Cooliris, Inc. was a
US corporation
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headquartered in
San Francisco
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, California, that developed photo viewing products on mobile, web, and desktop platforms. It was a venture backed by
Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
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,
T-Venture
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,
DAG Ventures
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, The Westly Group and
NTT DOCOMO.
History
The company was initially best known for its signature user interface, the Cooliris 3D Wall, which provided a 3D-like immersive media-viewing experience.
In January 2010,
Google, Inc. tapped Cooliris to develop Android Gallery, a native photo application installed on over 40 million smartphones then running the
Android operating system
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. The company’s core product was the Cooliris mobile photo viewing and sharing app for
iPad
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and
iPhone, launched in July 2012.
On November 21, 2014, Cooliris was acquired by
Yahoo!
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.
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Software companies based in California
Companies established in 2006
Companies based in San Francisco
Yahoo! acquisitions
Software companies of the United States