Piictu

Piictu is a free photo-sharing mobile app founded in 2011 by Jonathan Slimak and based in New York City.[1] Users are encouraged to capture an image on their phone and share it to a subject-appropriate album, or "stream".[2] All streams are public, and users are encouraged to reply to a subject with topical pictures creating a photo-conversation.[3] Topics for Piictu streams range widely and feature challenges, games, memes, tutorials, status updates, and more.[4]

Piictu
Original author(s)Jonathan Slimak
Developer(s)Piictu, Inc.
Initial releaseJuly 2, 2011 (2011-07-02)
Operating systemiOS 3.1.2 or later
Available inEnglish, Spanish, German
TypeFile sharing
LicenseFreeware
Websitepiictu.com

History

Piictu development began in New York City in late November 2010.[5]

In July 2011, Piictu got accepted into the TechStars accelerator program.[6]

In March 2013, Piictu started to work on secondary projects; like a collaboration with Kandu, a mobile software creation tool by Betaworks.

References
  1. Business Insider, July 11, 2011. Retrieved on March 10, 2012.
  2. Tuaw, June 7, 2011 Retrieved on March 10, 2012.
  3. Piictu gamifies Photo Sharing The Next Web, September 15, 2012. Retrieved March 10, 2012
  4. Piictu App invites users to communicate through photos by Ryan Kim, Gigaom, September 15, 2011. Retrieved March 10, 2012.
  5. Engadget, July 22, 2011
  6. Business Insider, July 11, 2011
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