A faster Cooliris now with Bing Image search

October 27th, 2009 by cooliris

We hope you’ve been enjoying Cooliris version 1.11.5! If you haven’t yet gotten it, hurry and get it at cooliris.com, because the performance has been improved up to 30 percent on Windows machines, meaning a faster, slicker Cooliris!

In addition, we know you’ve been writing us about supporting Bing Image search and we’re super excited to announce that it is available now!  Simply click in our search toolbar and select Bing as your search engine, or launch Cooliris from any Bing Image search webpage. In light of Halloween coming up in four days, here’s a Wall of some funny Halloween comic strips!

We sincerely hope that you’ve been enjoying our recent performance and usability enhancements to the Cooliris product. In Michele Turner’s words (our very own Executive Vice President of Products), “Supporting platforms, devices, and sites that are important to our users will allow our unique user experience and superior browsing capabilities to spread beyond our immensely happy community. We are thrilled to continue our support of Microsoft’s platforms and innovations through our continued investment in improving their users’ experiences on IE, Windows, and Bing by providing the fastest, most visually compelling, interactive, content browsing experience available.”

Enjoy!

Cooliris for the iPhone v1.5: Faster, Flashier, and More Social

August 10th, 2009 by cooliris

Get ready to upgrade to your mobile browsing experience with the release of Cooliris for the iPhone Version 1.5! This newest incarnation focuses on streamlining your social networking and media surfing on the fly.

Let’s talk specifics.

The first thing you’ll notice is the improved speed. We’ve boosted the app’s performance to make your searches up to 5X faster! This souped-up engine is complimented by a beautifully revamped user interface. Version 1.5’s new, snappier design features simplified menus and navigation with an intuitive feel that works naturally with the iPhone.

Have you tried Bing, Microsoft’s new “decision engine”? Cooliris brings it right to your iPhone, with the ability to surf images through Bing, as well as Picasa Web Albums. And no matter which provider you use, v1.5 provides a Safesearch option.

We’ve also introduced a new feature called “My Social” for full Twitter support. Now you can surf through both your personal and public Twitter timelines. You can even pick new users to Follow and can ReTweet your favorite posts. To log into your Twitter account, simply go to Main Menu > Preferences > Login > Twitter Login.

Now, if that’s not enough, we’ve streamlined things to make navigation smoother and easier. For example, now you can view titles for individual items on the Wall without having to select the item. Also, you’ll never lose the context of any Wall item again when switching to the home screen.

And finally, for the geek crowd, here’s a cool trick: Launch any Media RSS feed from Safari using cooliris:// + Feed URL, and it will launch the feed page into Cooliris! For example, enter this feed into Safari on your iPhone: cooliris://feeds.digg.com/digg/news/popular.rss. What’s cool about this is if you have these Cooliris URLs listed anywhere on a webpage, you can easily launch them from Safari without manually entering the URLs into Cooliris. And as long as you’re logged into your Cooliris account, you can favorite or subscribe to these feeds or Walls with just the click of a star!

So check out Cooliris for the iPhone v1.5 at the iTunes App Store, and enjoy a fluid mobile browsing experience at lightning fast speed. Let Cooliris be your window to a world of media – and the door to sharing that world with friends and family. Connecting just got a whole lot easier.

