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Apple Acquires SnappyLabs, Maker of SnappyCam Burst Photo App [Confirmed]

(http://cdn.macrumors.com/article-new/2014/01/snappycam.png)Apple has acquired SnappyLabs, a one-man app maker behind the now-discontinued SnappyCam app (http://appshopper.com/photography/snappycam). The app was removed from the App Store -- along with its website (http://www.snappycam.com) and social media (https://twitter.com/SnappyCam) presence -- just before the end of the year (http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1689860).
 
 According to TechCrunch, which first reported the acquisition (http://techcrunch.com/2014/01/04/snappylabs/):
 

Sources have since affirmed that the company was acquired by Apple, and that there was also acquisition interest “from most of the usual players”, meaning other tech giants. I don’t have details on the terms of the deal, and I’m awaiting a response from Apple, which has not confirmed the acquisition.

Back in July, SnappyCam was upgraded with new technology, detailed in a now-deleted blog post (https://web.archive.org/web/20131010012005/http://www.snappylabs.com/blog/snappycam/2013/07/31/iphone-king-of-speed/) (still viewable via Archive.org), that explains how developer John Papandriopoulos was able to redesign how JPG images are compressed, allowing the iPhone to shoot full-quality burst mode photographs at significant higher frames per second than other competing technologies, including the new burst mode built into iOS 7.
 
 (http://cdn.macrumors.com/article-new/2014/01/snappycamscreenshot.jpg)
 With the acquisition, it seems likely that Apple will integrate the SnappyCam technology into its native iOS and OS X camera programs and APIs. Apple added burst mode photo shooting (http://www.macrumors.com/2013/10/28/burst-mode-improvements-added-to-iphone-5s-camera-with-ios-7-0-2/) to iOS 7, allowing iPhone 5s owners to shoot 10 photos per second at full resolution, in order to get the best shot in action scenes or with fast-moving children.
 
 SnappyCam is no longer available for download from the App Store. Pricing and other details were not revealed, and Apple has not yet confirmed the acquisition.
 
 Update: Apple has confirmed the acquisition (http://recode.net/2014/01/05/apple-confirms-acquisition-of-burst-photo-app-maker-snappylabs/) to Kara Swisher at Re/code, the new home of the AllThingsD team.
 
 
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Source: Apple Acquires SnappyLabs, Maker of SnappyCam Burst Photo App [Confirmed] (http://www.macrumors.com/2014/01/04/apple-acquires-snappylabs-maker-of-snappycam-burst-photo-app/)