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Moborazzi is Switching ISP's

We are in the process of switch ISPs so you may experience a few glitches with Moborazzi as the DNS propagates the web over the next 24 hours or so. Thanks for your patience.

Power is finally back!

Power was finally restored to the area at about 4pm est and Moborazzi is back online.  Power was down for 3 days and 18 hours....yikes. That was quite a storm!

Moborazzi is Down Due to Major Ice Storm

The Northeast is in the midst of a major ice storm causing widespread power outages. Unfortunately the storm has brought Moborazzi down. The power has been out for over 12 hours and Moborazzi's backup power only lasts for one.

Not sure how long the power will be down but with over 350,000 without power in Massachusetts alone I'm sure it will be a while.

Stay tuned for further updates.

Update your Twitter Status from Moborazzi

You can now update your twitter status directly from your mobile phone when you post a photo to Moborazzi. 

When you post a photo to Moborazzi, the subject line of your post which becomes the post title on moborazzi, can be posted to twitter as your current twitter status.

For example, if you take a photo while your at a concert, and post it with the subject line "At the Foo Fighters concert", your latest twitter status will become "At the Foo Fighters concert".

Browse your photos with our new Dynamic Timeline

Moborazzi has developed a unique and simple method to browse your camera phone photos. By integrating MIT's Simile timeline tool into Moborazzi it is now very easy to browse your photos by simply dragging your personal timeline.

You can drag your timeline by day, month, or year to easily scan your photos. To display a larger image with title and description you simply click on a thumbnail as shown above.

With the addition of Dynamic Timeline browsing there are now three methods of browsing/viewing your personal photo timeline, by list, thumbnails, or the new Dynamic Timeline.

Moborazzi Facebook Application Submitted for Directory Approval

The first release of the Moborazzi Facebook application has been submitted for Facebook directory approval. Released on October 26th the Moborazzi Facebook application embeds the core of the Moborazzi web application directly in Facebook. 

A fun way to keep in touch, Moborazzi is about sharing moments in life while they are actually happening. Snap a picture with your mobile phone, post it to Moborazzi and the photo is on the phones of friends, posted to facebook, and saved to an online Moborazzi account from anywhere, instantly.

When you post a photo to Moborazzi your photo is broadcasted to a personalized network of followers almost instantly so your friends actually share in the moment. 

Upon receiving a photo from a friend you can can initiate a personal mobile-to-mobile conversation with the friend who posted the photo by simply replying to the message from your phone. These conversations are saved and displayed along with the photo on facebook.

To join Moborazzi and install the Facebook application please visit http://fb.moborazzi.com

Moborazzi now Supports Photo Geotagging

Geotagging, is the process of adding geographical location identification to photographs and other media. If your camera phone supports geotagging, the iPhone is one example, the photographs you take will have the geographical coordinates (longitude and latitude) embedded in the photos meta data. Moborazzi now reads this GPS data and will display a map with a marker marking the exact location that the photo was taken. Check out this example  of a photograph taken in a recording studio in Hawaii. This location data opens up a whole new world of possibilities for features on Moborazzi. Stay tuned.

Display your latest mobile phone photos in your website or blog

We have just added a new widget that allows you to display your latest public post in your website or blog automatically. Simply add the widget code to you webpage and your latest post will be displayed.

Now it is easy to take a photo with your mobile phone and have it automatically display in your website or blog.

Here is what the widget will look like when displayed on your web page.

Follower Groups Feature Added

I have added a group feature to moborazzi which allows you to organize your followers into specific groups. Groups allow you to easily control who will receive your posts by adding an '@' followed by the group name in the subject line of your post.  These are called targets. For example you could create a group called 'friends' and another group called 'family' and when you post a photo you would only like broadcasted to your friends and no one else you simple add the targer '@friends' to the beginning of the posts subject line.

Targets can be single followers or groups of followers or a combination of both. A target is created using an '@' followed by a username or group name added to the subject line of your post. For example you could broadcast a post to just a single follower by starting the subject line of your post with '@username'. You can also add more than one target to a post. For example a post with the subject line '@friends @joe Check this out' will be broadcasted to all followers in the group friends and joe.

Moborazzi Facebook Application

We are actively developing a Moborazzi Facebook application and we are looking for some help testing. If you are interested in beta testing please let us know. We are eager to hear your comments and suggestions. Please use the feedback form to let use know that you are interested. Thanks!