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Whrrl v2.0 Adds SMS and Digital Camera Support
March 26th, 2009Our official press release, announcing SMS and Digital Camera support:
Anyone Can Participate in Whrrl Stories Through SMS and Eye-Fi Enabled Digital Cameras
SEATTLE, Wash. – March 26, 2009 – Pelago today announced that their recently launched product, Whrrl v2.0, has expanded to enable virtually anyone with a mobile phone or digital camera to participate. In addition to the recently launched iPhone application, users will now be able to capture and share their real-world stories, as they happen, in the following ways:
• SMS and Email: By sending simple SMS text messages, mobile phone users can join the service, create or join an existing story, and update their stories with text and photos. Photos are sent via email or MMS. See a tutorial here.
• Digital Cameras: Through a partnership with Eye-Fi, digital camera owners can now snap, upload and share their high-quality photos directly from their camera to Whrrl v2.0 via an Eye-Fi wireless memory card. Pictures are uploaded in real-time and automatically appear in the user’s current story. Learn more here.
“Starting now, anyone with a Motorola RAZR or any other mobile phone can create Whrrl v2.0 stories in real-time,” said Jeff Holden, Founder and CEO of Pelago. “And if you’re in a dark environment or want to capture higher quality photos than the phone provides, you can use your digital camera and still have your photos appear in your Whrrl story instantly. Ultimately, these two new offerings allow almost everyone to share stories with Whrrl v2.0.”
“Whrrl users are fanatical about sharing their real-world experiences and now they can quickly and easily add in pictures taken with their digital camera,” said Ziv Gillat, Co-Founder and Vice President of Business Development at Eye-Fi. “With Eye-Fi, all they have to do is snap a photo and it will upload automatically through their wireless network to Whrrl.”
Whrrl v2.0 enables people to capture and share their real-world experiences as they happen.
Through location, photos and text updates, people can easily turn everyday life moments into collaborative stories that can be remembered, organized and shared. Users have complete control over who can view their story and are given the option to broadcast each story’s unique URL as a status update on Facebook and Twitter. Whrrl v2.0 recently launched as an iPhone application on the Apple App Store and is also integrated with Facebook Connect. In addition, anyone can visit the Whrrl v2.0 Web site (whrrl.com) to view, edit, share and comment on stories.
About Pelago
Pelago is committed to developing innovative products that remove all barriers to information, inspiration and human connection. Their flagship storytelling product, Whrrl v2.0, enables people to capture and share the moments of their lives, as they happen. The company is based in Seattle, founded in 2006, and led by an executive team from companies including Amazon, RealNetworks and Yahoo. Pelago is backed by pioneering Internet and mobile investors including Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, T-Venture, Bezos Expeditions, Trilogy Equity Partners, and Reliance Technology Ventures. For more information, please visit www.pelago.com and whrrl.com.
About Eye-Fi
Founded in 2005, Eye-Fi is dedicated to building products and services that help consumers navigate, nurture and share their visual memories. Eye-Fi’s patent-pending technology works with Wi-Fi networks to automatically send photos and videos from a digital camera to online, in-home and retail destinations. Headquartered in Mountain View, Calif., the company’s investors include LMS Capital, Opus Capital, Shasta Ventures and TransLink Capital. For more information, visit www.eye.fi.
CONTACTS:
Heather Meeker
Pelago
310.435.3535
heather@pelago.com
Gina Weakley
Red Consultancy for Eye Fi
415.618.8809
gina.weakley@redconsultancy.com
Pelago Launches Whrrl v2.0
March 13th, 2009Our official press release, announcing Whrrl v2.0:
Pelago today announced the release of Whrrl v2.0, an application for iPhone and iPod touch that enables people to capture and share the moments of their lives, as they happen, in story form. Through location, photos and text updates, users can easily turn everyday life experiences into lasting stories that can be remembered, organized and shared. Each user controls exactly who can view their story, ranging from public to private, and includes the option to broadcast status updates on Facebook and Twitter.
“The story format for sharing life experiences is very exciting, because stories are the source of so much inspiration,” said Jeff Holden, Founder and CEO of Pelago. “We deeply believe that people will, through the stories of others, find new and diverse opportunities for adventure and human connection in their lives that they otherwise would have missed. Whrrl v2.0 for the revolutionary iPhone and iPod touch makes it incredibly simple for people to capture and share the moments of their lives – fun, silly, crazy or otherwise – with anyone they choose, from any location, at any time.”
Whrrl v2.0 stories are collaborative: two or more people who are physically together can “join” and contribute to the same story from their own iPhone or iPod touch, allowing a single experience to be expressed from multiple points of view. In addition, each story has its own unique URL that can be easily shared. After the real-world experience ends, the story may be edited by the participants via the Whrrl website and shared with others through Facebook, Twitter and email.
Whrrl v2.0 is now available for free from Apple’s App Store on iPhone and iPod touch or at www.itunes.com/appstore/
About Pelago
Pelago is committed to developing innovative products that remove all barriers to information, inspiration and human connection. Their flagship product, Whrrl v2.0, enables people to capture and share the moments of their lives, as they happen, in story form. The company is based in Seattle, was founded in 2006, and led by an executive team from companies including Amazon, RealNetworks and Yahoo. Pelago is backed by pioneering Internet and mobile investors including Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, T-Venture, Bezos Expeditions, Trilogy Equity Partners, and Reliance Technology Ventures. For more information visit whrrl.com.
Other Buzz:
“Whrrl Brings Collective Location-Based Storytelling to Your iPhone”
“Whrrl revamps its iPhone app just in time for SXSW”
“Whrrl’s geo-social network comes to the iPhone”
Field Trip to the Bay Area!
November 20th, 2008
Wonder why they’re smiling (other than the inevitable “say cheese” behind the camera)? John, John and Jeff got a chance to enjoy the sunshine!
Photo Credit: Nicole
Whrrl in 1st Round of Mashable Open Web Awards – VOTE!
November 19th, 2008Great news!
Thanks to your help, Whrrl has been successfully nominated for the Mashable Open Web Awards in the Places & Events category.
Once again, we’re calling on your help because now you can vote once per day until Nov. 30th.
Voting for Whrrl in this round will give us a chance of entering the final round of voting, which begins December 1st and ends December 15th.
As always, we’ll keep you posted as the competition continues and want to thank you for your ongoing support of Whrrl.
Whrrl Nominated for award from MobileBeat2008
June 26th, 2008
Whrrl has been nominated as one of the best mobile technology start-ups in 2008 by MobileBeat (hosted by VentureBeat). They’re asking for people to vote for their favorite company online at VentureBeat2008, so your vote counts. Please spread the love and vote for Pelago now. You can vote up to five times, but only once every 24hrs.
Voting ends on July 2nd (did we mention you can vote 5 times?). Click here to vote, you’ll have to register first but it’s painless – All it asks for is a username, email, first & last name, and password. Pelago, the creator of Whrrl, is listed under the “Application Companies” in the first grouping.
Thanks for your help!
-Whrrl Team
