Facebook kills Poke and Camera apps

May 10, 2014

Facebook has removed its standalone Poke app, an early clone of Snapchat, as well as its Camera app, from Apple’s iTunes app store. A Facebook spokeswoman said Friday that the apps had been removed earlier in the day. Facebook didn’t publicize the move, as many Internet companies don’t when they pull the plug on products. “Neither app has been updated in some time, and we’ve decided to officially end support by removing them from the app store,” a Facebook spokeswoman said. The apps were never released for Android. Poke, launched in 2012, let users send photos, “pokes” and other messages to their friends that would expire after a certain period of time. It came without much planning out of one of Facebook’s “hackathon” coding events. Poke was seen as a rival to Snapchat, which was already on the market. Like Poke, Snapchat sends photos or messages that are designed to “disappear” after a certain period of time.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

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