) May 6, 2009 -- TweetPhoto introduces free photo sharing service which revolutionizes photo sharing on Twitter, the popular micro-blogging service which allows users to communicate world-wide in short messages of 140 characters or less via the Internet. TweetPhoto allows users to easily upload and automatically publish links to photos on Twitter. The new service boasts many toolsets currently unavailable on other sites which make photo sharing on Twitter convenient and transparent.

Sean Callahan, Co-Founder of TweetPhoto, speaking to a room full of entrepreneurs and investors about the benefits of using the photo sharing service.

) May 12, 2009 -- With Twitter.com becoming popular around the globe, Linkbee.com has been a pioneer in allowing users to monetize their Twitter accounts. Linkbee started off by offering users multiple options to monetize short URL's and has paid out over $25,000 since its inception back in 2008. As of today, Linkbee has happily announced the launch of Twitter Photo Sharing directly on Linkbee.com.

TweetPhoto is the next hottest photo sharing service for Twitter. The start-up company is crowdsourcing its logo design to attract the best graphic designers and to elicit feedback from the public. (PRWeb Apr 7, 2009)

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) November 6, 2008 -- Moborazzi.com is proud to announce the launch of their social photo sharing platform for mobile phones. In beta since April of 2008, Moborazzi provides mobile phone users with instant over-the-air upload and direct-to-mobile broadcasting of mobile photos to personalized networks of friends and followers. Snap a picture, post it to Moborazzi and the photo is on the phones of friends and family, posted to the web, and saved to an online Moborazzi account from anywhere, instantly.

) July 17, 2009 -- Time Factory Publishing has launched a new online photo Web site, Pikcal.com (pronounced pickle), offering consumers a chance to store and share photos and create fully customizable photo products. The new Web site offers access to professional photos, providing pictures from Getty Images, NASCAR, Susan Branch and Ford, with more licenses coming soon.

With a simple, user-friendly Web site, adults and children alike can create photo books, calendars and other school and office supplies suited to their tastes. The Web site provides a distinctive experience that other online photo sites fail to match. With pikcal.com, photo sharing has never been easier.

) May 24, 2009 -- Up until now, sharing files through Twitter has been a daunting task. Having to purchase a file server, upload the file, create a download link, and finally, share it with the Twitter community.

FileTwt Logo

FileTwt has streamlined this process into a unique way of sharing files through twitter.
Through FileTwt.com, users can upload files directly through the website and FileTwt tweets the file publicly, instantly. FileTwt.com also offers a 20 MB size limit, perfect for most files.

) June 29, 2009 -- MyPhotoAlbum Inc. (Symbol "FCT") announces a new way to save and share photos on the Internet. For the first time, users can upload high-resolution photos to MyPhotoAlbum, a full-service online photo album, and share smaller versions of the same photos on Facebook, the world's largest social networking.

Full-Scale photo sharing for Facebook with the new MyPhotoAlbum App

) July 24, 2009 -- RateFoto.com has released a Photo Widget to rate MySpace Photos on a scale from 1 to 10. Find out how to get those results by using RateFoto.com's Photo Rater Widget. By adding the widget to the caption below any photo on MySpace a user will find out the results very quickly. RateFoto.com has all of the latest and greatest trends and designs available to suit a MySpace Users needs. Find out which photo of is the best. Use the RateFoto.com Photo Widget to get a score today.

RateFoto.com Photo Widget

1. Choose a design.
2. Add it to your profile.
3. Then let your friends rate the photo.

) June 9, 2009 -- In response to the tremendous growth of Twitter, twitrounds.com recently launched to provide all Twitter users the ability to update their profile designs with free twitter backgrounds. Twitter users can simply look through different styles of backgrounds and upload them directly onto their profile in order to stand out in the Twitter community. The "Easy Auto Install" feature or the manual installation offer users different ways of loading backgrounds.

