Cooliris
{{Short description|American software company}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Cooliris Inc.
| logo = App-icon.png
| foundation = California (January 2006)
| founder = {{unbulleted list|Soujanya Bhumkar|Mayank Mehta|Josh Schwarzapel|Austin Shoemaker}}
| location_city = San Francisco, California
| location_country = United States
| fate = Acquired by Yahoo!{{Cite news|last=Goel|first=Vindu|date=2016-01-10|title=Yahoo's Brain Drain Shows a Loss of Faith Inside the Company|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/11/technology/yahoos-brain-drain-shows-a-loss-of-faith-inside-the-company.html|access-date=2020-07-02|issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite web|last=Newton|first=Casey|date=2015-12-03|title=Yahoo finally relaunches Messenger as an app aimed at families and groups|url=https://www.theverge.com/2015/12/3/9837816/yahoo-messenger-relaunches|access-date=2020-07-02|website=The Verge|language=en}}
| defunct = November 21, 2014
| industry = Computer software
Online media
| homepage = {{URL|www.cooliris.com}}
}}
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,{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/09/business/09stream.html?ex=1362718800&en=0c340cd774934c9f&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink|title=Coming Soon: Nothing Between You and Your Machine |work=New York Times |date=March 9, 2008 |author=John Markoff}} T-Venture, DAG Ventures, The Westly Group and NTT DOCOMO.{{cite news |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/limyunghui/2012/06/18/another-telco-giant-ntt-docomo-invests-in-silicon-valley-3d-wall-creator-cooliris|title=Another Telco Giant NTT DOCOMO Invests In Silicon Valley "3D Wall" Creator Cooliris |work=Forbes Magazine |date=June 18, 2012 |author=Lim Yung-Hui}}
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.{{Cite web|url=https://venturebeat.com/2008/09/24/embeddable-wall-brings-cooliris-to-any-website/|title = Embeddable wall brings Cooliris to any website|date = 24 September 2008}}
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.{{cite news |url=https://techcrunch.com/2010/01/05/google-taps-cooliris-to-enable-media-browsing-on-nexus-one|title=Google Taps Cooliris To Enable Media Browsing On Nexus One |publisher=Techcrunch |date=January 5, 2010 |author=Leena Rao}} The company's core product was the Cooliris mobile photo viewing and sharing app for iPad and iPhone, launched in July 2012.{{Cite web|title=Tech in Asia - Connecting Asia's startup ecosystem|url=https://www.techinasia.com/new-cooliris-mobile-app-makes-photo-sharing-and-viewing-a-visual-feast|access-date=2021-01-29|website=www.techinasia.com|language=en-US}}
On November 21, 2014, Cooliris was acquired by Yahoo!.{{Cite web|url=https://techcrunch.com/2014/11/21/yahoo-acquires-cooliris/|title = Yahoo Acquires Photo Startup Cooliris| date=21 November 2014 }}
References
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External links
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- {{cite web|url=https://techcrunch.com/2012/12/18/cooliris-renren-china/|title=Cooliris Partners With Renren To Launch Localized Photo App In China|author=Anthony Ha, Techcrunch|access-date=2012-12-18}}
- {{cite web|url=https://thenextweb.com/apps/2012/11/28/cooliris-updates-ios-app-sourcing-from-google-drive-picasa-flickr/|title=With 250m+ photos viewed, Cooliris updates iOS app, grabs pics from Google Drive, Flickr, others|author=Ken Yeung, TheNextWeb|date=28 November 2012|access-date=2012-11-28}}
- {{cite web|url=http://www.macworld.com/weblogs/macword/2006/10/piclens/index.php|title=Mac Word: A new way to look at online images|author=Jason Snell, Macworld|access-date=2006-10-19}}
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Category:Software companies based in California
Category:Software companies established in 2006
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Category:American companies established in 2006