Spool was a free

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program and

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that was launched in October 2011 at

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Disrupt. 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. Facebook, Inc. acquired Spool in July 2012, in what was rumored to be a very competitive process.

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