There is no doubt that the application of Instant Messaging (Snapchat) achieved during the recent period a great success and this exactl...
There is no doubt that the application of Instant Messaging (Snapchat) achieved during the recent period a great success and this exactly what pushed Facebook to try buying it in an earlier period, but at the beginning of the current year, it has faced a serious security problem of being hacked and leaked data, but it seems that this is not the only problems.
The application (Snapchat) feature of self-destruction of messages after the consignee read it after few seconds, but this idea exactly brought problems to the owners of the application, where they were charged the Executive Director (Evan Spiegel) and Technical Director (Robert Murphy) of seizing the idea of (Frank Reginald) the thing that pushed the case to access the corridors of the courts, which that the latter contributed on the developing of this application.
And yesterday, when it was the attention of those who follow the technology across the world fastened to the effectiveness of Apple the RCI Management (Snapchat) has chosen to announce a statement explaining the signing of an agreement with (Frank Reginald) is reached whereby the solution to everyone's satisfaction, and the statement has pointed out that the idea of some self-destructing messages after being read by the addressee belongs to Reginald and that when he was studying at the University of Stanford, and that (Reginald, Spiegel and Murphy) have worked on the development of this application.
And despite the fact that Snapchat did not specify the way in which (Frank Reginald) will be compensated but they will receive a new blow at the level of credibility among the users.
Full text of the statement:
Frank Reginald (“Reggie”) Brown, IV, and Snapchat, Inc., along with its CEO, Evan Spiegel, and CTO, Robert Murphy, announced today that they have settled their dispute over Mr. Brown’s claim of an ownership interest in Snapchat on mutually agreeable terms. The settlement resolves Brown’s suit filed in the Superior Court of Los Angeles, as well as all other disputes between the parties. The terms of the settlement are confidential.
“We are pleased that we have been able to resolve this matter in a manner that is satisfactory to Mr. Brown and the Company. We acknowledge Reggie’s contribution to the creation of Snapchat and appreciate his work in getting the application off the ground.”
Reggie Brown originally came up with the idea of creating an application for sending disappearing picture messages while he was a student at Stanford University. He then collaborated with Spiegel and Murphy on the development of Snapchat during its early and most formative days.
Discussing the settlement, Spiegel said, “We are pleased that we have been able to resolve this matter in a manner that is satisfactory to Mr. Brown and the Company. We acknowledge Reggie’s contribution to the creation of Snapchat and appreciate his work in getting the application off the ground.”