) July 30, 2009 -- Today, iPhone developer appMobi LLC, announced the availability of "PhotoBeamer 1.1" on the Apple App Store. PhotoBeamer is among the first iPhone apps available to use the new "GameKit" wireless ad-hoc networking features enabled by the recent iPhone OS 3.0 upgrade.

All iPhone owners have had the experience of showing photos to friends. Intuitively, people hand their phones to friends so they can see the photos better, and invariably, friends begin flicking through their entire photo libraries, looking at all photos whether the owner want them to or not.

) February 16, 2010 -- Unique photo framing and social networking features of the Imikimi Photo Frame App have found popularity on the Apple iPhone and iPod Touch. Introduced in December of 2009, the application is featured in the iTunes "New and Noteworthy" apps section. On February 10th the Imikimi app reached number five in the photography section and 69th overall in the United States, out of more than 140,000 apps.

User love it:

) October 6, 2009 -- TwitRep.ly, founded in early September 2009 by two software engineers, supplements the Twitter service by adding comments and the opportunity for lively discussion on Twitter.

TwitRep.ly brings comments to your Tweets.

The web site works by allowing users to sign in using their Twitter username and then posting Topics (or Tweets). The Tweet is automatically posted to their Twitter page with a short URL linking back to their topic so a discussion can take place.

) August 14, 2009 -- iPhone app publisher, Unique Apps, has recently released a new iPhone application called PhotoScatter. This app allows users to submit photos to most of the top photo sharing sites on the internet.

PhotoScatter App Icon

Simply …

1. Select or Take a photo
2. Choose the sites you want to submit to
3. Add a title and description (optional)
4. Submit

It's that easy.

) January 5, 2009 -- Twitter is fast becoming the most popular social media site on the Internet today. Many Twitter users interact by sharing URLs to interesting web pages in their posts called tweets. Twitter, however, offers no method for users to save the information after a tweet. Krumlr allows Twitter users to save and keep sharing the URLs posted on Twitter.

"I am really impressed with the quality of content I find while on Twitter," says Krumlr creator Pete Wingard. "The content on most social bookmarking sites doesn't compare to Twitter's and Krumlr hopes to capture it."

) August 19, 2009 -- Shutterstock, the world's largest subscription-based stock photo agency, announced today the launch of Shuttertweet, a new tool for Twitter that empowers stock image and stock footage submitters by instantly sending out messages (or "tweets") announcing when new images and footage clips have been added to their Shutterstock portfolios.

Credit: Shutterstock

) September 30, 2009 -- PhotoBin.com today announces the launch of its photo sharing, archiving and sorting subscription products, including PhotoBin Basic, PhotoBin Plus and photo-customized merchandise. PhotoBin Basic provides free accounts for consumers new to photo sharing, while PhotoBin Plus provides subscription-based accounts for advanced photo enthusiasts and professionals. In addition to its core products, Photobin.com also features the ability to turn favorite photos into affordable gifts, including canvases, prints, mugs and puzzles.

) April 28, 2009 -- Snapixel (www.snapixel.com), a new photography site that combines elements of the photo sharing site Flickr and the popular stock photography site Istockphoto, announces Openstock(TM), an innovative system that provides photographers with an easy-to-market solution to sell photos.

"The Snapixel model extends selling power to all levels of photographers. While not every image belongs in a stock photography marketplace, our ultimate goal is to widen the creative spectrum of traditional stock photography, without decreasing the value." said Ivan Wong, COO and Co-founder of Snapixel.

) June 10, 2009 -- MyHeritage, one of the world's most popular family Web sites, today announced a new version of its innovative photo offering, making it even easier for families to share, organize and present their photos online. MyHeritage is a network of 32 million family members worldwide, more than 350 million profiles, 7 million family Web sites and 50 million photos. People upload more than 2.5 million family photos to MyHeritage every month, which is more than for all of its competitors combined.

Slideshows photo stack

) August 20, 2009 -- Search engine, social bookmarking and social networking upstart Unurthme has announced the immediate availability of its new Twitter search and bookmarking service.

