Cooliris

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Cooliris Inc.
Industry Computer software
Online media
Founded California (January 2006)
Founder
  • Soujanya Bhumkar
  • Mayank Mehta
  • Josh Schwarzapel
  • Austin Shoemaker
DefunctNovember 21, 2014
FateAcquired by Yahoo! [1] [2]
Headquarters,
Website 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, [3] T-Venture, DAG Ventures, The Westly Group and NTT DOCOMO. [4]

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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. [5]

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. [6] The company's core product was the Cooliris mobile photo viewing and sharing app for iPad and iPhone, launched in July 2012. [7]

On November 21, 2014, Cooliris was acquired by Yahoo!. [8]

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