The WSJ reports,"Facebook removed two of its stand-alone mobile apps, Poke and Camera, from the iTunes App Store Friday.
Poke, launched in December, 2012, mimicked the ephemeral messaging app Snapchat, but never caught on with users. Camera, which launched in May, 2012, allowed users to take photos and add filters.
"A Facebook spokesman did not immediately respond to a request for comment".
Facebook acquired Instagram, which also allows users to take and share photos, in April, 2012 for $1 billion. In February, it agreed to acquire mobile-messaging app WhatsApp for $19 billion.
Poke and Camera were released before Facebook launched Creative Labs in January, a department tasked with developing new apps. The first release from Creative Labs was a mobile newsreader and aggregator called Paper, which Facebook said is catching on with some users.
Late last year, Facebook offered close to $3 billion to acquire Snapchat, which turned down the offer".
