<s>
Trove	B-Application
was	O
a	O
social	O
news	O
aggregation	O
web	O
and	O
mobile	O
application	O
,	O
with	O
apps	O
available	O
on	O
iOS	B-Application
,	O
Android	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Fire	B-Application
Phone	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Trove	B-Application
is	O
also	O
the	O
name	O
of	O
the	O
company	O
behind	O
the	O
application	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
owned	O
by	O
Graham	O
Holdings	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Trove	B-Application
was	O
shut	O
down	O
in	O
December	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Trove	B-Application
was	O
a	O
free	O
social	O
news	O
discovery	O
and	O
sharing	O
platform	O
where	O
users	O
connect	O
with	O
others	O
through	O
shared	O
topical	O
interests	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Users	O
can	O
curate	O
personalized	O
newsfeeds	O
based	O
on	O
their	O
interests	O
,	O
called	O
troves	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Users	O
then	O
“	O
pick	O
”	O
the	O
best	O
stories	O
to	O
share	O
with	O
their	O
followers	O
both	O
on	O
Trove	B-Application
and	O
other	O
social	O
media	O
sites	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Users	O
could	O
follow	O
a	O
trove	B-Application
to	O
see	O
those	O
picks	O
on	O
their	O
home	O
page	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2015	O
,	O
Trove	B-Application
added	O
a	O
“	O
Smartpick	O
”	O
capability	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
enabled	O
,	O
any	O
relevant	O
articles	O
posted	O
to	O
a	O
user	O
's	O
Twitter	B-Application
account	I-Application
will	O
be	O
categorized	O
and	O
picked	O
on	O
Trove	B-Application
automatically	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2015	O
,	O
Trove	B-Application
launched	O
“	O
conversations	O
”	O
,	O
which	O
enables	O
curators	O
to	O
engage	O
their	O
following	O
in	O
a	O
discussion	O
about	O
a	O
particular	O
pick	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
2013	O
,	O
after	O
Amazon	B-Application
CEO	B-Application
Jeff	O
Bezos	O
bought	O
The	O
Washington	O
Post	O
Company	O
's	O
newspaper	O
division	O
,	O
WaPo	O
Labs	O
was	O
formally	O
renamed	O
Trove	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Trove	B-Application
remained	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
parent	O
company	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
renamed	O
Graham	O
Holdings	O
Company	O
(	O
GHC	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Graham	O
Holdings	O
Chief	O
Digital	O
Officer	O
Vijay	O
Ravindran	O
is	O
Trove	B-Application
's	O
CEO	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
December	O
2015	O
,	O
Trove	B-Application
was	O
shut	O
down	O
after	O
being	O
integrated	O
with	O
SocialCode	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
2011	O
,	O
the	O
first	O
iteration	O
of	O
Trove	B-Application
was	O
launched	O
as	O
a	O
personalized	O
news	O
web	O
application	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
2011	O
,	O
the	O
WaPo	O
Labs	O
team	O
optimized	O
the	O
web	O
application	O
for	O
Facebook	B-Application
and	O
launched	O
Washington	O
Post	O
Social	O
Reader	O
,	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
social	O
news	O
applications	O
to	O
leverage	O
Facebook	B-Application
's	O
Open	B-Algorithm
Graph	I-Algorithm
technology	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2014	O
,	O
Trove	B-Application
relaunched	O
as	O
an	O
iOS	B-Application
and	O
web	O
application	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
New	O
York	O
Times	O
called	O
Trove	B-Application
,	O
"	O
a	O
treasure	O
for	O
news	O
junkies.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
CNBC	O
called	O
Trove	B-Application
,	O
"	O
a	O
Pinterest	B-Application
board	O
for	O
news.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Trove	B-Application
launched	O
on	O
the	O
Android	B-Application
platform	I-Application
in	O
July	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
collaboration	O
with	O
Amazon	B-Application
's	O
Fire	B-Application
Phone	I-Application
launch	O
in	O
July	O
2014	O
,	O
Trove	B-Application
began	O
providing	O
news	O
search	O
results	O
through	O
the	O
Firefly	O
plugin	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
Fire	B-Application
Phone	I-Application
users	O
scanned	O
something	O
with	O
Firely	O
,	O
Trove	B-Application
would	O
return	O
relevant	O
news	O
articles	O
and	O
troves	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
2015	O
,	O
Trove	B-Application
announced	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
their	O
Apple	B-Device
Watch	I-Device
integration	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
2015	O
,	O
Trove	B-Application
became	O
available	O
on	O
Amazon	B-Device
Echo	I-Device
as	O
an	O
Alexa	O
skill	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Users	O
could	O
instruct	O
Alexa	O
to	O
ask	O
Trove	B-Application
about	O
the	O
latest	O
news	O
,	O
or	O
request	O
information	O
on	O
a	O
specific	O
topic	O
.	O
</s>
