Apple acquires rapid-fire camera app developer SnappyLabs

SAN FRANCISCO, USA: Apple has acquired SnappyLabs, the company behind the SnappyCam photography app, for an undisclosed sum. The SnappyCam app lets users take high resolution images using the phone's internal camera, by changing how the JPG images are compressed.

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 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.

SnappyLabs was a one-person company run by John Papandriopoulos, and it is not immediately clear whether he will be joining Apple. Looks like Apple will integrate the SnappyCam technology in iPhones though; the app has gone missing from the App Store, and the SnappyCam website is no longer operational.