1000memories
Launches “Shoebox” App For iPhone, Puts A Scanner In Your Pocket
Memory-Sharing
Platform Launches First Mobile Tool For Sharing Photo Collections From The Past
SAN
FRANCISCO, October 27, 2011 — Memory-sharing platform
1000memories today announced the launch of the Shoebox scanning app for iPhone,
the first mobile tool designed for digitizing, organizing and sharing
collections of photos from the past.
The
app gives individuals, families and organizations the ability to scan and
instantly share large collections of photos and documents that have previously
been difficult to digitize - the photos traditionally neglected in shoeboxes,
old family albums or archived analog collections. “Large photo collections from
our past have never been digitized or shared because it’s been too difficult and
time-consuming. With the introduction of the Shoebox app, we’re putting
multiple hand-held scanners in households and organizations, for free,” says
1000memories co-founder Rudy Adler. “We’ve created a tool that allows people to
upload and share old photos in a fraction of the time needed for traditional photo
scanning, which will dramatically change the rate at which these collections
are being shared.”
Using
Grizzly Labs licensed technology, Shoebox can auto-detect the edges of a photo
and then quickly crop and straighten accordingly. Users can then add
information typically written on the back of old photos - such as dates, names,
and locations - before uploading to 1000memories.com,
where it can be organized, shared and discovered by friends and family. All
content is preserved in partnership with the Internet Archive to ensure that
collections will be saved for future generations.
1000memories
hopes to help users get their older collections of photos online and in order
while their friends, families and communities still remember the stories and
people behind them. “The captions, dates and tags are just as important as the
photos themselves - it’s imperative that we get as many of these photo collections
online as possible while we can still access the stories behind them,” says
Adler. The launch of Shoebox comes on the heels of the release of the iPhone
4S, and will take advantage of its significant upgrades in mobile camera
technology, including an 8.0 MP sensor for high-resolution mobile scans, as
well as an improved f2.4 lens, for quality lower-light scans. The app will
remain compatible with all previous iPhone models, including the iPhone 4, 3G,
and 3GS, as well as the iPad.
“The
popularity of the iPhone camera has proven that people want something that’s
quick, accessible, and easy to share,” says Adler. “For us, that’s what
providing a social mobile scanner is about – making it as easy as possible for
people to get their photo collections digitized and shared with the people they
care about.”
Backed
by Y-Combinator and Greylock Partners, 1000memories is a hybrid of today’s
family history and photo-sharing sites, with a focus helping individuals,
families and organizations record, discover and preserve the photos of the past
- and all of the stories that come with them. For more information, visit 1000memories.com/shoebox.
About
1000memories
1000memories
is the best way to organize, share and discover the old photos and memories of
your family and friends. Founded in 2010 in San Francisco, California,
1000memories helps bring the albums, scrapbooks, and photo-filled shoeboxes of
our lives out of the closet and into an online, shareable space where they can
be remembered and celebrated, together in one place. For more information,
visit 1000memories.com.
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