<s>
LIBOX	B-Operating_System
was	O
a	O
free	B-Application
platform	O
that	O
allowed	O
users	O
to	O
access	O
and	O
share	O
their	O
high	O
definition	O
media	O
collections	O
,	O
including	O
video	O
,	O
photos	O
and	O
music	O
,	O
across	O
various	O
devices	O
and	O
with	O
friends	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
LIBOX	B-Operating_System
offered	O
this	O
service	O
for	O
free	B-Application
thanks	O
to	O
a	O
patent	O
pending	O
combination	O
of	O
peer-to-peer	O
,	O
grid	B-Architecture
and	O
distributed	B-Architecture
computing	I-Architecture
technologies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
LIBOX	B-Operating_System
consisted	O
of	O
a	O
downloadable	O
desktop	B-Application
application	I-Application
that	O
works	O
on	O
both	O
Windows	B-Application
PCs	I-Application
and	O
Macs	B-Device
,	O
and	O
a	O
web-based	O
interface	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
service	O
was	O
accessed	O
by	O
any	O
Web	B-Application
browser	I-Application
and	O
placed	O
no	O
limitations	O
on	O
the	O
amount	O
of	O
media	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
added	O
or	O
the	O
number	O
of	O
people	O
with	O
which	O
it	O
can	O
be	O
shared	B-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
LIBOX	B-Operating_System
was	O
founded	O
in	O
2008	O
by	O
Erez	O
Pilosof	O
,	O
who	O
previously	O
founded	O
Walla	O
!,	O
the	O
first	O
major	O
web	O
portal	O
in	O
Israel	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pilosof	O
created	O
LIBOX	B-Operating_System
to	O
allow	O
users	O
to	O
manage	O
and	O
share	O
media	O
across	O
all	O
devices	O
and	O
keep	O
its	O
original	O
high	O
quality	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
saw	O
that	O
as	O
a	O
consumer	O
,	O
trying	O
to	O
store	O
your	O
media	O
on	O
several	O
different	O
devices	O
and	O
in	O
many	O
different	O
partial	O
areas	O
online	O
was	O
becoming	O
an	O
annoyance	O
;	O
it	O
"	O
seemed	O
very	O
limited	O
and	O
tedious	O
and	O
problematic	O
”	O
Pilosof	O
created	O
LIBOX	B-Operating_System
as	O
a	O
way	O
to	O
provide	O
a	O
smooth	O
and	O
dependable	O
way	O
for	O
people	O
to	O
enjoy	O
his/her	O
media	O
anywhere	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
started	O
working	O
on	O
the	O
patent-pending	O
technology	O
to	O
power	O
LIBOX	B-Operating_System
in	O
the	O
Fall	O
of	O
2008	O
,	O
released	O
an	O
Alpha	O
version	O
in	O
October	O
2009	O
and	O
launched	O
a	O
Beta	O
version	O
on	O
June	O
22	O
,	O
2010	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
LIBOX	B-Operating_System
closed	O
down	O
in	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
distributed	O
LIBOX	B-Operating_System
platform	O
effectively	O
creates	O
private	O
clouds	B-Architecture
that	O
communicate	O
between	O
devices	O
and	O
Web	B-Application
browsers	I-Application
through	O
a	O
combination	O
of	O
algorithms	O
,	O
grids	O
and	O
peer-to-peer	O
networking	O
technologies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Files	O
are	O
not	O
uploaded	O
to	O
an	O
external	O
server	B-Application
but	O
streamed	O
straight	O
from	O
the	O
computer	O
of	O
the	O
user	O
that	O
holds	O
the	O
file	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
mixture	O
of	O
technologies	O
allows	O
LIBOX	B-Operating_System
to	O
never	O
limit	O
how	O
much	O
media	O
can	O
be	O
added	O
to	O
the	O
platform	O
,	O
while	O
keeping	O
the	O
service	O
free	B-Application
for	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
LIBOX	B-Operating_System
platform	O
uses	O
a	O
single	O
interface	O
rendered	O
in	O
HTML	B-Language
across	O
desktop	O
,	O
web	O
and	O
mobile	B-Application
applications	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
LIBOX	B-Operating_System
mobile	B-Application
applications	I-Application
are	O
expected	O
to	O
be	O
made	O
available	O
in	O
Summer	O
2010	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
platform	O
allows	O
users	O
to	O
“	O
simply	O
add	O
a	O
song	O
to	O
the	O
Libox	B-Operating_System
desktop	B-Application
application	I-Application
”	O
making	O
it	O
“	O
instantly	O
available	O
on	O
a	O
user	O
’s	O
smartphone	O
and	O
any	O
other	O
computer	O
through	O
a	O
web	O
browser.	O
”	O
When	O
it	O
introduces	O
native	O
mobile	B-Application
applications	I-Application
,	O
LIBOX	B-Operating_System
will	O
allow	O
you	O
to	O
take	O
a	O
photo	O
or	O
record	O
a	O
song	O
on	O
a	O
mobile	O
device	O
and	O
automatically	O
add	O
it	O
to	O
your	O
LIBOX	B-Operating_System
library	O
,	O
accessible	O
across	O
your	O
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
LIBOX	B-Operating_System
also	O
allows	O
users	O
to	O
share	O
their	O
media	O
collection	O
with	O
other	O
LIBOX	B-Operating_System
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
LIBOX	B-Operating_System
uses	O
the	O
same	O
technology	O
to	O
sync	O
as	O
it	O
does	O
to	O
share	O
it	O
with	O
friends	O
.	O
</s>
