience	O
,	O
rather	O
than	O
trying	O
to	O
make	O
changes	O
to	O
Facebook	B-Application
's	O
main	O
web	O
version	O
,	O
mobile	O
version	O
,	O
or	O
its	O
main	O
iOS	B-Application
and	O
Android	B-Application
apps	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Facebook	B-Application
Paper	I-Application
was	O
the	O
first	O
product	O
of	O
Facebook	B-Application
Creative	O
Labs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Later	O
on	O
more	O
apps	O
were	O
launched	O
:	O
Slingshot	O
,	O
Mentions	O
,	O
Rooms	O
,	O
Facebook	B-Application
Groups	O
,	O
Riff	O
,	O
Hello	O
and	O
Moments	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
of	O
the	O
stated	O
features	O
of	O
Facebook	B-Application
Paper	I-Application
that	O
distinguish	O
it	O
from	O
Facebook	B-Application
's	O
past	O
efforts	O
and	O
its	O
other	O
apps	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
mix	O
of	O
curation	O
by	O
editors	O
and	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
social	O
signals	O
(	O
including	O
Facebook	B-Application
likes	O
and	O
shares	O
)	O
in	O
deciding	O
what	O
content	O
to	O
show	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
this	O
may	O
not	O
be	O
that	O
different	O
from	O
Flipboard	B-Application
and	O
other	O
news	O
aggregation	O
services	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Facebook	B-Application
Paper	I-Application
has	O
also	O
experimented	O
with	O
content	O
collaboration	O
with	O
third	O
parties	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Rachel	O
Meltz	O
,	O
writing	O
for	O
Technology	O
Review	O
,	O
wrote	O
that	O
Facebook	B-Application
Paper	I-Application
was	O
better	O
than	O
Facebook	B-Application
's	O
main	O
app	O
and	O
contrasted	O
it	O
favorably	O
with	O
Facebook	B-Application
's	O
previous	O
efforts	O
at	O
mobile	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Facebook	B-Application
Home	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dieter	O
Bohn	O
,	O
writing	O
for	O
The	O
Verge	O
,	O
similarly	O
said	O
that	O
with	O
Paper	O
,	O
Facebook	B-Application
"	O
blew	O
its	O
own	O
iPhone	B-Device
app	O
out	O
of	O
the	O
water.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Ellis	O
Hamburger	O
reviewed	O
Facebook	B-Application
Paper	I-Application
in	O
a	O
video	O
review	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
an	O
article	O
for	O
The	O
Verge	O
,	O
calling	O
it	O
"	O
the	O
best	O
Facebook	B-Application
app	O
ever.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Josh	O
Constine	O
wrote	O
for	O
TechCrunch	O
:	O
"	O
This	O
ai	O
n’t	O
your	O
mama	O
’s	O
Facebook	B-Application
.	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Semil	O
Shah	O
,	O
writing	O
for	O
TechCrunch	O
,	O
reviewed	O
Paper	O
in	O
light	O
of	O
Facebook	B-Application
's	O
broader	O
mobile	O
strategy	O
,	O
wondering	O
whether	O
Paper	O
's	O
fate	O
would	O
be	O
similar	O
to	O
that	O
of	O
the	O
fairly	O
successful	O
Facebook	B-Protocol
Messenger	I-Protocol
or	O
the	O
highly	O
unsuccessful	O
Facebook	B-Application
Poke	O
(	O
Facebook	B-Application
's	O
in-house	O
Snapchat	B-Application
clone	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jennifer	O
Van	O
Grove	O
discussed	O
Paper	O
and	O
the	O
importance	O
of	O
Facebook	B-Application
Creative	O
Labs	O
in	O
Facebook	B-Application
's	O
long-term	O
strategy	O
in	O
an	O
article	O
for	O
CNet	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lance	O
Ulanoff	O
,	O
writing	O
for	O
Mashable	O
,	O
wrote	O
that	O
although	O
Facebook	B-Application
Paper	I-Application
was	O
content-focused	O
,	O
Facebook	B-Application
was	O
still	O
trying	O
to	O
distinguish	O
itself	O
from	O
a	O
media	O
company	O
and	O
was	O
focused	O
on	O
enabling	O
people	O
to	O
create	O
content	O
rather	O
than	O
simply	O
focused	O
on	O
the	O
reading	O
experience	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Matt	O
Buchanan	O
wrote	O
in	O
The	O
New	O
Yorker	O
that	O
"	O
Facebook	B-Application
's	O
move	O
away	O
from	O
the	O
stream	O
is	O
part	O
of	O
what	O
seems	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
shift	O
toward	O
flexibility	O
and	O
experimentation	O
"	O
and	O
that	O
"[Paper]	O
shows	O
that	O
the	O
company	O
finally	O
thinks	O
that	O
it	O
knows	O
us	O
well	O
enough	O
to	O
show	O
us	O
everything	O
one	O
piece	O
a	O
time.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Inside	O
Facebook	B-Application
published	O
"	O
10	O
first	O
reactions	O
"	O
to	O
Facebook	B-Application
