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Forbes Media Acquires Web Photo Platform FlipGloss

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on November 13, 2009 - 8:21am.
New York - Forbes Media on Friday announced that it has acquired FlipGloss, the developer of a Web photo publishing platform.
tags: Deals | Acquisitions | Magazines | Publishing | Images | Forbes Media | FlipGloss |

Everlater Lands Funding for Online Travel Journals

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on November 5, 2009 - 8:30am.
Boulder, Colo. - Everlater, the provider of an online travel journal service that lets users share travel experiences, announced that it has raised an undisclosed sum of first round funding, led by Highway 12 Ventures.
tags: Deals | VC | Video | Images | Highway 12 Ventures | Everlater | TechStars |

Aviary Raises $7 Million for Online Editing Software

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on October 26, 2009 - 6:34am.
Long Island, N.Y. - Aviary, a provider of online digital content creation and editing software, announced on Monday that it has closed a $7 million second round of financing, led by Spark Capital with participation from Amazon.com (NASD: AMZN) founder Jeff Bezos' Bezos Expeditions.
tags: Deals | VC | Music | Amazon.com | Spark Capital | Images | Bezos Expeditions | Jeff Bezos | Aviary |

TechCrunch: News Corp. Selling Photobucket for $60 Million

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on October 19, 2009 - 8:58am.
Palo Alto, Calif. - News Corp.'s (NYSE: NWS) digital media unit is close to unloading its Photobucket photo-sharing site to Ontela, a Seattle-based mobile photo-sharing service, in a deal that values Photobucket at $60 million, TechCrunch reported, citing unnamed sources.
tags: Deals | MySpace | Acquisitions | Photobucket | News Corp. | Images | Ontela | Steamboat Ventures |

DailyBooth Gets $1 Million for Photo Blog Service

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on October 19, 2009 - 8:50am.
New York - DailyBooth, a photo-based blogging service with similar features to Twitter, has raised $1 million in venture capital financing, The Wall Street Journal Online reported.
tags: Deals | VC | Blogs | Publishing | Images | Sequoia Capital | Kevin Rose | Betaworks | SV Angel | DailyBooth | Caterina Fake |

Pelican Imaging Lands $7 Million for Smartphone Cameras

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on October 13, 2009 - 8:15am.
Soquel, Calif. - Pelican Imaging, a stealth-mode company developing "computational" cameras for smartphones, has raised $7 million in new financing, PEHub.com reported.
tags: Deals | Mobile | VC | Images | Pelican Imaging |

National Archives Launches Online Holocaust Collection

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on September 29, 2009 - 8:47am.
Washington - The National Archives said on Tuesday that it has partnered with Utah-based Footnote.com to launch the largest online collection of Holocaust archives. The new Interactive Holocaust Collection, available at the link below, includes more than 1 million Holocaust-related records, including concentration camp registers, more than 26,000 photos and nearly 600 interactive personal accounts.

tags: Images | National Archives | Footnote.com |

Shutterstock Acquires BigStockPhoto

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on September 24, 2009 - 5:42am.
New York - Shutterstock, a subscription-based stock photo agency, announced that it has acquired BigStockPhoto, a credit-based stock photo agency.
tags: Deals | Acquisitions | Images | Shuttestock | BigStockPhoto |

Getty Images Invests $4 Million in Daylife Partnership

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on September 16, 2009 - 8:18am.
New York - Daylife, a provider of news content aggregation services, has disclosed that Getty Images was the investor who pumped $4 million into the company back in June.
tags: Deals | News | Publishing | Images | Investments | Getty Images | DayLife |

Shutterfly Acquires Photo-sharing Software Firm Tiny Pictures

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on September 14, 2009 - 8:09am.
Redwood City, Calif. - Shutterfly (NASD: SFLY), a provide of personal digital photo printing and publishing services, announced that it has acquired Tiny Pictures, a developer of applications and services for photo and video sharing.
tags: Deals | Social Networking | Acquisitions | Images | Shutterfly | Tiny Pictures |

