<story><title>Apple Acquires Rapid-Fire Camera App Developer SnappyLabs</title><url>http://techcrunch.com/2014/01/04/snappylabs/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>sabalaba</author><text>For those interested in the technical details, the original blog post is archived here:&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://web.archive.org/web/20131010012005/http://www.snappylabs.com/blog/snappycam/2013/07/31/iphone-king-of-speed/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;web.archive.org&amp;#x2F;web&amp;#x2F;20131010012005&amp;#x2F;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.snappy...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;I wonder why they took it down.</text></comment>
<story><title>Apple Acquires Rapid-Fire Camera App Developer SnappyLabs</title><url>http://techcrunch.com/2014/01/04/snappylabs/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>chenster</author><text>When I first heard about the SnappyCam that is capable of taking blazing fast photos using a regular photo cam, I immediately purchased a copy and experimented with it. Not only it doesn&amp;#x27;t everything it claims (essentially a breakthrough in super optimized image compression) but also the UI is well thought. At the time, I was certain that it&amp;#x27;s just a matter of time to get Apple&amp;#x27;s attention and very likely Apple would want to acquire the technology. Kudo to Papandriopoulos (How do you exactly pronounce that??)&lt;p&gt;What I&amp;#x27;d like to add that, it apparently SnappyCam would only make sense on iPhone 5 or lower. That is because iPhone 5S already can do what SnappyCam does in its native Cam app by holding down the shoot button.  Perhaps Apple got other ideas for its use in the future.</text></comment>