Posted by Eyal on March 15, 2009 – 4:57 pm
we got a nice tip from our friends today that picapp was mentioned live on the MSNBC KNTV’s Press : Here Show.
The round table discussion was about the YouNoddle tool which provides calculated guesses for start ups valuation. based on the short intro for the show , picapp is marked as one of the start ups that is on the track to success. we also went and check what the Younoodle score thinks we worth and ….well , lets say we wish all of our last year investment charts would look like the chart they drafted for picapp. I think this tool , as any other new tool ( including picapp) still has a lot of place for improvements and agree that if they will be able to hit 1 of 9 , it will still be a revolutionary thing.
we, at the picapp team, still have lots of work and execution to do on our end as we must play in the start up game (we need to score 1 of 1 ) , but this video was , indeed, a nice way to open Sunday morning with : )
thanks for Sarah Lacy , Scott Mecgrew and Maggie Shiels for including picapp in the show intro!
Eyal and the picapp team
Posted by Niran Amir on February 18, 2009 – 1:17 pm
we have created a new gadget- an image mosaic, especially for you red-carpet groupie, especially now in time for the Oscars.
Similar to its older sibling, our image slideshow , this gadget provides yet another way for you and your readers to interact with our images.
Posted by Niran Amir on February 2, 2009 – 2:59 am
Images improve the visual appearance of your site, they promote readership and reader engagement- we know that !
Now, let’s get interactive, compile images into a slideshow with a simple code.
Like it? grab it here- PicApp slideshow
Posted by Niran Amir on January 9, 2009 – 11:53 am
The second annual Crunchies award ceremony is happening tonight, January 9, in San Francisco. The Crunchies 2008 recognize and celebrate the most compelling start ups, internet and technology innovations of the year.
Following the event there will be a after-party at City Hall’s Rotunda with celebrity DJ- DJ ZTrip.
We are excited that PicApp is the official photo gallery partner for the evening.
What does it mean?
Photos taken by event photographers will be uploaded at the end of the event to PicApp.com.
Publishers wanting to use these images in their posts and on their sites are invited to visit picapp.com and view images by searching “crunchies”.
You are welcome to embed any of the images we have into your posts, to promote reader engagement, we will stream thumbnails of additional images from the event under each published image.
we look forward to reading your posts on Crunchies 2008!
The Picapp team
Posted by Niran Amir on January 9, 2009 – 10:23 am
Join us at WordCamp Las Vegas this weekend. We’ll be demo’ing our plug-in for WordPress.
In Addition to the regular sessions the organizer, John Hawkins, is planning Unconference style sessions in the afternoon to let the people attending a chance to choose the topics they wish to discuss.
With more than a 100 attendees already registered & a great selection of
presenters we are looking forward to yet another successful and fun
WordCamp event.
Follow on Twitter @lvwordcamp.
See ya in Vegas,
Niran
Posted by Eyal on December 23, 2008 – 10:52 am
During the last 12 months we (take a deep breath):
Launched PicApp as closed beta and were chosen for the Israeli Web-Tour, then we signed content partnerships with the world leading photo agencies, then after much appreciated user feedback (“making lemonade when life serve you lemons”), we launched to open beta, then we launched a non-flash version of the picapp product to increase SEO for our users, and if that was not enough - we spun off from our “mother ship company” into an independent entity – and moved offices!!.
Then we closed our A round with Carmel Ventures and released our partners API, then we launched our new plug in for WP.org and added even more content - lots of editorial, news and even paparazzi (now north of 20mm images) …and then we had to scale our infrastructure after some hiccups, but came out even stronger, and then we announced very exciting partnerships with professional blog networks that know the value high-end content brings to their users and advertisers.
Throughout the year we met many of our users in various events, got their feedback, had few good laughs (and drinks) and often went back to the drawing board to improve our product and make it sync with what our users and partners need. Wooow…what a year!
Perhaps this is why PC-magazine chosen us to its top undiscovered 100 websites list!
There are many new things you will see during 2009 that we can’t share yet 
Personally I am very proud of what we achieved so far and very proud of our hard working team in Israel and SF. We still have a long journey ahead — to make picapp the tool of choice for bloggers to use high-end content and spice up their blogs.
Barak Berkowitz, Yaron Galai, Jeremy Wright and David Sifry (check out his new company!)– Special thanks for all the ongoing support and good advice!
Heads up–We plan to be even busier in 2009!
Happy Holidays everyone!
Eyal Gura
