<s>
Rounds	B-Protocol
(	O
formally	O
known	O
as	O
6rounds	B-Protocol
)	O
is	O
a	O
video-enabled	O
real-time	O
social	O
network	O
with	O
collaborative	O
browsing	O
,	O
chat	O
,	O
multi-player	O
gaming	O
and	O
built-in	O
social	O
recommendation	O
features	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
expanded	O
through	O
an	O
open	O
API	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Rounds	B-Protocol
was	O
founded	O
by	O
Israeli	O
entrepreneurs	O
Dany	O
Fishel	O
,	O
Ilan	O
Leibovich	O
and	O
Dimitry	O
Shestek	O
in	O
February	O
2008	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Fishel	O
is	O
Rounds	B-Protocol
 '	O
CEO	O
and	O
Ilan	O
Leibovich	O
is	O
the	O
company	O
COO	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Rounds	B-Protocol
is	O
the	O
first	O
product	O
released	O
using	O
the	O
GixOO	O
software	O
platform	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
created	O
in	O
April	O
2008	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Rounds	B-Protocol
launched	O
in	O
July	O
2009	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Rounds	B-Protocol
released	O
an	O
API	B-General_Concept
for	O
game	O
,	O
entertainment	O
and	O
collaboration-based	O
applications	O
in	O
April	O
2010	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
changed	O
its	O
name	O
from	O
6rounds	B-Protocol
to	O
Rounds	B-Protocol
in	O
August	O
2010	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Rounds	B-Protocol
also	O
released	O
its	O
application	O
that	O
allows	O
users	O
to	O
video	O
chat	O
,	O
exchange	O
pictures	O
,	O
surf	O
the	O
internet	O
and	O
play	O
games	O
via	O
Facebook	B-Application
in	O
August	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Rounds	B-Protocol
released	O
Android	B-Application
and	O
iOS	B-Application
applications	O
in	O
December	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Rounds	B-Protocol
retired	O
the	O
feature	O
out	O
of	O
concerns	O
about	O
security	O
and	O
privacy	O
of	O
its	O
users	O
,	O
most	O
of	O
whom	O
are	O
under	O
the	O
age	O
of	O
25	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2017	O
,	O
Rounds	B-Protocol
has	O
been	O
acquired	O
by	O
the	O
Canadian	O
messaging	O
service	O
,	O
Kik	B-Protocol
Messenger	I-Protocol
,	O
for	O
a	O
reported	O
$	O
60-	O
$80	O
million	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kik	O
will	O
acquire	O
all	O
35	O
employees	O
of	O
Rounds	B-Protocol
and	O
turn	O
its	O
Tel	O
Aviv	O
office	O
into	O
a	O
Kik	O
product	O
and	O
engineering	O
center	O
,	O
which	O
will	O
be	O
its	O
first	O
international	O
base	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Rounds	B-Protocol
users	O
create	O
their	O
own	O
(	O
embeddable	O
)	O
personal	O
slide	O
show	O
to	O
inform	O
other	O
users	O
about	O
themselves	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Users	O
connect	O
through	O
messaging	O
and	O
video	O
chats	O
(	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
rounds	B-Protocol
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
initiate	O
rounds	B-Protocol
either	O
by	O
inviting	O
a	O
specific	O
person	O
or	O
by	O
joining	O
a	O
specified	O
room	O
based	O
on	O
activity	O
,	O
game	O
or	O
topic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
2013	O
,	O
Rounds	B-Protocol
requires	O
a	O
pre-existing	O
Facebook	B-Application
friendship	O
before	O
users	O
can	O
begin	O
video	O
chatting	O
one	O
another	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
chatting	O
,	O
users	O
can	O
share	O
in	O
various	O
activities	O
,	O
including	O
watching	O
videos	O
on	O
YouTube	B-General_Concept
,	O
co-browsing	O
on	O
Facebook	B-Application
,	O
and	O
playing	O
games	O
such	O
as	O
chess	B-Application
,	O
backgammon	B-Application
,	O
checkers	O
,	O
and	O
truth	O
or	O
dare	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Rounds	B-Protocol
platform	O
offers	O
an	O
open	O
API	B-General_Concept
which	O
allows	O
third	O
party	O
integrations	O
,	O
from	O
small	O
scaled	O
modifications	O
to	O
white-label	O
solutions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Rounds	B-Protocol
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
Google	O
Wave	O
extensions	O
to	O
be	O
featured	O
and	O
the	O
only	O
video	O
chat	O
to	O
be	O
launched	O
at	O
the	O
Google	O
Wave	O
beta	O
launch	O
.	O
</s>
