Cooliris
American software company
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::summary American software company ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Cooliris Inc. |
| logo | App-icon.png |
| foundation | California (January 2006) |
| founder | |
| location_city | San Francisco, California |
| location_country | United States |
| fate | Acquired by Yahoo! |
| defunct | November 21, 2014 |
| industry | Computer software |
| Online media | |
| homepage | |
| :: |
| name = Cooliris Inc. | logo = App-icon.png | foundation = California (January 2006) | founder = | location_city = San Francisco, California | location_country = United States | fate = Acquired by Yahoo! | defunct = November 21, 2014 | industry = Computer software Online media | homepage = Cooliris, Inc. was a US corporation headquartered in San Francisco, California, that developed photo viewing products on mobile, web, and desktop platforms. It was a venture backed by Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers, T-Venture, DAG Ventures, The Westly Group and NTT DOCOMO.
History
The company was initially best known for its signature user interface, the Cooliris 3D Wall, which provided a 3D-like immersive media-viewing experience.
In January 2010, Google, Inc. tapped Cooliris to develop Android Gallery, a native photo application installed on over 40 million smartphones then running the Android operating system. The company's core product was the Cooliris mobile photo viewing and sharing app for iPad and iPhone, launched in July 2012.
On November 21, 2014, Cooliris was acquired by Yahoo!.
References
References
- Goel, Vindu. (2016-01-10). "Yahoo's Brain Drain Shows a Loss of Faith Inside the Company". The New York Times.
- Newton, Casey. (2015-12-03). "Yahoo finally relaunches Messenger as an app aimed at families and groups".
- John Markoff. (March 9, 2008). "Coming Soon: Nothing Between You and Your Machine". New York Times.
- Lim Yung-Hui. (June 18, 2012). "Another Telco Giant NTT DOCOMO Invests In Silicon Valley "3D Wall" Creator Cooliris". Forbes Magazine.
- (24 September 2008). "Embeddable wall brings Cooliris to any website".
- Leena Rao. (January 5, 2010). "Google Taps Cooliris To Enable Media Browsing On Nexus One". Techcrunch.
- "Tech in Asia - Connecting Asia's startup ecosystem".
- (21 November 2014). "Yahoo Acquires Photo Startup Cooliris".
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