<s>
LinkedIn	B-Application
Pulse	I-Application
was	O
a	O
news	B-Application
aggregation	I-Application
app	O
originally	O
developed	O
for	O
Android	B-Application
,	O
iOS	B-Application
and	O
HTML5	B-Application
browsers	B-Application
,	O
originally	O
released	O
in	O
2010	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
app	O
,	O
in	O
its	O
original	O
incarnation	O
,	O
was	O
deprecated	O
in	O
2015	O
and	O
integrated	O
into	O
LinkedIn	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pulse	O
was	O
originally	O
released	O
in	O
May	O
2010	O
for	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
iPad	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
they	O
formed	O
,	O
Alphonso	O
Labs	O
,	O
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
to	O
use	O
Stanford	O
's	O
business	O
incubator	O
SSE	B-Device
Labs	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
8	O
June	O
2010	O
,	O
the	O
app	O
was	O
temporarily	O
removed	O
from	O
the	O
App	B-Application
Store	I-Application
hours	O
after	O
it	O
was	O
mentioned	O
by	O
Apple	O
co-founder	O
Steve	O
Jobs	O
at	O
WWDC	O
2010	O
,	O
because	O
The	O
New	O
York	O
Times	O
complained	O
to	O
Apple	O
that	O
the	O
app	O
pulled	O
content	O
from	O
the	O
nytimes.com	O
and	O
boston.com	O
RSS	O
feeds	O
in	O
violation	O
of	O
the	O
terms	O
of	O
use	O
prohibiting	O
commercial	O
redistribution	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
app	O
was	O
approved	O
once	O
again	O
and	O
restored	O
to	O
the	O
App	B-Application
Store	I-Application
later	O
the	O
same	O
day	O
after	O
removing	O
The	O
New	O
York	O
Times	O
feed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
2	O
July	O
2010	O
a	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
app	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
iPhone	B-Device
and	O
iPod	B-Device
Touch	I-Device
named	O
Pulse	B-Application
News	I-Application
Mini	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
featured	O
the	O
same	O
interface	O
and	O
features	O
as	O
the	O
iPad	B-Device
version	O
on	O
a	O
smaller	O
scale	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Later	O
that	O
month	O
the	O
app	O
was	O
also	O
released	O
for	O
Android	B-Application
smartphones	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
15	O
November	O
2010	O
Pulse	O
was	O
made	O
a	O
free	O
app	O
for	O
iOS	B-Application
and	O
Android	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2011	O
Pulse	O
was	O
selected	O
as	O
one	O
of	O
50	O
apps	O
in	O
Apple	B-Application
's	I-Application
App	I-Application
Store	I-Application
Hall	O
of	O
Fame	O
and	O
named	O
one	O
of	O
TIME	O
's	O
top	O
50	O
iPhone	B-Device
apps	O
of	O
the	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Written	O
in	O
HTML5	B-Application
the	O
app	O
works	O
with	O
all	O
modern	O
web	B-Application
browsers	I-Application
,	O
however	O
a	O
special	O
partnership	O
formed	O
between	O
Alphonso	O
Labs	O
and	O
Microsoft	O
brings	O
unique	O
features	O
such	O
as	O
gestures	O
to	O
users	O
of	O
Internet	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
10	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
8	O
November	O
2012	O
Pulse	O
3.0	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
iOS	B-Application
and	O
Android	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pulse	O
was	O
listed	O
among	O
Time	O
Techland	O
's	O
50	O
Best	O
Android	B-Application
Applications	I-Application
for	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
11	O
April	O
2013	O
it	O
was	O
announced	O
as	O
previously	O
rumoured	O
that	O
LinkedIn	B-Application
had	O
purchased	O
Pulse	O
from	O
Alphonso	O
Labs	O
for	O
$90	O
million	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
beginning	O
of	O
November	O
2013	O
,	O
version	O
4.0	O
was	O
launched	O
,	O
integrating	O
the	O
Pulse	O
app	O
and	O
LinkedIn	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
stated	O
reason	O
for	O
this	O
change	O
was	O
to	O
deliver	O
personalized	O
news	O
from	O
a	O
user	O
's	O
professional	O
network	O
(	O
primarily	O
from	O
LinkedIn	B-Application
,	O
the	O
purchaser	O
of	O
Pulse	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
allow	O
little	O
to	O
none	O
user	O
customization	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
change	O
also	O
triggered	O
a	O
wave	O
of	O
negative	O
backlash	O
from	O
the	O
app	O
's	O
userbase	O
,	O
including	O
a	O
dramatic	O
drop	O
in	O
ratings	O
in	O
the	O
App	B-Application
Store	I-Application
and	O
Google	O
Play	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
25	O
November	O
2015	O
,	O
LinkedIn	B-Application
announced	O
that	O
the	O
original	O
Pulse	O
app	O
was	O
to	O
be	O
retired	O
on	O
31	O
December	O
2015	O
,	O
after	O
which	O
user	O
feeds	O
ceased	O
to	O
update	O
.	O
</s>
