<s>
Grove.io	B-Protocol
was	O
originally	O
Convore	B-Protocol
,	O
a	O
real-time	O
chat	O
web	O
application	O
created	O
by	O
co-founders	O
Eric	O
Florenzano	O
,	O
Leah	O
Culver	O
,	O
and	O
Eric	O
Maguire	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PC	O
World	O
said	O
"	O
It	O
works	O
as	O
a	O
news	B-Application
aggregate	I-Application
as	O
well	O
as	O
a	O
question/answer	O
forum	O
for	O
its	O
myriad	O
of	O
topics	O
"	O
;	O
according	O
to	O
MIT	O
Technology	O
Review	O
,	O
it	O
had	O
"	O
the	O
polish	O
and	O
responsiveness	O
that	O
most	O
new	O
sites	O
of	O
its	O
ilk	O
lack.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2012	O
,	O
Convore	B-Protocol
pivoted	O
into	O
Grove.io,	O
with	O
a	O
focus	O
on	O
providing	O
services	O
for	O
businesses	O
,	O
and	O
touting	O
as	O
a	O
core	O
feature	O
that	O
it	O
was	O
based	O
on	O
IRC	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
imminent	O
closure	O
of	O
the	O
Convore	B-Protocol
service	O
was	O
announced	O
on	O
their	O
own	O
website	O
and	O
on	O
Twitter	O
in	O
February	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2016	O
,	O
Grove.io	B-Protocol
announced	O
that	O
they	O
were	O
closing	O
down	O
,	O
and	O
recommended	O
users	O
to	O
use	O
Slack	O
as	O
a	O
replacement	O
.	O
</s>
