Lightbox.com
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Viewing a posted photo in Lightbox Android app | |
| Developer(s) | Lightbox |
|---|---|
| Initial release | June 5, 2011[1] |
| Development status | Discontinued |
| Operating system | Android 2.1 or later |
| Size | 2.3 MB |
| Type | Android Photo & Video |
| License | Freeware |
| Website | Official website |
Lightbox.com was a website, Android app,[2] and photo blogging platform that allowed users to post images, text, links, and more to their personal photo blog.[3]
History
Founded by Thai Tran[4] (formerly a product manager at Google and YouTube) and Nilesh Patel,[5] Lightbox received $1.1 million in seed funding from Index, Accel, SV Angel, 500 Startups, and others.[2][5]
On December 12, 2011, Lightbox launched its Version 2.0.[6] At this time, Tran announced that the Android app was approaching 1 million downloads.[4]
On May 15, 2012, the Lightbox.com team was acquired by Facebook This had caused Lightbox to be fully closed on June 15, 2012.[7]
On November 14, 2015, in spite of the prior entity's closure, owner registration of the "lightbox.com" internet domain name was renewed for 10 additional years, through 2025.[8]
Awards
- In October 2011, PC World listed Lightbox.com at number 72 in PC World 100 Best Products of 2011.[9][10]
References
- ↑ Parsons, Chris (15 June 2011). "Lightbox Photos now available in the Android Market". Android Central. Retrieved 6 April 2012.
- 1 2 Perez, Sarah (12 December 2011). "Lightbox App Debuts New Photo Journal: It's A Lazy Man's Tumblr". Techcrunch. Retrieved 15 December 2011.
- ↑ Bonner, Julie (12 December 2011). "New Lightbox App Feature – Your Photo Journal". Blogworld. Retrieved 15 December 2011.
- 1 2 Hardawar, Devindra (12 December 2011). "Lightbox leaps beyond Instagram with Tumblr-like photo journals". VentureBeat. Retrieved 15 December 2011.
- 1 2 Butcher, Mike (13 March 2011). "Lightbox wants to be Android's new camera app, raises $1.1 million from Valley players". Techcrunch Europe. Retrieved 15 December 2011.
- ↑ "Introducing Lightbox 2.0: Your personal photo journal". Lightbox.com. 12 December 2011. Retrieved 6 April 2012.
- ↑ Constine, Josh (15 May 2012). "Facebook Hires Team From Android Photosharing App Dev Lightbox To Quiet Mobile Fears". TechCrunch. Retrieved 16 May 2012.
- ↑ "Network Solutions, LLC WHOIS". Network Solutions. 14 November 2015. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
- ↑ "100 Best Products of 2011". PC World. 31 October 2011. Retrieved 6 April 2012.
- ↑ "Lightbox Photos for Android". PC World. Retrieved 6 April 2012.