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(Reuters) – Facebook Inc is developing a stand-alone camera app, similar to disappearing photo app Snapchat, to increase user engagement, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter.The app, being developed by Facebook’s “friend-sharing” team in London, is in its early stages and may never come to fruition, according to the report. (http://on.wsj.com/24fDRxN)
The company is also planning a feature that allows a user to record video through the app to begin live streaming, the newspaper reported.
Facebook could not immediately be reached for comment.
(Reporting by Kshitiz Goliya in Bengaluru; Editing by Sriraj Kalluvila)
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