PIXABLE WANTS TO GET PHOTO ALBUMS OFF THE WEB


	PIXABLE WANTS TO GET PHOTO ALBUMS OFF THE WEB

ellington

10-19-2009 11:59 PM

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PIXABLE, A NEW START - UP BASED IN NEW YORK, IS HOPING TO CHANGE THAT

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/126d5800-a9e4-41c4-9608-a720ab3eff47/1964796F-E023-44B2-97ED-7BE208247543/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/16/pixable-wants-to-get-photo-albums-off-the-web/?em" href="http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/16/pixable-wants-to-get-photo-albums-off-the-web/?em" style="font-size: 11px;">bits.blogs.nytimes.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/16/pixable-wants-to-get-photo-albums-off-the-web/?em"><H2 class="entry-title">Pixable Wants to Get Photo Albums Off the Web</H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/16/pixable-wants-to-get-photo-albums-off-the-web/?em"><P><A href="http://www.pixable.com/">Pixable</A>, a new start-up based in New York, is hoping to change that.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/16/pixable-wants-to-get-photo-albums-off-the-web/?em"><P>The company offers a service that allows users to create photo books from their pictures on the Web. After selecting images from Flickr, Picasa, Facebook accounts or a PC, the final product is assembled by a third-party production company and shipped to the user. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/16/pixable-wants-to-get-photo-albums-off-the-web/?em"><P>“Facebook is the biggest repository of digital pictures on the Web,” said Andres Blank, one of the founders of the company. “We’re creating a new opportunity for people to create gifts.” </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/16/pixable-wants-to-get-photo-albums-off-the-web/?em"><P>Mr. Blank said the idea for Pixable was conceived after he lost his camera during a 2008 trip to Japan. “I kept asking my friends to send me all the pictures they took so I could keep a copy for my hard drive. But they all just directed me to Facebook,” he said. “That’s when I thought it would be cool if I could somehow create an album from everyone’s photos.” <SPAN id="more-21689"></SPAN></P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/1964796F-E023-44B2-97ED-7BE208247543/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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