Smilebox Acquires Retail Photo Printing Software Firm Preclick

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on September 11, 2009 - 6:15am.
Redmond, Wash. - Smilebox, a provider of multimedia scrapbook services, announced on Friday that it has acquired Preclick, a provider of print-to-retail photo software for retailers including Walmart and Walgreens.
tags: Deals | Video | Acquisitions | Retail | Images | Smilebox | Preclick |

iPhone Overtakes Canon Rebel as Top Flickr Uploader

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on August 19, 2009 - 12:13pm.
Los Angeles - Apple's (NASD: AAPL) iPhone has surpassed Canon's Digital Rebel XTi as the most popular camera model being used to upload photos to Yahoo's (NASD: YHOO) sharing site Flickr, the Los Angeles Times reports. The new iPhone 3GS model -- which upped from 2- to 3-megapixels, and added auto-focus and white balance features, and the ability of the device to upload photos instantly was credited for the uptick in traffic.

tags: Mobile | Apple | Images | Flickr | iPhone |

Personal Media Storage Service iMemories Gets $6.2 Million

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on August 11, 2009 - 7:07am.
Scottsdale, Ariz. - iMemories, a digitization, storage and sharing service for personal videos and photos, announced on Tuesday that it has raised $6.2 million in its second round of venture capital financing, led by Capital Southwest.
tags: Deals | VC | Video | Images | User-Generated | iMemories | Capital Southwest |

Co-Founders Leaving News Corp.'s Photobucket

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on August 4, 2009 - 12:35pm.
Los Angeles - The founders of photo-sharing site Photobucket, which was acquired by News Corp.'s (NYSE: NWS) Fox Interactive Media for about $300 million in 2007, are leaving the company, TechCrunch reported. Alex Welch and Darren Crystal did not comment on their reason for leaving or future plans, but TechCrunch noted that the earnout period on Photobucket's acquisition ended in May.

tags: Moves | Photobucket | News Corp. | Images | Fox Interactive Media |

Nintendo DSi Owners Can Upload Photos Directly to Facebook

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on August 3, 2009 - 11:25am.
Redmond, Wash. - Nintendo of America said on Monday that owners of its DSi handheld game system can now upload photos taken with the device's on-board camera to their Facebook profiles. The feature utilizes the Facebook Connect platform, and will make Facebook more accessible to DSi owners, who number over 1.7 million in the U.S. alone.

tags: Games | Social Networking | Nintendo | Facebook | Images | Facebook Connect | DSi |

iSyndica Raises $350,000 for Digital Media Distribution

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on August 3, 2009 - 8:57am.
Nashua, N.H. - iSyndica, the developer of a digital media distribution platform, announced on Monday that it has raised an initial $350,000 in its first round of venture capital.
tags: Deals | VC | Video | Images | iSyndica |

Yahoo Enables Flickr Photo Posting to Twitter

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on July 1, 2009 - 9:23am.
San Francisco - Yahoo's (NASD: YHOO) Flickr photo-sharing site has launched a new feature that lets users easily post Flick photos to their Twitter accounts. The Flickr2Twitter feature lets users post photos to Twitter with a new button above the photos on Flickr, which creates a shortened URL at the address flic.kr.

tags: Yahoo | Publishing | Images | Flickr | Twitter |

Picaboo Lands $1 Million for Custom Photo Books, Cards

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on June 8, 2009 - 12:56pm.
Palo Alto, Calif. - Picaboo, the provider of custom online photo book and card printing service for consumers, has raised $1 million in new funding, VentureWire reported.
tags: Deals | VC | Publishing | Books | Images | User-Generated | Picaboo |

Photobucket User Images Selected for Obama Inauguration Book

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on April 27, 2009 - 11:38am.
San Francisco - News Corp.'s (NYSE: NWS) Photobucket image-hosting site on Monday announced the 12 users whose photos were selected for inclusion in the Official Barack Obama 2009 Presidential Inaugural Book. Some 20,000 user photos of the event were submitted to Photobucket for the large-format coffee table book, which is available from today and was produced in cooperation with the 2009 Presidential Inaugural Committee.

tags: Photobucket | News Corp. | Images | User-Generated | Barack Obama |

The Dead Taps Blurb for Personalized Concert Tour Photo Books

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on April 9, 2009 - 11:55am.
San Francisco - The Dead, the band featuring surviving members of the Grateful Dead, said on Thursday that they have partnered with self-publishing service Blurb to offer fans collectors' edition concert books from each of the 17 dates on its 2009 tour. Fans will be able to create personal covers for their books by using their own photo for a cover image; the other photos in the book will be shot by longtime Dead photographer Jay Blakesberg. The band will cover Blurb's $5 fee for personalized book covers through June 30.

tags: Marketing | Music | Images | User-Generated | Blurb | The Dead |
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