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Color Labs, Inc. was a start-up based in Palo Alto, California. Its main product was a social application for photos (on Android and iPhone), called Color for Facebook. 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 those that are more relevant. Following skepticism and rumors from Silicon Valley commentators, Color Labs stopped selling the app at the end of 2012. == History == The group started when co-founders Bill Nguyen and Peter Pham received $41 million in funding. Color was named as a tribute to Apple's color logo from the Apple II. Nguyen described the Apple II as having changed his life when he was seven years old. The domain name Color.com was bought in December 2010 for $350,000. In 2010–2011, Color closed $25 million in funding from Sequoia Capital, $9 million from Bain Capital, and $7 million in venture debt from Silicon Valley Bank. In September 2011, Douglas Leone revealed that Sequoia Capital only invested three days before the scheduled launch of Color. On March 24, 2011, Color launched its application "Color for Facebook" in Apple's App Store. A week after the launch, Color Labs released an update with significant changes to the iOS App interface—allowing users to see photos from events "Nearby", a "Feed" of relevant photos, and a "History" of groups that users can participate in. Words underneath each icon explaining what they did were also added. In June 2011, less than three months after the company officially launched, Pham left Color. When it launched, the application had around 1 million downloads. By September 2011, the service had a little under 100,000 active users. In July 2011, it was reported that Google offered to buy Color for $200 million before their first launch, but Color Labs turned down the deal. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Color Labs」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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