Using the new feature, Unurthme users will be able to easily search for recent posts to Twitter, but searching is only the beginning.

By taking advantage of the company's existing social bookmarking infrastructure, Unurthme users will also be able to save Tweets to their Unurthme profile, so that they can access them again at any time from any computer with an Internet connection.

) May 5, 2009 -- Twitter users can both increase and diversify their Twitter following with Twit Pro Quo, a new service which was shrouded in mystery until its unveiling on May 5th. "We wanted to keep people on their toes. Social networkers knew that it would ultimately enhance their presence on Twitter, but they had no idea exactly how this would be done," says Nick Jabbour, the developer of Twit Pro Quo.

Twit Pro Quo - Expand Your Twitter Following

) August 26, 2009 -- Cotto Concepts (http://www.cottoconcepts.com), a web development boutique, has published two very different Facebook applications that both deliver real world value to its users. Both applications let users create something beyond the virtual gifts and games that are more common in the Facebook universe and reflect the future of Facebook and the socially-enabled application.

) September 29, 2008 -- Hoorray has launched a online photo sharing site that's easier to use than any other. And now, for the first time, this new site makes it possible to actually add voice to photos and create living photo stories with family and friends.
More than two years of research and testing have gone into creating Hoorray. The site is now ready to introduce exclusive, innovative new features such as "Audio Voice Narration," and an "Auto-Fill" feature that creates free online photo albums, free printable calendars and free greeting cards- instantly!

) September 10, 2009 -- TweetFunnel, the Twitter tool for team tweeting, has expanded its feature set to drive even more value for organizations that have more than one user who submits tweets. New features include: management of multiple accounts, statistics tracking for links using automatically shortened Bit.ly URLs or BudURLs, and the ability to create and save searches. All of this is wrapped in an improved graphical user interface (GUI) that maximizes the use of screen real estate.

) July 27, 2009 -- Synology America Corp. today announced the availability of their new iPhone™ application, DS photo, which is available to download for free on the Apple® App Store. DS photo provides Disk Station users the ability to use an iPhone® or iPod Touch® to upload photos to their Synology Disk Station, or browse photos stored directly on their Synology Disk Stations remotely.

Synology DS photo iPhone Application

) May 9, 2009 -- Polls opened today on Twitchamp.com allowing millions of Twitter users to go head to head in a battle for ultimate popularity on the popular social messaging network.

"Twitchamp lets Twitter users quickly type in their Twitter ID and that of a friend or foe," said Rick Robinson, founder of the site, "and the service reveals the winner as well as each user's 'Mojo' index calculation."

Twitter Mojo is based on a calculation of factors including "followers," "number of updates" and "recent mentions" on Twitter. Twitchamp uses a proprietary equation to derive the Mojo number, which is listed next to each players name on the results page.

) June 4, 2009 -- Active Modules, Inc, a leader in community management solutions, announces today the latest version of Active Social, an extremely customizable social networking solution that effectively builds and promotes a strong social community in a user-friendly environment. Active Social continues to leverage the latest technologies while also adding new features relative to the current social media trends. Twitter integration, advanced search options, unique web address capability and photo galleries are just a few of the newest features.

) July 29, 2009 -- Following its tradition of digital democracy, BestTravelDeals.net, the only social voting travel deals platform on the web, is expanding its services to include travel deal tweets from Twitter.

) January 7, 2009 -- With the release of the "Promote Your Profile" feature, TwitBacks.com enables Twitter members to increase the exposure to their profile. After creating a free branded Twitter background on www.Twitbacks.com, users are given the option to promote their Twitter profile throughout the web by filling in some basic information. The information, which includes links to the user's Twitter profile and website/blog, business type/service, and a short blurb about them, is then posted to directories, feeds, and search engines within 24 hours.

) January 11, 2009 -- DigMyPics.com, the web's leading photo scanning service, now offers to transfer customers' scanned photos directly to their Picasa Web Albums. Developed by Google, Picasa's fast and easy photo sharing has quickly become the standard for digital photo management.

