Capsule is an event planning and private group based multi-media and photo sharing social platform.
Founded in 2011, it provides members with a way to share event information among group members through its website or mobile app.
It has been featured in
The Huffington Post
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and
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as a top app for weddings.
History
Capsule was founded in 2011 by Cyrus Faraudi and Omri Cohen.
The idea came after being invited to a combined 14 weddings and 9 bachelor parties in a single year. After the first bachelor party, both found it frustrating to aggregate photos from different people on different platforms such as
Facebook
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,
Flickr
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, and
Picasa
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. It was released out of beta in 2012 with a website and apps for both the iPhone and Android marketplaces.
In 2013, Capsule entered into a partnership with
The Knot, an online wedding planning website operated by
XO Group Inc. The partnership included The Knot integrating the group photo-sharing technology into its website, allowing users to have a central album of their wedding photos taken by others.
It was also featured in a 2013 episode of "TheBeach Meets TheStreet," a weekly series on
TheStreet.com.
Usage
Capsule is an
event planning
Event management is the application of project management to the creation and development of small and/or large-scale personal or corporate events such as festivals, conferences, ceremonies, weddings, formal parties, concerts, or conventions. ...
and media sharing site, and it's equal parts organizational and social. Sharing within a capsule is limited to everyone within the capsule only. With Capsule your every connection is defined by the “Who,” “What,” “Where,” ‘Why ” graph of experience. Capsule also has a mobile app called CapsuleCam on "both Android and iPhone applications to let people communicate with their Capsules before and after events. It’s really easy to send your party photos straight to the capsule for everyone in the capsule to see".
Features
Capsule operates as a private space for people to share event information. Users can chat and share content during the planning stages of the event, including photos, files, and comments.
All information for the event is placed into a single conversation for everyone who is involved with the event. Those who are part of the event are referred to as a "capsule" and receive optional notifications via email or text message when new information is shared.
Only those who are invited members of the capsule can view event information.
The iPhone and Android apps connect user's smartphones to the capsule, or event space, for instant photo uploads.
All members of the capsule are allowed to view the photos shared by a member of the capsule.
It also has a mode that allows members to see the phone being uploaded into the capsule live.
Each capsule is also assigned a number for group text. A single text sent to the number will be received by all members of the capsule.
Members can also order prints of photos uploaded to the capsule.
See also
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Event planning
Event management is the application of project management to the creation and development of small and/or large-scale personal or corporate events such as festivals, conferences, ceremonies, weddings, formal parties, concerts, or conventions. ...
*
Personal wedding website
Personal wedding websites are websites that engaged couples use to aid in planning and communication for their wedding. The websites are used to communicate with guests of their wedding and inform them of location, date, time, and a gift registry. ...
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Photo sharing
Image sharing, or photo sharing, is the publishing or transfer of digital photos online. Image sharing websites offer services such as uploading, hosting, managing and sharing of photos (publicly or privately). This function is provided through ...
References
External links
* {{official, http://www.heycapsule.com
Entertainment companies of the United States
Companies based in California
Manhattan Beach, California