Color CEO Bill Nguyen has re-launched the innovative but poorly implemented social discovery app as a Facebook app for Android and iPhone. Color for Facebook is the second go for the company, a $41-million-funded start-up that faltered out of the gate. READ MORE
Blame it on Kevin Costner and his Field of Dreams optimism. The mantra “if you build they will come” has long been popular in the business world, especially among start-up crews. And it worked for a while. But that has not proven to be true for companies like Color, which, despite a $41 million investment and much fanfare, delivered it’s photo-sharing app to a resounding…meh. READ MORE
With over 100 billion photos uploaded to its site, Facebook has created a new way to make photo sharing more accessible for its users. According to TechCrunch, Facebook has leaked photos of its new photo sharing app for the iPhone, and TechCrunch’s MG Siegler says it’s “killer.” READ MORE
Three things set an Internet company above the rest: photo sharing, immediate and unexpected sense of value and familiar usability features writes tech investor Alex Taussig, a principal at Highland Capital Partners. He suggests that Facebook wouldn’t be Facebook without photo sharing, which he calls “the most ego-expressive form of media,” and mentions other sites and apps cropping up that play into that, such as Instagram, Picplz, Pixable, Path, and Color. READ MORE
