Cooliris Scavenger Hunt ANSWERS
Thanks to all those who participated in our Cooliris Scavenger Hunt and congratulations again to the winners!! Below are the answers to all 9 clues so that you can compare your posts to the correct answers. We really enjoyed looking at your favorite Cooliris sites (Clue 4) and personalized walls (Clue 6). Don’t forget to check out the embedded Cooliris Wall of all the participants!!
Clue 1: The WSJ was one of the first to embed a COOLIRIS wall, capturing the 2008 YEAR IN PHOTOS
Answer: Wall Street Journal; 2008 Year in Photos
The Wall Street Journal was the first to put up a customized Cooliris wall on their site. Each year the WSJ puts up pictures from the preceeding year that have to do with major international events, politics, athletics, travel etc. In 2009, Cooliris teamed up with WSJ to make the photos from 2008 into a Wall where users could view the photos in our cool 3D interface. Additionally, the WSJ used the Cooliris Wall the following year for the ‘House of the Day’ photos. Check it out: http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/house-of-the-day.html!
Clue 2: “Romeo take me somewhere we can be alone” Check out the Gallery on this star’s OFFICIAL SITE
Answer: Official Taylor Swift Website–Videos or Gallery
You would be hard pressed to find someone who had never heard the name ‘Taylor Swift’. This 18 year old singer/songwriter made quite an impression in the music world. She won best female video of 2009 for “You Belong With Me” and the 2010 People’s Choice Award for Favorite Female Artist. In 2010, with all the buzz about talented Taylor Swift and tons of new fans visiting her website, the Taylor Swift website teamed up with Cooliris in order to present her pictures and videos in a Cooliris Wall. The pictures and videos can be seen or streamed right on the wall and with one swipe of the mouse, hundreds of new photos and videos are available!
Clue 3: Cooliris teamed up with a charitable organization for the WALL AGAINST HUNGER - find URL of this Cooliris Wall.
Answer: World Food Programme; Wall Against Hunger
It is always great for people to donate to a great cause, but it is even better when those who donate get recognition for their generosity. In November 2008, The World Food Programme (WFP) used Cooliris to create a Wall called “The Wall Against Hunger” to recognize those who donated. People can go to the WFP site, donate a certain amount of money, and post a picture on the Wall with a blurb about why they are donating or who they are donating on behalf of. The Wall is still up and donations are going towards Haiti Relief following the 2010 earthquake. Check out the Wall and make a difference!
Clue 4: Post a link to your favorite embedded Cooliris Wall.
Answer: You got to choose this one!! My personal favorite is…WSJ; House of the Day!
Clue 5: After a hard day of blogging, head to the COOLIRIS WATER COOLER for more NEXUS news
Answer: The Water Cooler (Cooliris Blog); Welcome to the Gallery
The Cooliris blog is updated daily with new information surrounding Cooliris. When the Google Nexus One came out with the Gallery application created by Cooliris, we made a tutorial on how to use the Gallery app. The Gallery allows users to view, navigate, edit and share their photos. The photos can be sorted by date and place (if geo tagging is available), viewed in a panoramic landscape view by holding the phone on its side, and the photos have a cool 3D effect when tilting the phone side to side. Stay tuned to the Cooliris blog for more Cooliris applications and versions!
Clue 6: Go to www.cooliris.com/express and make your own Cooliris Wall! Share the link of your Wall to Twitter or Facebook. For Facebook, you’ll need to share it to Facebook, then click on the link and paste the Cooliris-hosted URL of your Wall to our Facebook fan page.
Answer: Make your own wall at http://www.cooliris.com/express/! Take a look at mine!
Clue 7: Nexus fans got CRUNCHes in at this TECH blog and read the breaking Cooliris Gallery news
Answer: TechCrunch; Google Taps Cooliris To Enable Media Browsing On Nexus One
One of the biggest technology gadgets to hit the market at the start of the new year was the Google Nexus One phone. There was a ton of anticipation as to what the phone would look like, what new features it would contain, and how it would differ from other touch screen phones that were already on the market. On January 5, 2010, TechCrunch wrote about the new Gallery application on the Nexus One, which was created by Cooliris, and how it has enhanced the the photo viewing experience on the phone. As TechCrunch put it, “the [Cooliris] Gallery is designed to scan quickly through thumbnails of media and loads the high-resolution versions on selection, making it easy for users to quickly browse their photos and videos”.
Clue 8: “Girl Next Door” Holly Madison shows off her PICS with Cooliris on her OFFICIAL WEBSITE
Answer: Official Holly Madision Website: Pics or Vids
In 2001, Holly Madison became famous for being one of Hugh Hefner’s seven girlfriends. She lived in the Playboy mansion and eventually got her own show called “Girls Next Door” which documented the lives of Hugh and his girls. The Holly Madison website recently used Cooliris to create an interactive Wall of her photos and videos. Site visitors can panoramically scroll through the Cooliris Wall on Holly’s site to view all of her pictures from around the world, her talk show appearances, her interviews and much more!
Clue 9: Take and submit a picture holding the Cooliris wordmark logo [Regular] http://bit.ly/ciwm1 [Reverse] http://bit.ly/ciwm2
Answer: Take a look at Megan, one of our interns…Say cheese!
Hope you enjoyed the Scavenger Hunt and finding out a little more about Cooliris’ presence around the web. Let us know if you ever see us in the wild!
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