Snapchat settles ownership dispute, says app idea came from ousted partner

Snapchat cofounders Evan Spiegel and Robert Murphy have reached a settlement with former Stanford University colleague Frank Reginald "Reggie" Brown over an ownership dispute, admitting that Brown had originally come up with the idea for the app for sending disappearing picture messages. The settlement resolves a dispute over Brown's claim of an ownership interest in Snapchat on mutually agreeable terms, and resolves Brown's suit filed in the Superior Court of Los Angeles, as well as all other d...