Piictu

Piictu is a free photo-sharing mobile app founded in 2011 by Jonathan Slimak based in New York City.[1] It is avaible in iOS operation system. 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.com". www.afternic.com. Retrieved 2023-01-03.
  3. Myers, Courtney Boyd (2011-09-15). "TechStars' Piictu iOS app gamifies photo sharing - TNW Apps". TNW | Apps. Retrieved 2023-01-03.
  4. "Piictu app invites users to communicate through photos – Old GigaOm". old.gigaom.com. Retrieved 2023-01-03.
  5. "Did Google's Photovine sprout from Piictu?". Engadget. Retrieved 2023-01-03.
  6. Business Insider, July 11, 2011
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