Hitting the newspaper stands today is an article in the New York Times that describes our popular PicLens product as an example of new generation technology for Web navigation. You can grab a copy of the article “Coming Soon: Nothing Between You and Your Machine” in the Business Section of the paper or at nytimes.com, which released the online version yesterday.

Journalist John Markoff cites Nintendo Wii, the Apple iPhone, and PicLens as technologies that bring computer screens to life in new, immersive ways. Markoff goes on to highlight PicLens and its unique immersive features.

Austin Shoemaker, our very own chief technology officer at Cooliris, Inc., is quoted in the article.

The New York Times is the largest 7-day paper in the United States, with home delivery in over 340 markets and a net audience of 22 million for its print and online publications. The publisher joins other media leaders, such as CNET, Macworld, and the BBC, who see PicLens at the forefront of emerging technologies that transform the Web experience.

The past 31 days has been an exhilarating time for the Cooliris Team. Here’s a rundown of some of the happenings:

• We unveiled PicLens 1.6 for Firefox and Internet Explorer, our revolutionary online image viewer that lets you effortlessly drag, search, zoom, and zip around thousands of images in a magical full-screen 3D environment

• We got to hang out with Former Secretary of State Colin Powell, who dropped by Cooliris to check out PicLens 1.6 and the “3D Wall” — no kidding, check out the photo below!
  

• We optimized PicLens Lite, which allows webmasters to enable full-screen slideshow on their own websites and WordPress blogs.

• We responded to nearly 3,000+ emails from euphoric users hailing the new “3D Wall” of PicLens. Users described the PicLens experiences as “exquisite”, “stunning”, and even “religious”

• We got featured on 70+ YouTube videos by fans of PicLens

• We launched Cooliris Previews 2.6, featuring a basic slideshow viewer for Google Images and Yahoo Images.

• We danced the night away at our first mega Bhangra party, featuring Rishi (one of our very own team members) and the Stanford University Bhangra Dance Team
  

• We received tasty reviews from CNET, Wired, Downloadsquad, ReadWriteWeb, and hundreds of other blogs and news sources

• We welcomed a handful of new team members: Meg, Krishna, Alex, Jess, Rick, Ryan, Jason, Sarah, Nidhi, Truebe, Paul, Xandra, Noah, Jonah, Rishi, Rohan, Evan, Juan, and two Chris’s.

• We drank lots of coffee and got about 4.9 hours of sleep per night

• We launched this blog!

Needless to say, we’ve all been working tirelessly, but loving it! It’s a great time to be at Cooliris.