"This new service makes it a snap to bring those old photos out of the closet and into the cloud," says Lucy Burk from DigMyPics, referencing the 'cloud computing' of online storage.

) July 22, 2009 -- Bloggled.com, a blog backup & service company that is quickly becoming one of the most recognizable names in in blog backup security, has launched a new tool that expands its services to Twitter accounts.

Backup your tweets at Bloggled.com

) August 11, 2009 -- The Daily Tweet, a new way to track the trends of the 'Twittersphere', is launched. The Daily Tweet is a real-time news and information service powered by the potent trending topics of Twitter. It is a useful way to discover and track the trends of the 'Twittersphere' and surface tweets, news and other interesting information related to what people are talking and tweeting about.

Daily Tweet Homepage

Tracking those trends…

) November 27, 2008 -- Wish your friends and family a Happy Thanksgiving this year with ZipClip and SnapMyLife. ZipClip, a site that makes it quick to download youtube video to mobile phones, and mobile picture sharing site SnapMyLife.com are expanding their photo sharing community. With the new partnership, it's easy to share gratitude or any holiday or slice of life.

ZipClip & SnapMyLife for Mobile Photo Sharing

) May 11, 2009 -- President and CEO David McNelis announced the launch of Close Ties, a safe and secure social networking service created for families and trusted friends.

Unlike other social networking services that can expose online information, Close Ties keeps everything secure within a private network that users build and approve. The service encrypts information using the same technologies that keep online banking safe. Sharing within a private network is intuitively controlled using Circles of Trust™. The attention to security and privacy keeps family photos and content safe from outsiders and predators.

indie iPhone Developer is releasing NFL Twitter reader iPhone apps. The apps enable you to read the latest Twitter updates from all of the players from your favorite teams that are on Twitter.

) September 26, 2008 -- Fotki Inc., the company behind the Fotki.com media social network where users share over a billion photos, videos, blogs and social links, is celebrating its 10th anniversary.

) September 17, 2009 -- MailChimp recently analyzed more than 1 billion emails sent since January 2009 to track the inclusion of links to Twitter and Facebook. The data shows an 84% increase in email campaigns that include links to Twitter compared to a 66% increase in campaigns that feature Facebook. In 2008, neither site was linked in many email marketing campaigns - a mere 0.49% of users included any social media links in their emails.

Percentage of MailChimp email campaigns including social links

) October 9, 2008 -- FotoDesk Group AG (www.fotodesk.com) today announced the launch of flauntR (www.flauntr.com) in French, extending the reach of the popular online photo editor to more than 128 million French-speaking people in 33 countries.

The new flauntR boasts of an all-French interface to enable easy navigation and access to the seven editing and printing tools in the online photo suite. As flauntR has recently integrated online printing service, French-speaking users of the free photo editor can now print their photos as fine art, posters, canvas, and greeting cards on a choice of six different paper types.

) May 29, 2009 -- One of the best selling iPhone app publishers, Unique Apps, has recently-released a new iPhone application called "TweetGlobe". Most notably, this application gives a geographic representation of where incoming Twitter "tweets" are coming from.

3D Geographical Representation of All Your Tweets - TweetGlobe.com

) September 17, 2008 -- Inkubook -- the fun, collaborative Web site where users of all abilities can turn digital photos and ideas into a professionally printed photo book -- is offering free photo books to Microsoft Silverlight developers and users who invite their friends to try Inkubook. Users pay only shipping charges to receive their free book.

) June 25, 2009 -- TwitterBackgrounds.com and their team of experienced artists are designing custom Twitter backgrounds for succeeding businesses. TwitterBackgrounds has been known as the largest resource of free Twitter backgrounds. Their design team is now in place and creating hundreds of branded profiles for businesses venturing into social media. With more businesses than ever finding success in social avenues, branding a company's profile with a custom Twitter background has become a necessity.

Custom Twitter Backgrounds