TinyGrab was a
screenshot
screenshot (also known as screen capture or screen grab) is a digital image that shows the contents of a computer display. A screenshot is created by the operating system or software running on the device powering the display.
Additionally, s ...
sharing tool for
Windows,
Mac and
iOS. The tool allowed a user to take a screenshot and automatically
upload it to their servers. The URL would directly be copied to the user's clipboard, allowing them to paste the link in an email,
blog post,
Twitter, or an
instant messaging application.
History
TinyGrab was created in April 2009 by Chris Leydon, when he attended
Staffordshire University in the United Kingdom. The first version of TinyGrab was only able to run on the
Mac OS X operating system. Later, TinyGrab released an application that was able to run on
Microsoft Windows
Windows is a group of several proprietary graphical operating system families developed and marketed by Microsoft. Each family caters to a certain sector of the computing industry. For example, Windows NT for consumers, Windows Server for serv ...
. TinyGrab was released for the iPhone on 26 May 2010.
TinyGrab was one of the original applications featured in the
MacHeist
MacHeist was a website that bundled and resold Mac OS X software. The site conducted marketing through challenges (or "heists") that allowed customers to win software licenses and/or discounts; and sold software in bundles that increased in size ...
nanoBundle in November 2009 and offered as a free download for a limited time.
In March 2010, TinyGrab was profiled in
Macworld Magazine.
In May 2010, TinyGrab appealed to its users for help with funding the project in order to keep it alive.
In 2011, TinyGrab's servers were hacked. This compromised the product's code base and led to speculation about the developer's financial future.
In July 2011, TinyGrab announced they had been purchased by US developers, Company 52, and claimed that the product was now secure.
[ Tinygrab Blog, July 27th, 2011]
In July 2016, the TinyGrab website went offline and stopped all services without any messages to buyers.
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Image-sharing websites