<s>
Snaptu	B-Protocol
pronounced	O
"	O
snap	O
tu	O
"	O
,	O
previously	O
known	O
as	O
Moblica	B-Protocol
was	O
a	O
free	O
Israeli-made	O
mobile	B-Application
application	I-Application
platform	O
that	O
ran	O
on	O
virtually	O
every	O
type	O
of	O
Internet-enabled	O
mobile	O
phone	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
allowed	O
the	O
user	O
to	O
access	O
popular	O
services	O
,	O
varying	O
from	O
social	O
networks	O
like	O
Facebook	B-Application
,	O
Twitter	B-Application
,	O
Flickr	B-Algorithm
,	O
ESPN	O
CricInfo	O
and	O
Picasa	B-Application
to	O
entertainment	O
news	O
,	O
blogs	O
,	O
sports	O
and	O
local	O
guides	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
app	O
was	O
created	O
by	O
an	O
Israeli	O
startup	O
called	O
Moblica	B-Protocol
and	O
was	O
originally	O
known	O
as	O
Moblica	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Snaptu	B-Protocol
's	O
focus	O
was	O
its	O
ability	O
to	O
connect	O
users	O
with	O
even	O
a	O
rudimentary	O
phone	O
to	O
the	O
mobile	O
web	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Snaptu	B-Protocol
was	O
a	O
collection	O
of	O
apps	O
including	O
Twitter	B-Application
,	O
LinkedIn	O
,	O
Picasa	B-Application
,	O
Flickr	B-Algorithm
and	O
others	O
,	O
available	O
from	O
its	O
own	O
app	O
store	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Snaptu	B-Protocol
bundled	O
more	O
than	O
30	O
free	O
applications	O
and	O
more	O
than	O
25	O
web	O
links	O
as	O
of	O
September	O
23	O
,	O
2010	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2011	O
,	O
the	O
Snaptu	B-Protocol
application	O
had	O
over	O
78	O
million	O
users	O
worldwide	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Facebook	B-Application
and	O
Snaptu	B-Protocol
had	O
been	O
working	O
on	O
a	O
Facebook	B-Application
application	O
and	O
had	O
released	O
it	O
on	O
19	O
January	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
press	O
release	O
in	O
March	O
2011	O
at	O
the	O
company	O
blog	O
confirmed	O
that	O
the	O
company	O
has	O
agreed	O
to	O
be	O
acquired	O
by	O
Facebook	B-Application
.	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Company	O
stated	O
in	O
its	O
blog	O
that	O
the	O
reason	O
for	O
being	O
acquired	O
by	O
Facebook	B-Application
was	O
that	O
"	O
it	O
offered	O
the	O
best	O
opportunity	O
to	O
keep	O
accelerating	O
the	O
pace	O
of	O
our	O
product	O
development.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
stated	O
that	O
the	O
acquisition	O
will	O
end	O
in	O
few	O
weeks	O
and	O
in	O
the	O
transition	O
period	O
Snaptu	B-Protocol
will	O
continue	O
to	O
operate	O
normally	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
October	O
Snaptu	B-Protocol
announced	O
to	O
all	O
its	O
users	O
that	O
on	O
the	O
11	O
November	O
2011	O
they	O
would	O
end	O
most	O
of	O
their	O
apps	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
includes	O
the	O
discontinuation	O
of	O
their	O
Twitter	B-Application
,	O
Cricinfo	O
and	O
LinkedIn	O
apps	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Instead	O
of	O
continuing	O
development	O
on	O
these	O
applications	O
,	O
the	O
focus	O
would	O
turn	O
to	O
their	O
standalone	O
Facebook	B-Application
app	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
December	O
2011	O
,	O
Snaptu	B-Protocol
's	O
functionality	O
ceased	O
in	O
its	O
entirety	O
,	O
replaced	O
with	O
a	O
message	O
telling	O
users	O
that	O
the	O
service	O
had	O
ceased	O
,	O
and	O
provided	O
a	O
link	O
to	O
download	O
the	O
successor	O
application	O
,	O
"	O
Facebook	B-Application
for	O
Every	O
Phone	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
July	O
22	O
,	O
2013	O
,	O
Facebook	B-Application
announced	O
that	O
Facebook	B-Application
for	O
Every	O
Phone	O
has	O
reached	O
over	O
100	O
million	O
monthly	O
active	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
few	O
months	O
later	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
released	O
a	O
white	O
paper	O
that	O
included	O
an	O
entire	O
chapter	O
about	O
Facebook	B-Application
for	O
Every	O
Phone	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
chapter	O
revealed	O
many	O
details	O
regarding	O
the	O
technical	O
operation	O
of	O
the	O
Snaptu	B-Protocol
system	O
and	O
the	O
methods	O
used	O
to	O
achieve	O
high	O
efficiency	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
September	O
12	O
,	O
2014	O
,	O
the	B-Application
Facebook	I-Application
app	O
page	O
of	O
Facebook	B-Application
for	O
Every	O
Phone	O
indicated	O
over	O
half	O
a	O
billion	O
likes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Facebook	B-Application
has	O
further	O
repurposed	O
the	O
Snaptu	B-Protocol
technology	O
stack	O
and	O
on	O
June	O
4	O
,	O
2015	O
it	O
launched	O
its	O
Facebook	B-Application
Lite	O
app	O
for	O
low-end	O
Android	O
devices	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
Snaptu	B-Protocol
technology	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
February	O
8	O
,	O
2017	O
,	O
Facebook	B-Application
announced	O
that	O
Facebook	B-Application
Lite	O
is	O
being	O
used	O
by	O
200	O
million	O
people	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2018	O
,	O
Facebook	B-Application
started	O
testing	O
Facebook	B-Application
Lite	O
for	O
iOS	O
.	O
</s>
