Facebook kills Creative Labs, cuts support for mobile apps

Facebook has confirmed it is getting rid of its Creative Labs brand and axing three projects in what looks to be a strategic shift for the social giant. A spokesperson confirmed to The Register that Facebook will be removing its Snapchat-like phone app Slingshot, Riff (which only launched in April), and internet chat forum …

[John Tserkezis]

I read "Creative Labs" being owned by CrackBook, and paniced, thinking of the Creative Technologies of the soundblaster fame.

The first thing that came to mind was "oh the humanity".

[PJF]

My thought EXACTLY!

I still have C.L. Sound Blaster ISA board, with the spare IRQ jumpers, in the "mathomes of forgotten usefulness" collection.

[Eric Olson]

That was definitely the boat I was in. After learning otherwise, I wondered how Creative never sued Facebook, given both operate in the technology arena (yes, one was hardware and the other for social meanderings, but still).

[Anonymous Coward]

Creative Labs have NOTHING

to do with Farce Crook... or the Criminal Lust

If Creative Laboratory had (or may have) a /a group of/ I.P., lawyers (in the US) their worries would be non-existent (that is, if they have[had] any )

AFAIK, they've been around since the late (19) 80's up-to now-a-day SB64. I can remember buying a Sound Blaster card for my 80286 (maybe a '88 - too long ago;C.R.S. is kicking in..) to get 8-voice mono.

Now, they have a SB-64 with 7.1 audio.

They used to be a STANDARD:

PC : IBM / IBM combatable

Printer : Epson / Epson combatable

Audio : Sound Blaster / SB combatable

etc.

Now-a-days, some/most Mother Boards have built on (in) audio and vga. I can see C.Labs getting restitution off of fb,, if not/also Craigs Lust,

/rant

/nostalgia

[Anonymous Coward]

Re: Creative Labs have NOTHING

Sir, the fact that you used your Sound Blaster to play combat video-games does not make your compatible audio card "combatable".

[Anonymous Coward]

Re: Creative Labs have NOTHING

"Sir, the fact that you used your Sound Blaster to play combat video-games does not make your compatible audio card "combatable"." - - not unless it has MIL-DTL connectors ....

[Bluto Nash]

Re: Creative Labs have NOTHING

It was part of the sound card wars. CL vs. Turtle Beach, Hercules, half of China, etc.

Combatable, indeed.

[Eric Olson]

Re: Creative Labs have NOTHING

I remember my Hercules Fortissimo II. It was a damn fine sound card. Outdid the Sound Blasters in the same price range and then some. Lasted me two computer builds, I think.

I think it made its way to the box of computer parts that needed to be recycled that some guy offered a few bucks for at our last garage sale. Memories.

[KeithR]

Re: Creative Labs have NOTHING

Sigh...

He's telling you that you can't spell.