Images 2.0

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Images 2.0

• CSE 91
• Paturi
• Wing Yan Chan
• Stephen Lai

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What is Images 2.0?

• Images 2.0 consists of those websites that
  concentrate on images and their uses to an online
  community, such as the editing and sharing of
  photos online.

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The New Generation of Images

• ePassportPhoto
• Photobucket
• ajaxSketch

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What is ePassportPhoto?

• ePassportPhoto is the Internet passport photos
  booth, empowering people around the world to make
  free and valid passport photos. We put an end to
  the passport photo rip-off

http//www.epassportphoto.com/
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Passport Photos in 3 Easy Steps

• 1. Upload photo
• 2. Edit and crop
• 3. Print
• 4. Done!

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Business Model

• Free
• FREEE
• Did I tell you its free?
• Exception Printing photos
• Supported by advertisements
• We believe in free software. Still, we depend on
  you to help us run this site. Please support us
  via the advertisments

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Buckets o Photos

• Photobucket is a website that allows you to share
  your pictures online
• Easy to add pictures and slideshows onto other
  websites (i.e. MySpace, online journals, etc.)

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Company Facts and Figures

• Photobucket, Inc.
• Founded 2003 by Alex Welch Darren Crystal
• Total Employees 60
• Positions Software engineer, operations,
  marketing, business development, administration
• Locations
• Denver, Colorado - Technology, Development and
  Operations Office
• Palo Alto, California - Business and Sales Office
  

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• Photobucket.com
• 17.6 Million unique site visitors/month (Comscore
  01/07)
• 500,000 different sites with image links from
  Photobucket
• 35 Million registered users
• 80,000 new registered users daily
• 3 billion media clips served daily
• 7 million images uploaded daily
• 35 thousand videos uploaded daily

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Business Model

• Free, with pro account upgrade option
• Supported by advertisements
• Partnership with immensely popular websites such
  as

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ajaxSketch

• Free web based graphic editor
• Allows you to create diagrams, free hand
  drawings, flow charts, and more
• All from the comfort of your Firefox browser

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Business Model

• ajaxSketch is one of the many programs from the
  company Ajax13
• Other programs include ajaxWrite, ajaxXLS, and
  ajaxTunes
• All accessible online, no need to install any
  programs onto computer
• Files can be saved as formats that are compatible
  with other programs

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Business Model (cont)

• Must have Mozilla Firefox 1.5 or higher
• Lack of features
• Needs internet to be used
• Fairly new company (2006)
• Future is uncertain

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Business Predictions

• Photobucket seems set, as long as there are
  teenagers with blogs
• ePassportPhoto is convenient and handy, but how
  often do you need passport photos?
• Ajax13 is trying to popularize web based
  applications, still have a long way to go

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• THE END
• hint time to wake up