<s>
WUF	B-Application
Networks	I-Application
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
was	O
a	O
software	O
company	O
that	O
developed	O
applications	O
intended	O
to	O
simplify	O
the	O
control	O
and	O
access	O
of	O
digital	O
content	O
—	O
music	O
,	O
photos	O
,	O
and	O
video	O
—	O
among	O
networked	O
devices	O
,	O
including	O
consumer	O
electronics	O
,	O
mobile	B-Application
devices	I-Application
and	O
personal	B-Device
computers	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
was	O
founded	O
by	O
Turochas	O
Fuad	O
and	O
Francois	O
Dumas	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
acquired	O
by	O
Yahoo	B-Application
in	O
late	O
2004	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
advent	O
of	O
Apple	O
's	O
iPod	O
,	O
several	O
companies	O
worked	O
to	O
enable	O
mobile	O
phones	O
and	O
other	O
handheld	B-Application
and	O
portable	B-Application
devices	I-Application
with	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
access	O
music	O
(	O
and	O
subsequently	O
video	O
)	O
over	O
the	O
network	O
in	O
a	O
legal	O
manner	O
.	O
</s>
