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Photobucket launches mobile application with Danger

Advanced Options Provide A Richer Photobucket Experience

San Francisco, Calif. — March 19, 2009 — Photobucket (http://photobucket.com), the Web’s premiere standalone photo and video-sharing site, today announced the availability of a mobile Photobucket application exclusively for the T-Mobile Sidekick. Built in conjunction with Danger, Inc. a Microsoft subsidiary and software services provider for the mobile device, this feature-rich application enables users to access and interact with Photobucket media directly from anywhere. 

The new application provides users with the richest mobile experience to date.  Users upload photos and videos from their handset directly to their Photobucket album. From here, there are a number of options, including adding and editing titles, descriptions and tags, as well as rotating and resizing images. Additionally, users can:

  • Create a Photobucket account 
  • Log into Photobucket to access their albums  
  • Browse and search images and videos on Photobucket
  • Browse other users’ albums 
  • Share images

 “Photobucket is thrilled to team up with Danger to bring subscribers the most comprehensive mobile application for Photobucket to date,” said Alex Welch, President of Photobucket.  “Photobucket is always seeking out ways to make photo sharing easier and more convenient and this collaboration enables our users to share and manage their photos easily while on the go.”

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Photobucket introduces instant photo uploader for T-Mobile phones

T-Mobile Customers Can Now Send Mobile Photos to Multiple Destinations Including Photobucket, Home PC and Email

San Francisco, Calif. — March 18, 2009 — Photobucket (http://photobucket.com), the Web’s premiere standalone photo and video-sharing site, today announced the availability of an innovative mobile photo service exclusively for T-Mobile that enables users to send photos directly from mobile handsets to several destinations: a Photobucket album, a PC hard drive, or any an email address. 

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Photobucket announces new, expanded photo and video-sharing features

Web’s Top Photo-Sharing Site Also Debuts New Mobile WAP Site

San Francisco, Calif. – MARCH 11, 2009 – Photobucket (http://photobucket.com), the Web’s premier stand-alone photo and video-sharing Web site, today launched a new, innovative set of features that expands the way users share photos and videos across multiple Web sites. By partnering with Gigya, whose technology has become the standard for connecting content with the social web, and leveraging its own open API platform, Photobucket now enables its more than 48 million unique monthly users worldwide* to utilize a simple point-and-click “share” interface to publish their photos and videos across more Web sites than any other stand-alone photo and video-sharing site.

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Kodak and Photobucket Team Up to Make Photo Sharing Even Better

Kodak’s Unique and High Quality Products Turn Photobucket Images Into Treasured Keepsakes

Emeryville, Calif. and San Francisco, Calif. –  March 4, 2009 – Kodak and Photobucket (http://photobucket.com) today announced an agreement that empowers Photobucket’s millions of users to turn images from their Photobucket account into tangible stories using KODAK Gallery products.  The alliance is intended to extend the Kodak brand to new audiences through Photobucket and the Fox Interactive Media network of media properties and to help Photobucket further monetize the photo sharing behavior of their users and the billions of images stored on their site.  

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See exclusive photos from the 2009 Presidential Inauguration on Photobucket

Photobucket has been selected as the online photo destination for the Barack Obama 2009 Presidential Inaugural Book.*

As part of this project, you can upload photos for inclusion in the Inaugural Book on Photobucket. You can also see amazing photos taken by an award-winning team of photographers with special access to Inauguration events. Below are links to the photographers sending photos to Photobucket as part of this project.

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World-Renowned Presidential Photographers Team Up with All Americans to Produce Official Obama Inaugural Photo Book Project

Inaugural Photo Book Project to Include Work from Elite Photographers and – for the first time ever – Images Submitted Online by Americans Celebrating Obama Inauguration

Sausalito, Calif., January 16, 2009 – Epicenter Communications, an official licensee of the Presidential Inaugural Committee (PIC), today announced details of the official inaugural photography book project, which will commemorate President-elect Barack Obama's upcoming inauguration.  The project will include images from some of the world’s most influential photographers and – for the first time ever – feature photos submitted online by everyday people documenting their personal celebrations of President-elect Obama’s inauguration festivities. 

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Verizon Wireless and Photobucket Launch Instant Mobile Photo Uploading

Web’s Leading Standalone Photo Site Makes Photo Sharing Fast and Easy For Verizon Wireless Customers

Basking Ridge, NJ & San Francisco, Calif. — November 13, 2008 — Verizon Wireless, the nation’s leading wireless provider, and Photobucket (http://photobucket.com), the Web’s premier standalone photo and video-sharing site, today announced the availability of a new mobile photo service on select Verizon Wireless handsets that enables Verizon Wireless customers to easily send photos from a mobile device to a Photobucket album.  The application will launch exclusively for Verizon Wireless customers and is available for download from Verizon Wireless mobile storefront by texting ‘photob’ to 2777, in the Community and Sharing category of the Verizon Wireless Get It Now catalog or by visiting http://photobucket.com/mobile.

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