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Title: Facebook to shut down its Paper app for the iPhone after July 29
Post by: HCK on July 02, 2016, 04:05:22 pm
Facebook to shut down its Paper app for the iPhone after July 29

Facebook will remove its Paper app from the iOS App Store. An in-app message stated that Paper will no longer work after July 29.





Facebook launched Paper in February 2014, offering iPhone users a new design and UI, giving them full screen photos and status updates that made the social network look more like a newsreader than a website. It also did away with the typical menus in favor of swiping to get to news articles, status updates and images.

While Paper was a bold experiment for Facebook, it ultimately didn't get a lot of public use and the app itself has not been updated in a year. In its in-app farewell message, Facebook said that many of Paper's features made their way to the main app, including Instant Articles.
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Source: Facebook to shut down its Paper app for the iPhone after July 29 (http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheIphoneBlog/~3/JUCJaiCtPYs/facebook-shut-down-its-paper-app-iphone-after-july-29)