Cooliris v.1.11: Smooth, Cultivated, and Fully Integrated

July 1st, 2009 by cooliris
Cooliris is all about giving you a super-smooth experience when
you’re browsing the web. That’s why in our newest incarnation, version
1.11, we’ve changed the way Cooliris interacts with you in some really
fundamental but really important ways.
MULTITASKING (OR, HOW TO DO 10,000 THINGS AT ONCE, IN STYLE)
Let’s face it, we’re all busy people, and we probably have the
shortest attention spans in the history of mankind. Never is this more
apparent than in our web navigation habits, when we’re trying to juggle
work, social networking, entertainment, finances, and news updates.
Sometimes there’s blinking between all of those tasks. Sometimes there
isn’t.
In light of this, the Cooliris experience now scales to your level
of immersion. Full-screen is now an option rather than a default,
allowing you to make Cooliris your centerpiece or just another window.
A big change is that Cooliris now features tabbed browsing. This
enables you to run multiple instances of the app, and lets you jump
freely between Cooliris, other tabs, and desktop programs such as email
clients and iTunes. You can even run it in the background as a music
player, cycling through your favorite music videos while you work.
A URL FOR EVERY OCCASION, AND CONTENT SHARING!
With Cooliris available in tab, there’s now a URL for any item or Wall of content. What does this mean?
– Set a 3D Wall view as your homepage to have your favorite photo
and video search results and all the latest news and entertainment
right at your fingertips, every time you fire up your browser!
– Bookmark single items or an entire Wall to your browser, so you
can quickly relocate photo albums from your local computer drive or
photo sites such as Flickr.
– Even share your 3D Wall with friends by giving them its URL.
Sharing your 3D Wall is super easy. Here’s how to give it try: (1)
View a Wall of public content as you normally would; (2) copy its
unique URL from your browser’s address bar; and (3) paste it anywhere
you’d like, such as in your blog post or email, Twitter, Facebook, you
name it. When your friends or readers click the link, they will see
your Wall in Cooliris (or be prompted to download Cooliris if they
don’t already have it).
BUT WAIT, THERE’S MORE!
For Flickr aficionados, Cooliris now allows all photos on a single
Wall to be complete with title, author, description, and tags, and can
jump between sets and pools. And on MySpace, you can now enjoy photos
from any page in a streaming content wall.
There’s a whole set of new interface revamps as well, giving you
smoother, more apparent scrolling and niftier navigation options.
Our brand new version 1.11 is now available at www.cooliris.com for
Firefox (Windows, Mac, Linux) and Internet Explorer. A beta version for
Safari (Mac) is also available. Below is a quick video run-through of
how you can start using Cooliris v1.11. Enjoy!

Cooliris for iPhone: Welcome to Your Mobile Media Center

May 7th, 2009 by cooliris

Cooliris for iPhone just got real personal. With our latest version, we’re bringing you a whole new world of interactivity and customizability. Stay connected to your personal content: your Cooliris Favorites, custom Media RSS feeds, Flickr/Picasa account access, and even your own Twitter account!

From the ground up, Cooliris for iPhone offers a fresh new experience: we’ve significantly increased the speed of image loading on the Wall so you can fly through your search just as if you’re on your desktop. The user interface has a great new look filled with vibrant, bold thumbnails. And our handy drop-down menu makes navigating all of the fantastic new features a breeze.

But let’s really get into what makes Cooliris for iPhone the mobile portal to YOUR personal webspace.

Mobile Favorites
You’re now fully synced up with the Favorites you made on your web client. View, Add, and Remove media from Cooliris whether you’re at home or on the move.

Custom Media RSS Feeds
Add and Save Media RSS feeds right to your Wall! Access Cooliris-enabled sites and anywhere that incorporates Media RSS.

Twitter Integration
When you’re on the go, there’s always that ridiculous incident or spur-of-the-moment update you want to share with your friends. That’s what Tweeting is for! And now you can post Tweets directly from your mobile Wall, thanks to our new full Twitter integration.

Flickr & Picasa Access
Now you can easily access any public Flickr or Picasa account easily using your username, email address or NSID!

Improved Preferences Customization

Now you can fully control your Cooliris preferences, from saving history to filtering options for Google searches.

Cooliris for iPhone transitions your iPhone into a fully functional mobile media center, allowing you to explore and showcase the corners of the web that matter the most to you. Stay social, stay connected, and stay on top of the latest and greatest that internet media has to offer! Be sure to dow

Vote for Cooliris in the CNET Webware 100!

April 23rd, 2009 by cooliris

Wow - thanks everyone for nominating us for CNET’s Webware 100! The Webware 100 recognizes the top 100 web applications across 30 different categories.

Thanks to you guys and to CNET, we’ve been selected as a Finalist! We’re super excited about this - please help us win this home by voting for us! Thanks so much for your support.

http://blog.cooliris.com/2009/04/22/were-a-finalist-in-cnet-webware-100/

Cooliris v1.10 released today! Local browsing of your hard drive, Facebook support, and search Google Images, YouTube, Flickr, and more!

