<s>
Path	O
was	O
a	O
social	O
networking-enabled	O
photo	B-Algorithm
sharing	I-Algorithm
and	O
messaging	O
service	O
for	O
mobile	O
devices	O
that	O
was	O
launched	O
in	O
14	O
November	O
2010	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Based	O
in	O
San	O
Francisco	O
,	O
California	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
was	O
founded	O
by	O
Shawn	O
Fanning	O
and	O
former	O
Facebook	B-Application
executive	O
Dave	O
Morin	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2011	O
,	O
Morin	O
rejected	O
a	O
$100	O
million	O
offer	O
for	O
the	O
company	O
from	O
Google	B-Application
.	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Users	O
update	O
their	O
stream	O
on	O
Path	O
by	O
posting	O
photos	O
and	O
adding	O
tags	B-General_Concept
for	O
people	O
,	O
places	O
,	O
and	O
things	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
site	O
was	O
intended	O
as	O
a	O
companion	O
to	O
Facebook	B-Application
and	O
other	O
social	O
network	O
platforms	O
,	O
as	O
opposed	O
to	O
a	O
destination	O
website	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Original	O
angel	O
investor	O
funding	O
for	O
Path	O
was	O
secured	O
in	O
November	O
2010	O
,	O
from	O
"	O
facebook	B-Application
alumni	O
"	O
including	O
Marc	O
Bodnick	O
who	O
cited	O
personal	O
belief	O
in	O
Dave	O
Morin	O
as	O
his	O
reason	O
for	O
investing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Path	O
also	O
turned	O
down	O
a	O
$100	O
M	O
acquisition	O
offer	O
from	O
Google	B-Application
in	O
February	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TechCrunch	O
then	O
speculated	O
that	O
Facebook	B-Application
blocked	O
Path	O
's	O
"	O
Find	O
Friends	O
"	O
access	O
due	O
to	O
this	O
occurrence	O
;	O
however	O
,	O
neither	O
Facebook	B-Application
nor	O
Path	O
confirmed	O
or	O
denied	O
such	O
reports	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Even	O
so	O
,	O
Path	O
users	O
can	O
still	O
share	O
their	O
posts	O
to	O
Facebook	B-Application
.	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Facebook	B-Application
also	O
cut	O
off	O
"	O
Find	O
Friends	O
"	O
access	O
to	O
other	O
apps	O
such	O
as	O
MessageMe	B-Protocol
and	O
Voxer	O
,	O
which	O
were	O
formally	O
cited	O
as	O
competitors	O
to	O
Facebook	B-Application
,	O
programmers	O
such	O
as	O
Montana	O
Mendy	O
contended	O
this	O
notion	O
.	O
</s>
