Spool (software company)

{{Short description|Social bookmarking program and social network}}

{{Infobox software

| name = Spool

| title = Spool

| logo = Spool-logo.png

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| author = Avichal Garg, Curtis Spencer

| developer =

| released = {{Start date and age|2011|6|15}}

| discontinued = yes

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| operating system = iOS 3.1.2 or later; Android 2.2 or later

| platform =

| license = Freeware

| website = {{URL|getspool.com}}

}}

Spool was a free social bookmarking program and social network that was launched in October 2011 at TechCrunch Disrupt.{{cite web|title=Spool is Instapaper on Steroids|url=https://techcrunch.com/2011/09/12/spool-is-instapaper-on-steroids/}} The service allowed users to cache a webpage, including any media on the page, for offline consumption on any mobile device. Spool raised over $1 million from angel investors in January 2012.{{cite web|title=Spool Raises Funding to Help You Take the Web Offline|url=http://allthingsd.com/20120104/spool-raises-funding-to-help-you-take-the-web-offline/}} Facebook, Inc. acquired Spool in July 2012,{{cite web|title=Facebook Buys Mobile Bookmarking Service Spool|url=https://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2407169,00.asp}} in what was rumored to be a very competitive process.{{cite web|title=Why Did Facebook Buy Spool? What Did Twitter Miss|url=http://gigaom.com/2012/07/15/why-did-facebook-buy-spool-what-did-twitter-miss/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120718211852/http://gigaom.com/2012/07/15/why-did-facebook-buy-spool-what-did-twitter-miss/|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 18, 2012}}