April 13th, 2009 by cooliris

Your comments are important to us! We’ve been listening closely to your feedback and have been working hard to create the features you’ve requested. Today, we are proud to release our biggest release to date with great new features:

View Local Photos - You can now search through the My Computer icon and be able to access any of your image galleries in Cooliris.

Get the Full Facebook Album Experience - Browse your friends’ photos on the streaming 3D Wall, complete with title, tags, comments, and more.

More Relevant Information in the Wall - View shutter, aperture and ISO of Flickr Photos, see image size and source of Google images, view ratings and comments of YouTube Videos, or browse full news articles in Discover.

Get the new Cooliris at http://www.cooliris.com/.
For more information, visit http://blog.cooliris.com/2009/04/12/count-on-a-whole-new-cooliris-experience-with-v110/

Try out the new Cooliris and leave a comment telling me what you think. Who knows? Maybe a feature you request will show up in our next big release! :)

Jackie

Cooliris as a Presentation Tool

April 2nd, 2009 by cooliris

Upgrade your presentations using Cooliris — http://blog.cooliris.com/2009/03/30/cooliris-in-presentation-mode/

Version 1.9.2 Now Compatible with Safari 4 Beta!

March 3rd, 2009 by cooliris

Safari 4 Beta was just released a few days ago, and already, a lot of our users have been asking: Where is our Cooliris for Safari 4 Beta? We’re not neglecting you guys!  We’re excited to say that the new version 1.9.2 is now compatible with Safari 4 Beta, so Safari users - download away! Also, if you notice any issues or have any general feedback, feel free to email feedback@cooliris.com.

Cooliris Shopping: Bigger and Better

February 10th, 2009 by cooliris

We just expanded Cooliris Shopping to bring you an improved, faster search feature! Now you can search across all 11 different stores, including the new additions of HBO Shop, CompUSA, and ShopNBC, so you can efficiently view more results and compare items from a variety of stores on one interface.

You can do a comprehensive search using our search box for your favorite items across all stores, or narrow down your results to a specific store and category. Just click Shopping and you’ll see all our latest Shopping channels.

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We also have hand-selected shopping recommendations in unique channels for browsing, now featuring Valentine’s gifts for him and her, Photo equipment, and Bestselling Electronics. We will be constantly updating this channel set, so be sure to check back frequently!

We’re working hard to make your experience better and make online shopping with Cooliris a breeze. You can favorite items to review later, or jump out to the parent page using the More Info icon to get more details and to purchase items directly. And be sure to check out our unique seasonal and special-feature shopping channels. Make next weekend memorable for that special someone and pick out something perfect from our Valentine’s Day channel!

September 17th, 2008 by cooliris

Everybody Get on the Wall

September 17th, 2008 Sometimes, the best ideas come from the best wishes. We heard from professional web developers, everyday photo album enthusiasts, and everyone in-between, “I wish there was a way that everyone could surf my media using the Cooliris wall, directly on my webpage.”

Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Cooliris for Your Site.

Your website visitors no longer have to fire up Cooliris in order to browse your media with the 3D Wall. Now you can embed the wall directly into your website as a Flash application. While those with Cooliris can launch your gallery full-screen from the embedded Wall, those without it can still get a taste of the experience!

Setting up Cooliris for Your Site couldn’t be easier. Once you have a media RSS feed containing your content, just paste it into our ready-made embed code. Add a crossdomain.xml file to your website, and you’re good to go! You’ll find everything you need, as well as step by step instructions and examples here: http://developer.cooliris.com/embed

We know a lot of folks do their websurfing at places like work or the library, where it’s hard to load third party software. So now there’s a quick way to ensure that everyone can enjoy your site’s media the way it was meant to be seen: in streaming 3-Dimensional splendor with the Cooliris Wall.

Here are samples from three developers who embedded the Cooliris Wall on to their sites. Feel free to post your own in by commenting on this blog post!

www.geograph.org.uk

www.lybrary.com

www.strollerweb.co.uk

www.imedstudios.com

Have fun exploring Cooliris!

The Cooliris Team