24 May 2012 Last updated at 20:10 <\/p>\n
Facebook has launched a photo sharing smartphone app called Camera. <\/p>\n
The software allows users to take multiple pictures and share them at once rather than having to upload them one at a time. <\/p>\n
The app also features a feed of friends' photos. <\/p>\n
The launch is unexpected as the program offers users similar tools to Instagram which the social network is in the process of taking over. <\/p>\n
Both apps allow users to add filters and make other tweaks to photographs. <\/p>\n
Facebook has agreed to pay $1bn (638m) for Instagram, but the acquisition has not been completed. <\/p>\n
Brian Blau, research director at the technology analysts Gartner, said the move may surprise some, but thought it made sense. <\/p>\n
\"Facebook has to move its business forward,\" he told the BBC. <\/p>\n
\"It said earlier that it would keep Instagram as a separate business, but you need to bear in mind that it is buying a unique social network with a specific demographic. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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