<s>
Flektor	B-Application
was	O
a	O
web	B-Application
application	I-Application
that	O
allowed	O
users	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
create	O
and	O
“	O
mashup	B-Application
”	O
their	O
own	O
content	O
(	O
photos	O
,	O
videos	O
,	O
music	O
,	O
etc	O
.	O
)	O
</s>
<s>
and	O
share	O
it	O
via	O
email	O
,	O
on	O
social	O
networking	O
websites	O
MySpace	B-Application
,	O
Facebook	B-Application
,	O
Blogger	B-Application
,	O
Digg	B-Application
,	O
eBay	B-Application
or	O
on	O
personal	O
blogs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
’s	O
website	O
(	O
Flektor.com	B-Application
)	O
launched	O
on	O
April	O
2	O
,	O
2007	O
and	O
over	O
40,000	O
people	O
began	O
utilizing	O
its	O
features	O
just	O
one	O
month	O
later	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Flektor	B-Application
closed	O
down	O
in	O
January	O
2009	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Flektor	B-Application
offered	O
tools	O
and	O
widgets	O
that	O
included	O
audio	O
,	O
video	O
,	O
photos	O
,	O
text	O
,	O
and	O
approximately	O
100	O
effects	O
,	O
transitions	O
and	O
filters	O
to	O
be	O
used	O
with	O
media	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Flektor	B-Application
also	O
offered	O
Chat	O
(	O
used	O
as	O
a	O
MySpace	B-Application
addon	O
)	O
and	O
Movie	O
Editor	O
,	O
which	O
provided	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
edit	O
content	O
and	O
assets	O
together	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Users	O
of	O
Flektor	B-Application
could	O
import	O
media	O
from	O
websites	O
like	O
Photobucket	B-Algorithm
and	O
Google	O
's	O
YouTube	O
,	O
and	O
then	O
edit	O
their	O
content	O
with	O
the	O
site	O
's	O
editing	O
tools	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Flektor	B-Application
's	O
erstwhile	O
competitors	O
include	O
Slide.com	O
(	O
founded	O
by	O
PayPal	O
co-founder	O
Max	O
Levchin	O
)	O
,	O
RockYou	O
!,	O
Yahoo	O
’s	O
JumpCut	O
and	O
Brightcove	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Flektor	B-Application
was	O
created	O
by	O
Jason	O
Rubin	O
,	O
Andy	O
Gavin	O
and	O
former	O
HBO	O
executive	O
Jason	O
R	O
.	O
Kay	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
founded	O
a	O
successful	O
game	O
development	O
studio	O
called	O
Naughty	O
Dog	O
and	O
were	O
responsible	O
for	O
games	O
such	O
as	O
Crash	B-Application
Bandicoot	I-Application
and	O
Jak	B-Application
and	I-Application
Daxter	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
selling	O
Naughty	O
Dog	O
to	O
Sony	O
,	O
Rubin	O
focused	O
on	O
a	O
comic	O
book	O
series	O
called	O
before	O
teaming	O
up	O
again	O
with	O
Gavin	O
to	O
venture	O
into	O
the	O
web	O
industry	O
with	O
Flektor	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Flektor	B-Application
is	O
based	O
in	O
Culver	O
City	O
,	O
California	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
deal	O
coincided	O
with	O
Fox	O
’s	O
acquisition	O
of	O
Photobucket	B-Algorithm
,	O
an	O
image-hosting	O
and	O
sharing	O
website	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Fox	O
Interactive	O
Media	O
already	O
holds	O
possession	O
of	O
MySpace	B-Application
,	O
IGN	O
Entertainment	O
,	O
,	O
and	O
Rotten	O
Tomatoes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
fall	O
of	O
2007	O
,	O
Flektor	B-Application
partnered	O
with	O
its	O
sister	O
company	O
,	O
MySpace	B-Application
,	O
and	O
MTV	O
to	O
provide	O
instant	O
audience	O
feedback	O
via	O
polls	O
for	O
the	O
interactive	O
MySpace/	O
MTV	O
Presidential	O
Dialogues	O
series	O
with	O
presidential	O
candidates	O
Senator	O
Barack	O
Obama	O
,	O
Senator	O
John	O
McCain	O
and	O
John	O
Edwards	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Use	O
of	O
Flektor	B-Application
’s	O
polling	O
system	O
,	O
enabled	O
hosts	O
John	O
McLaughlin	O
and	O
Geoffrey	O
Garin	O
to	O
cater	O
their	O
questions	O
towards	O
subjects	O
of	O
voter-interest	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
fall	O
of	O
2008	O
,	O
Flektor	B-Application
built	O
the	O
official	O
site	O
for	O
the	O
2008	O
Presidential	O
debates	O
,	O
hosted	O
at	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2009	O
,	O
due	O
to	O
a	O
company	O
directive	O
to	O
focus	O
on	O
the	O
core	O
MySpace	B-Application
property	O
,	O
Fox	O
Interactive	O
announced	O
that	O
Flektor	B-Application
would	O
be	O
shut	O
down	O
,	O
with	O
some	O
of	O
its	O
technology	O
being	O
incorporated	O
into	O
MySpace	B-Application
.	I-Application
</s>
