Facebook Slingshot was an
instant messaging
Instant messaging (IM) technology is a type of online chat allowing real-time text transmission over the Internet or another computer network. Messages are typically transmitted between two or more parties, when each user inputs text and trigge ...
software application for sharing photos and videos with friends, designed by
Facebook
Facebook is an online social media and social networking service owned by American company Meta Platforms. Founded in 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg with fellow Harvard College students and roommates Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin Mosk ...
. The app was launched on June 18, 2014, for
Android and
iOS devices.
The app was discontinued and removed from the
app store
An App Store (or app marketplace) is a type of digital distribution platform for computer software called applications, often in a mobile context. Apps provide a specific set of functions which, by definition, do not include the running of the c ...
and
Google Play store
Google Play, also known as the Google Play Store and formerly the Android Market, is a digital distribution service operated and developed by Google. It serves as the official app store for certified devices running on the Android operating syst ...
in December 2015, after Facebook shut down its "Creative Labs" division.
References
External links
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Freeware
XMPP clients
Android (operating system) software
IOS software
Image-sharing websites
Facebook software