Paper	I-Application
describing	O
what	O
it	O
revealed	O
about	O
Facebook	B-Application
.	I-Application
</s>
<s>
FiftyThree	O
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
the	O
maker	O
of	O
a	O
sketchbook	O
app	O
also	O
called	O
Paper	O
,	O
contacted	O
Facebook	B-Application
asking	O
them	O
to	O
not	O
use	O
the	O
Paper	O
name	O
so	O
as	O
to	O
avoid	O
brand	O
confusion	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
article	O
by	O
Jason	O
Abbruzzese	O
in	O
Mashable	O
noted	O
the	O
similarities	O
of	O
Facebook	B-Application
Paper	I-Application
with	O
existing	O
news	O
reading	O
and	O
aggregation	O
services	O
such	O
as	O
Flipboard	B-Application
,	O
and	O
sought	O
reactions	O
from	O
existing	O
news	O
reading	O
services	O
on	O
whether	O
they	O
considered	O
Facebook	B-Application
Paper	I-Application
a	O
threat	O
to	O
their	O
business	O
model	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Karissa	O
Bell	O
later	O
wrote	O
an	O
article	O
for	O
Mashable	O
comparing	O
Facebook	B-Application
Paper	I-Application
and	O
Flipboard	B-Application
on	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
aspects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
following	O
differences	O
were	O
noted	O
between	O
Facebook	B-Application
Paper	I-Application
and	O
Flipboard	B-Application
,	O
shortly	O
after	O
the	O
launch	O
of	O
Paper	O
in	O
February	O
2014	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Flipboard	B-Application
gives	O
more	O
prominence	O
to	O
content	O
,	O
whereas	O
Facebook	B-Application
Paper	I-Application
gives	O
more	O
prominence	O
to	O
social	O
actions	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
interacting	O
with	O
friends	O
and	O
sharing	O
with	O
one	O
's	O
timeline	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Flipboard	B-Application
is	O
more	O
of	O
an	O
aggregator	O
,	O
giving	O
users	O
considerable	O
flexibility	O
in	O
what	O
sources	O
they	O
can	O
use	O
to	O
construct	O
their	O
own	O
newspaper	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Facebook	B-Application
Paper	I-Application
,	O
on	O
the	O
other	O
hand	O
,	O
is	O
a	O
curator	O
—	O
the	O
permissible	O
news	O
categories	O
and	O
the	O
sources	O
within	O
each	O
category	O
are	O
chosen	O
by	O
Facebook	B-Application
,	O
and	O
users	O
 '	O
main	O
flexibility	O
is	O
in	O
choosing	O
which	O
of	O
Facebook	B-Application
's	O
predefined	O
sections	O
is	O
of	O
interest	O
to	O
them	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Facebook	B-Application
Paper	I-Application
only	O
integrates	O
with	O
Facebook	B-Application
,	O
whereas	O
Flipboard	B-Application
integrates	O
with	O
other	O
venues	O
for	O
sharing	O
including	O
Twitter	B-Application
,	O
Tumblr	B-Application
,	O
Instagram	B-Application
,	O
and	O
LinkedIn	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Facebook	B-Application
no	O
longer	O
makes	O
users	O
 '	O
newsfeeds	O
available	O
in	O
Flipboard	B-Application
other	O
than	O
content	O
from	O
followed	O
pages	O
and	O
groups	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Facebook	B-Application
Paper	I-Application
is	O
only	O
available	O
for	O
the	O
iPhone	B-Device
,	O
whereas	O
Flipboard	B-Application
is	O
available	O
for	O
the	O
iPhone	B-Device
,	O
iPad	B-Device
,	O
Android	B-Application
,	O
Windows	O
Phone	O
8	O
,	O
BlackBerry	B-Operating_System
,	O
Kindle	B-Application
Fire	I-Application
,	O
Nook	B-Application
and	O
web	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
2014	O
,	O
about	O
2.5	O
months	O
after	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Facebook	B-Application
Paper	I-Application
,	O
Facebook	B-Application
announced	O
that	O
Paper	O
users	O
browse	O
80	O
stories	O
a	O
day	O
,	O
and	O
that	O
Facebook	B-Application
had	O
made	O
changes	O
that	O
allowed	O
people	O
to	O
use	O
Facebook	B-Application
Paper	I-Application
in	O
place	O
of	O
the	B-Application
Facebook	I-Application
iOS	B-Application
app	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
late	O
April	O
2014	O
,	O
Facebook	B-Application
open-sourced	O
the	O
animation	O
engine	O
that	O
powered	O
Facebook	B-Application
Paper	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
June	O
30	O
,	O
2016	O
,	O
Facebook	B-Application
announced	O
that	O
support	O
for	O
Paper	O
will	O
end	O
,	O
and	O
users	O
will	O
no	O
longer	O
be	O
able	O
to	O
log	O
into	O
the	O
app	O
after	O
July	O
29	O
,	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
