Photobucket is today announcing the acquisition Lasso, a private photo-sharing and chat app that was designed to simplify the challenges around requesting photos from family and friends. The deal will see Photobucket bringing one of its original founders back into the fold, as Alex Welch, Lasso’s co-founder, will now rejoin the team and serve as an advisor to Photobucket going forward.
Lasso’s other co-founder Chad Podoski is also joining Photobucket, where he too will hold the role of “thought leader” like Welch, as well as the day-to-day duties involved with mobile development. Podoski has built a number of apps besides Lasso, including Flickpad, Smackback and Teletweet. (Smackback, a stickering app for Snapchat, was also published under the Lasso Media name.)
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