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Facebook Open-Sources The Animation Engine That Powers Its Paper App

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Apr 29, 2014

The history of Paper is closely interwoven with that of Push Pop Press, which Facebook acquired in 2011. The company had quickly made a name for itself in digital publishing thanks to its interactive eBook version of Al Gore’s Our Choice. Push Pop Press co-founders Mike Matas and Kimon Tsinteris went to Facebook to apply their knowledge of interactive design to Facebook’s own products and the result of that (after a few detours) is Paper.

Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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