LIBOX

LIBOX
	Cross-platform
Available in	English
Website	http://www.libox.com/

LIBOX was a

shared.^[1]

History

LIBOX was founded in 2008 by

Walla!, the first major web portal in Israel. Pilosof created LIBOX to allow users to manage and share media across all devices and keep its original high quality. He saw that as a consumer, trying to store your media on several different devices and in many different partial areas online was becoming an annoyance; it "seemed very limited and tedious and problematic”^[2]

Pilosof created LIBOX as a way to provide a smooth and dependable way for people to enjoy his/her media anywhere.

The company started working on the patent-pending technology to power LIBOX in the Fall of 2008, released an Alpha version in October 2009 and launched a Beta version on June 22, 2010. The company has received funding from investors such as Evergreen Venture Partners and Rhodium to help grow the platform.^[3]

LIBOX closed down in 2011.

Technology

The distributed LIBOX platform effectively creates private

mobile applications

are expected to be made available in Summer 2010.

Functionality

The platform allows users to “simply add a song to the Libox desktop application” making it “instantly available on a user’s smartphone and any other computer through a web browser.” ^[5] When it introduces native mobile applications, LIBOX will allow you to take a photo or record a song on a mobile device and automatically add it to your LIBOX library, accessible across your devices. Ultimately, it syncs all of media regardless of “file formats, folders, settings” and allows users to not worry about "file quality loss or cloud storage capacity."^[5]

LIBOX also allows users to share their media collection with other LIBOX users. The platform lets users create contact lists and instantly invite friends to enjoy their media. LIBOX uses the same technology to sync as it does to share it with friends.

References

^ "LIBOX Lets You Enjoy Your Entire Digital Media Collection on Any Device". marketwire.com. Retrieved 2014-04-26.
^ "A Way to Share Music and Movies from Any Device | MIT Technology Review". technologyreview.com. Retrieved 2014-04-26.
^ "Libox Enables Personal Media Streaming On the Go". newteevee.com. Retrieved 2014-04-26.
^ "Libox lets you access media files from anywhere, easily share files with no limits | VentureBeat | Media | by Devindra Hardawar". media.venturebeat.com. Retrieved 2014-04-26.
^ ^a ^b "Courtney Boyd Myers: Libox: Your "Library Inbox" Launches". huffingtonpost.com. Retrieved 2014-04-26.

External links

[marketwire-1] "LIBOX Lets You Enjoy Your Entire Digital Media Collection on Any Device". marketwire.com. Retrieved 2014-04-26.

[technologyreview-2] "A Way to Share Music and Movies from Any Device | MIT Technology Review". technologyreview.com. Retrieved 2014-04-26.

[newteevee-3] "Libox Enables Personal Media Streaming On the Go". newteevee.com. Retrieved 2014-04-26.

[venturebeat-4] "Libox lets you access media files from anywhere, easily share files with no limits | VentureBeat | Media | by Devindra Hardawar". media.venturebeat.com. Retrieved 2014-04-26.

[huffpo-5] "Courtney Boyd Myers: Libox: Your "Library Inbox" Launches". huffingtonpost.com. Retrieved 2014-04-26.

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