Google swings into photo sharing with Slide’s Photovine app
Today we are finally getting to play with photo sharing app Photovine, created by the team at Google-acquired Slide.
The app has been in invite-only, friends and family testing for months, with little more than a splash page to tease all of us strangers. A spokesperson for Slide tells VenutureBeat the concept for Photovine was conceived late last year by a team that was “very inspired by” the Nexus S intro video (posted below), which … Continue Reading
Kleiner backs Path’s personal approach to photo sharing
Path, a startup with an unusual take on mobile photo sharing, just announced that it has raised $8.65 million in its first round of institutional funding.
Path was co-founded by Napster creator Shawn Fanning, former Facebook executive Dave Morin, and Dustin Mierau, so it’s no surprise that the company enlisted high-profile backers — prestigious venture firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (which has been making a big push to invest in social networking startups) and … Continue Reading
Photo app Picplz expands its social reach
The past few months have seen the launch of two hot San Francisco startups with mobile photo-sharing apps — Instagram and Picplz. Today, Picplz announced that it’s catching up with the competition on the social networking front, by adding support for photo-sharing site Flickr as well as blogging services Tumblr and Posterous.
I’m not sure if it’s fair to paint the two startups as being in a head-to-head rivalry, but both apps seem to be … Continue Reading
Turn Flickr, Facebook photos into postcards with ShoZu, Touchnote
The past few months have seen the launch of two hot San Francisco startups with mobile photo-sharing apps — Instagram and Picplz. Today, Picplz announced that it’s catching up with the competition on the social networking front, by adding support for photo-sharing site Flickr as well as blogging services Tumblr and Posterous.
I’m not sure if it’s fair to paint the two startups as being in a head-to-head rivalry, but both apps seem to be … Continue Reading
GoingOn v. PeopleAggregator: May the best man win!
The past few months have seen the launch of two hot San Francisco startups with mobile photo-sharing apps — Instagram and Picplz. Today, Picplz announced that it’s catching up with the competition on the social networking front, by adding support for photo-sharing site Flickr as well as blogging services Tumblr and Posterous.
I’m not sure if it’s fair to paint the two startups as being in a head-to-head rivalry, but both apps seem to be … Continue Reading
Amid photo-sharing hype, Shutterfly makes IPO move?
The past few months have seen the launch of two hot San Francisco startups with mobile photo-sharing apps — Instagram and Picplz. Today, Picplz announced that it’s catching up with the competition on the social networking front, by adding support for photo-sharing site Flickr as well as blogging services Tumblr and Posterous.
I’m not sure if it’s fair to paint the two startups as being in a head-to-head rivalry, but both apps seem to be … Continue Reading
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