Pikeo
Encyclopedia
Pikeo was a photo sharing
website
and an online community
platform. Registered users could share their photos with either the community of users or only their friends and family, and they could also add comments. Visitors could discover photos by using a search engine,
a map of the world, or their contacts' tags and home pages.
In addition to being a Web site for users to share personal photographs, the service was used by blog
gers as a photo repository.
The Pikeo closure was officially announced in February 2011.
The service was particularly geared towards travelers and young people, and those interested in the mobile upload feature.
, a technology that makes desktop-like applications possible in the web browser
by using Flash
runtime. The mapping feature was built on top of Microsoft
's Windows Live Maps. The mobile upload application was provided by ShoZu.
Photo sharing
Photo sharing is the publishing or transfer of a user's digital photos online, thus enabling the user to share them with others . This function is provided through both websites and applications that facilitate the upload and display of images...
website
Website
A website, also written as Web site, web site, or simply site, is a collection of related web pages containing images, videos or other digital assets. A website is hosted on at least one web server, accessible via a network such as the Internet or a private local area network through an Internet...
and an online community
Online community
An online community is a virtual community that exists online and whose members enable its existence through taking part in membership ritual. An online community can take the form of an information system where anyone can post content, such as a Bulletin board system or one where only a restricted...
platform. Registered users could share their photos with either the community of users or only their friends and family, and they could also add comments. Visitors could discover photos by using a search engine,
a map of the world, or their contacts' tags and home pages.
In addition to being a Web site for users to share personal photographs, the service was used by blog
Blog
A blog is a type of website or part of a website supposed to be updated with new content from time to time. Blogs are usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video. Entries are commonly displayed in...
gers as a photo repository.
History
The Pikeo project began in 2004 in the Orange Labs in San Francisco, an R&D division of the France Telecom Group that concentrates on Web 2.0 community services. The beta version of Pikeo was officially launched on 5 December gathering a community of about 500 000 members over the years.The Pikeo closure was officially announced in February 2011.
Features
- RIARich Internet applicationA Rich Internet Application is a Web application that has many of the characteristics of desktop application software, typically delivered either by way of a site-specific browser, via a browser plug-in, independent sandboxes, extensive use of JavaScript, or virtual machines...
web interface - Mobile interface : m.pikeo.com
- iPhoneIPhoneThe iPhone is a line of Internet and multimedia-enabled smartphones marketed by Apple Inc. The first iPhone was unveiled by Steve Jobs, then CEO of Apple, on January 9, 2007, and released on June 29, 2007...
interface : i.pikeo.com - Mobile upload via ShoZu and Orange Uploader
- 1 GB of free storage
- Taxonomy of photos with tags (key-words) based on a who-what-where structure
- Geographic localisation of photos (where-tags) on a map of the world
- Photo access rights: public, private, friends, family
- Contacts
- Comments
- Organisation of photos into albums and "smart albums" (tag-based)
- Slideshow
- Trip diary: Slideshow presenting photos according to where they were taken
- HTMLHTMLHyperText Markup Language is the predominant markup language for web pages. HTML elements are the basic building-blocks of webpages....
links and URL access to homepage, photos, albums and slideshows
The service was particularly geared towards travelers and young people, and those interested in the mobile upload feature.
Technology
Pikeo was developed with Adobe FlexAdobe Flex
Adobe Flex is a software development kit released by Adobe Systems for the development and deployment of cross-platform rich Internet applications based on the Adobe Flash platform...
, a technology that makes desktop-like applications possible in the web browser
Web browser
A web browser is a software application for retrieving, presenting, and traversing information resources on the World Wide Web. An information resource is identified by a Uniform Resource Identifier and may be a web page, image, video, or other piece of content...
by using Flash
Adobe Flash
Adobe Flash is a multimedia platform used to add animation, video, and interactivity to web pages. Flash is frequently used for advertisements, games and flash animations for broadcast...
runtime. The mapping feature was built on top of Microsoft
Microsoft
Microsoft Corporation is an American public multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to computing through its various product divisions...
's Windows Live Maps. The mobile upload application was provided by ShoZu.
See also
- Image hosting serviceImage hosting serviceAn image hosting service allows individuals to upload images to an Internet website. The image host will then store the image onto its server, and show the individual different types of code to allow others to view that image....
- List of social networking websites
- Photo sharingPhoto sharingPhoto sharing is the publishing or transfer of a user's digital photos online, thus enabling the user to share them with others . This function is provided through both websites and applications that facilitate the upload and display of images...
- User-generated contentUser-generated contentUser generated content covers a range of media content available in a range of modern communications technologies. It entered mainstream usage during 2005 having arisen in web publishing and new media content production circles...