It's not just Sony whose corporate secrets are being outed by an ongoing leak of hacked documents. Emails released today also reveal Snapchat CEO Evan Spiegel green-lit the $15 million purchase of a smartglass company owned by his college friend.
Emails received by Sony Entertainment CEO Michael Lynton, a Snapchat board member, show that the popular photo-sharing app company bought Vergence Labs, which was co-founded by Spiegel's college friend Jonathan Rodriguez.
The company developed smartglasses called Epiphany Eyewear, which allow the wearer to record video.
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