Color Labs

Color Labs
Company typePrivate
Headquarters
Palo Alto, California
Key people
Bill Nguyen
Geoff Ralston
Douglas Leone
Websitecolor.com (Taken over)
Color
Developer(s)Color Labs, Inc.
Initial releaseMarch 24, 2011; 13 years ago (2011-03-24)[1]
Operating systemiOS 4.2 or later
Size7.7 MB
Available inEnglish
TypeSocial networking software
LicenseFreeware
Websitecolor.com (Taken over)

Color Labs, Inc. was a start-up based in Palo Alto, California, US. Its main product was the eponymous mobile app for sharing photos through social networking. It allowed people to take photos in addition to viewing other photos also taken in the vicinity. The application grouped photos based on a user's friends so that he or she is more likely to see more relevant ones.

Following skepticism and rumors from Silicon Valley commentators,[2][3] Color Labs stopped selling the app at the end of 2012.[4]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference zdnet was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Gannes, Liz; Paczkowski, John (October 18, 2012). "What's Really Going on With Color: A Small Apple Talent Acquisition". All Things D. Retrieved June 14, 2013.
  3. ^ Taylor, Coleen (November 9, 2012). "Sources: Apple Paid $7 Million For Color Labs". Tech Crunch.
  4. ^ Thomas, Owen (November 20, 2012). "Color, The $41 Million App, Really Is Shutting Down Now". Retrieved June 14, 2013.