Apple Buys U.K. Startup to Improve iPhone Picture Taking

  • Spectral Edge technology improves colors in smartphone photos
  • Photograph is a key differentiator in the smartphone market
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Apple Inc. acquired a U.K.-based startup with technology that improves photos taken on smartphones.

According to filings made public in the U.K. on Thursday, Apple corporate lawyer Peter Denwood was recently named a director of Cambridge, U.K.-based Spectral Edge Ltd., while the startup’s other advisers and board members were terminated.