#Snapchat Hires #Google Veteran Engineer

Snapchat wants to beef up the technology behind its popular mobile app for disappearing messages.

Peter Magnusson, a former engineering director at Google has joined the Los Angeles startup as a vice president of engineering, co-founder Bobby Murphy said in an interview.

It's on! Snapchat is racing before teens get bored of their service. I still couldn't believe they rejected Facebook's $3 Billion offer.