Snapjoy
The business, the turning points, and the decisions behind them.
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01 / WHAT IT BUILT
What the company did
Snapjoy gathered photos from devices and online services into a single cloud library.
02 / FAILURE REASONS
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03 / EVENT HISTORY
Events in the structured record
- Acquired by Dropbox
Dropbox acquired Snapjoy in December; new registrations stopped.
- Service closure announced
On 22 June closure was confirmed through the company’s blog and user emails, with about a month provided for photo downloads.
04 / CONTEMPORARY REBUILD ASSESSMENT
Difficulty of rebuilding this project today
Material for this section is being gathered and checked. It will appear here once ready.
Overall assessment: Not completed
05 / CAUSAL CHAIN
How the factors connect
- 01
Acquired by Dropbox, announced December 19, 2012.
- 02
Shutdown announced June 22, 2013; service wound down by July 24, 2013.
- 03
No reliable company-level loss figure disclosed.