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.

PRESS RELEASE

July 16, Palo Alto, CA — Whether you are a publisher, an advertiser, or just a fan of the next-generation Web, you might be interested in today’s announcement of the Cooliris Publisher Network, a brand new way of online advertising that launched in conjunction with the Infiniti G Convertible ad campaign. The campaign is being run across multiple sites including Yahoo! News, Golf.com, the New York Magazine, and Style.com.

Teaming up with OMD, media giant and ag ency of record for Infiniti, Cooliris has created an innovative solution that allows publishers to present rich media advertising on a streaming, infinite 3D Wall of content. Compared to traditional HTML interfaces, the Cooliris solution boasts a 4-fold increase in content selection and up to 12.5 times increase in overall content consumption.

“The partnership between Infiniti and Cooliris has helped bring about a new media paradigm, in which creative and media teams partner with publisher and technology teams to bring about a new, better user experience for the digital space using the most advanced display technology currently available,” said Ben Poore, Vice President, Infiniti. “We are excited that this collaboration creates targeted and engaging solutions for delivering Infiniti’s brand messaging to consumers.”

The Publisher Network leverages the Cooliris Embed Wall, an embeddable Adobe Flash-based version the popular Cooliris browser plugin that provides a faster way to browse photos and videos by displaying content on an infinitely scrollable 3D Wall. Premium publishers can now post the Cooliris experience directly into their websites, drive more views and engagement of their content, while also gaining supplemental revenue opportunities with well-known brands.

OMD accelerates the adoption of this cutting-edge technology among key publishers with its Infiniti campaign, where their ads are displayed unobtrusively across a block of up to ninestunning image tiles within the Cooliris 3D Wall embedded across multiple publisher sites and the Cooliris browser application.

Publishers such as the Wall Street Journal website have used the Embed Wall to showcase large galleries of photos. The Regis & Kelly website has also leveraged this technology to run contests and programs. Now, through participation in the Cooliris Publisher Network, publishers are combining the interactivity of a 3D Wall of their media content with brand advertising.

Over 8000 websites now use the Cooliris Embed Wall.  Although only publishers and brands participating in the Cooliris Publisher Network are able to place ads in the Embed Wall, owners of any website, big or small, can still embed the Cooliris 3D Wall (without advertising) on their site by visiting http://developer.cooliris.com. 

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!

Palo Alto, CA “  June 2, 2009 “ Today, Cooliris announced that NVIDIA is using the Cooliris Wall to demonstrate its revolutionary 3D Vision experience at Computex 2009, one of the largest technology fairs in the world. NVIDIA 3D Vision® is the world’s first high-definition 3D stereo solution for home entertainment. Merging the two technologies, the Cooliris Wall was unveiled in true 3D for the first time, making it possible for users to enjoy their favorite media on a real three-dimensional wall.

NVIDIA 3D Vision combines high-tech wireless glasses, a high-power IR emitter, and advanced software that works exclusively on GeForce® GPUs to generate visual experiences in full stereoscopic 3D ” transforming traditional games, videos, and photos into a wholly immersive, multi-dimensional experience.

We are excited to be coordinating closely with NVIDIA on providing consumers with a thrilling 3D experience, says Marc Shedroff, Head of Distribution and Content Partnerships at Cooliris. The Cooliris application fits naturally with NVIDIA’s new 3D Vision technology, and enables users to enjoy the awesome content that they have grown accustomed to in a revolutionary way in Cooliris.

By combining the NVIDIA 3D Vision technology with the Cooliris application, users can see the Cooliris Wall of media as if it has real depth going into their computer screen.  When they select images to be enlarged, the images appear to seamlessly pop out of the screen, giving the illusion that an infinite world of images is at their fingertips. This enables Cooliris users to dive deeper into online news, photos and videos, social networks, and other media content as if it were floating right in front of them.

NVIDIA 3D Vision technology is the perfect platform for showcasing just how cool the Cooliris application really is, says Ujesh Desai, vice president of GeForce GPU business at NVIDIA. Their flexible and dynamic interface when combined with NVIDIA 3D Vision technology creates a powerful experience that enables the user to consume rich media in a new and stimulating way.

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 download Cooliris for iPhone v1.4 from the App Store and take it out on the town!