Pixable
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Pixable
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| Founded | Cambridge, Massachusetts (March, 2009) |
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| Founder(s) | Inaki Berenguer Andres Blank Alberto Sheinfeld |
| Headquarters | New York, NY |
| Industry | Internet |
| Slogan | Never miss a photo you care about. |
| Website | www.pixable.com |
| Type of site | Discovery Engine & Content Aggregator |
| Available in | English |
| Launched | October 16, 2009 |
Pixable is a photo discovery application and company headquartered in New York City. The application aggregates and ranks photos across different online photo repositories allowing users to search, browse, edit, and access all the photos connected to them in one location.[1]
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History
Pixable was founded in March 2009 by MIT graduates and entrepreneurs Andres Blank, Inaki Berenguer, and Alberto Sheinfeld in Cambridge, Massachusetts.[2] The company started in the dorm rooms of MIT before moving its headquarters to New York City. In November 2009, an additional office was opened in Buenos Aires, Argentina. In October 2009, Pixable went live to the public and began offering personalized printed and digital photo products to customers. Pixable has since shifted its focus to its photo aggregation and discovery application.
The company's free application offers a unique, personalized browsing experience by aggregating photos from different social networks and then smartly sorting them into feeds like “Best Photos of the Day” in order of their relevance to the user. Pixable also doubles as a notification service allowing users to follow friends’ photo activity and be notified of newly tagged or uploaded photos.[3]
Photo and Video Discovery
Pixable’s primary product is a photo and video discovery and viewing application available on the web, iPhone, and iPad. The application aggregates the photos available to each user on their Facebook network, Instagram, Twitter and Flickr, and organizes them into feeds like “Photos you liked” and “Best of the Day.” Also available is a video category which collects Youtube, Vimeo, and native Facebook videos shared on a users network, and ranks and organizes these into feeds as well [4][5] On Twitter, the application will update and display the photo timeline of a user's Twitter stream, not just of an individual. [6]
WonderRank
Pixable's “WonderRank” technology prioritizes photos that are the most interesting to a specific user based on factors such as the number of likes and comments, amount of interaction with the friends associated with the photo, and the kind of photos the user has liked in the past.[7]
Following
Pixable’s photo discovery includes a feature through which users can subscribe to updates of selected friends’ Facebook photo activity. This feature allows them to ‘follow’ them through updates The ability to see these updates of friends' Facebook photo activity is possible through the "follow" feature or through email and push notifications.[8]
Feeds
Pixable sorts users photos into several feeds such as "Best Photos of the Day" and "Just the Ladies," each of which have photos organized in an order determined by WonderRank.[9][10]
As of July 2011, Pixable introduced a feature allowing users to view a timeline of all of the photos they have liked or commented on in the application.[11]
Board of Directors
Inaki Berenguer
Andres Blank
James Joaquin, founder of oFoto, former CEO of KodakGallery and serial entrepreneur
Bob Davis, founder of Lycos and General Partner at Highland Capital Partners[12]
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References
- ^ "Pixable Aims to Change the Way You Browse Facebook Photos". Mashable. http://mashable.com/2011/01/11/pixable/. Retrieved January 11, 2011.
- ^ De Avila, Joseph (May 20, 2010). "Varick Street Incubator Hatches City Start-Ups". The Wall Street Journal. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703460404575244623446002984.html. Retrieved May 20, 2010.
- ^ "Pixable’s smart Facebook photo gallery hits 100,000 users in 10 days". The Next Web. http://thenextweb.com/apps/2011/01/22/pixables-smart-facebook-photo-gallery-hits-100000-users-in-10-days/.
- ^ "DEMO: Pixable Brings Its Personalized Photo Experience to the iPad". The New York Times. http://techcrunch.com/2011/03/03/demo-wrap-up-7-new-social-startups-to-watch/. Retrieved 14 July 2011.
- ^ "DEMO Wrap Up: 7 New Social Startups to Watch". TechCrunch. http://techcrunch.com/2011/03/03/demo-wrap-up-7-new-social-startups-to-watch/.
- ^ Molly McHugh, Digital Trends. "Pixable adds Twitter, videos to its photo-curator application." August 24, 2011. Retrieved August 26, 2011.
- ^ "Photo discovery startup Pixable raises $3.6M". Reuters. 22 April 2011. http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/04/22/idUS131384733320110422. Retrieved 7/11/2011.
- ^ "Pixable’s Photofeed App Is the Best Way to Discover and Browse Facebook Photos". TechCrunch. http://www.insidefacebook.com/2011/01/11/pixable-photofeed-browse-facebook-photos/. Retrieved January 11, 2011.
- ^ Ha, Anthony (1 March 2011). "DEMO: Pixable Brings Its Personalized Photo Experience to the iPad". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/external/venturebeat/2011/03/01/01venturebeat-demo-pixable-brings-its-personalized-photo-e-23218.html?partner=rss&emc=rss. Retrieved 14 July 2011.
- ^ Hernandez, Barbara. "App Follows Trending Photos on Facebook". http://www.nbcbayarea.com/blogs/press-here/Trending-Photos-on-Facebook-113384919.html. Retrieved 14 July 2011.
- ^ Kessler, Sara. "Pixable Adds a Timeline of Facebook Photos You Liked & Commented On". http://mashable.com/2011/07/07/pixable-likes-and-comments/. Retrieved 14 July 2011.
- ^ "Pixable - About Us". Pixable. http://www.pixable.com/about_us/#boardofdirectors. Retrieved 14 July 2011.
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