"The Radar team are really good at mobile apps and have focused for a long time on the social/sharing/comment part of sharing photos. With Flickr integration, the Radar app has now become my client of choice for Flickr reading and commenting on my Blackberry and iPhone."

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"Though Radar and Flickr are quite similar in that theyÕre both intended as repositories for your photographs, their finer focus differs just enough for this idea to work. Flickr is generally used for collections of high resolution images, with the comments area serving as a grounds for conversations that stretch on indefinitely. Radar, on the other hand, is more for spur-of-the-moment, heres-what-IÕm-doing-right-now type stuff."

"Whenever you want to mess around with pictures on your iPhone, whether that be taking them and sharing them, browsing your friends' pictures from Flickr, or looking at funny shots from CollegeHumor, Radar wants to be there. They gave TUAW an early look at their new software, just released to the App Store, and we were duly impressed -- they've got hooks into a surprising number of places, and it's clear they've worked hard to make themselves fit somewhere into your photosharing flow."

"This tight integration enables users to follow Flickr photos each time they are shared, and will remain on top of conversations around photostreams, straight off from from the Radar mobile applications, mobile site and desktop site."

"Where the app is really a step up from Flickr's own mobile app is in helping filter other user's comments. You can filter the list of content to see both the latest comments on everyone's photos, and your own. Flickr has made considerable headway in helping users sort out these two areas of activity, but on the Radar app it feels like the conversation is more of the focus. As an added bonus, whatever comments you leave in the application will show up on the Flickr photo's page."

"Flickr, YahooÕs hugely popular online photo service, has billions of photos. Thanks to a new integration with Radar, these photos can now be carried over to the Radar service. Equally important, photos can be carried back from Radar to Flickr. And perhaps more importantly, the comments/conversations about these photos are synced back and forth between the two services."

"As it begins raising a new round of funding, Tiny Pictures Inc., the San Francisco start-up behind the popular Radar photo-sharing service for mobile phones, has integrated the Flickr photo platform into its service, giving users remote access to two social networks at once."

"The integration allows users to follow Flickr photos as theyÕre shared and stay on top of conversations around photostreams, directly from the Radar mobile applications, mobile site and desktop site."

"Tiny Pictures, Inc. today launched Flickr integration for Radar (http://radar.net)--the leading service for real-time sharing of cameraphone pictures, videos and conversations between friends. The integration allows users to follow Flickr photos as they're shared and stay on top of conversations around photostreams, directly from the Radar mobile applications, mobile site and desktop site."

"Using the device's touchscreen, you can easily scroll through your friend's items. With one click, you load one and can see all its comments. And with another click you can comment yourself. You can also double click on a picture and use the iPhone's multi-touch capabilities to zoom-in or rotate the image for further investigation it."

"What makes Radar's iPhone application special is that it provides you with an amazing amount of features (including some basic editing functions for your pictures), without overwhelming the interface. Every picture, for example, comes with statistics about how often it has been seen, liked, and commented on."

"On the whole, Radar is to photos and videos as Twitter is text - quick, easy, and really interactive. With a sleek interface, and social activity hinging around photo and video comments, the iPhone app is a joy to tinker with. If more people I know friend me up, I could definitely see this work it's way into my social media repertoire."

"CEO John Poisson tells MacNN the ad-supported service fills a "basic human need" -- keeping in touch with friends and family amid increasingly busy lives."

"Tiny Pictures, Inc. today announced the release of the iPhone application for Radar (http://radar.net), the leading service for real-time sharing of cameraphone pictures, videos and conversations between friends. Available for free at the iPhone App Store, the Radar application lets users take advantage of the advanced browsing capabilities and features of the iPhone and iPod touch."

"If you're into Twitter, you're going to love Radar. Started with the idea that mobile phone cameras often have little practical use day to day - and need one - Radar.net allows you to show your friends what you're up to, from anywhere, just by snapping a shot."

"San Francisco-based Tiny Pictures have built a userbase of more than one million people to their Radar service, a fusion of Flickr and Twitter. The firm employs 20 people and started in 2005, with funding from Draper Fisher Jurvetson and Mohr Davidow Ventures. Founder and chief executive John Poisson explains the idea."

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Tiny Pictures, Inc. today announced that Radar (http://radar.net), the leading service for real-time sharing of cameraphone pictures, videos and conversations between friends, is now available in the "Friends" section of the Rogers Wireless portal. The Radar service is free, but normal data and messaging charges apply, either on a pay-per-use basis or as part of a data plan subscription, depending on a customers' contract."

"On-campus student sales reps are taking on real-world responsibilities for their employers."

"In 2006, Radar was definitely early. In 2008, the market has caught up, but Radar remains at the leading edge."

"Radar founder John Poisson keeps finding new uses for his site on trips: "I tell people where I'm going now by taking a picture of my boarding pass. On there is everything my friends need to know about my trip. By the time I get off the plane, I usually have a text or a comment from a friend in the area saying, 'Let's get drinks tonight.'"

"For the next profile in our series, we interviewed Ian Jeffrey, the VP of Marketing & Communications at RADAR.NET. Radar opens up the mobile picture sharing space to people who are primarily interested in keeping content and conversation within a group of friends rather than exposed to the public at large, which brings a different experience to the arena of mobile social networks. They've been seeing steady growth lately, and now boast 1.2 million users. Let's take a closer look at the company and culture."

"A San Francisco startup uses cell-phone cameras to inspire a new kind of conversation."

"John Poisson, the founder and chief executive of Tiny Pictures, the company behind Radar.net, said the service was designed to cater to small groups of close friends, not a broad audience..."

"Tiny Pictures, Inc. -- the company behind Radar (http://radar.net), the leading service for real-time sharing of cameraphone pictures and videos between friends -- today announced that Sylvio Drouin has joined the company as chief technology officer. Drouin will be responsible for leading the design and development of the company's various technology platforms. Additionally, the company announced former Yahoo! employee Larry Higdon as vice president of business development and sales."

"Tiny Pictures, Inc. announced today that its Radar (http://radar.net) cameraphone picture and video sharing service has won a People's Voice award as part of the 12th Annual Webby Awards, a distinction that recognizes excellence and best practices on the Internet."

" 'Radar is a remarkable service, combining everything that's powerful about mobile and focusing on a burgeoning opportunity of global scale,' says Draper in a statement. 'We fully expect Tiny Pictures' approach to picture-driven communication to change the world.' Nothing tiny about that."

"If they're able to use will.i.am's pop appeal to transform the community from utility status into a hip, happening place for pop and underground culture, it could turn Tiny Pictures' Radar Gallery into something significantly more."

"If photo sharing site Flickr is Web 2.0, then Radar is Mobile 3.0"

"It's not photography, it's iconography. If the ancient Egyptians had cell phones, this is how they would communicate."

"There are plenty of mobile apps that let you snap a picture and share it with your friends or the world...but one that does an especially good job at just sharing pictures among your friends is Radar."

"This is instant blogging, instant conversations...You get a better feel of what people are doing daily, where they are and how they're living their life."

"It's a difficult line to walk between sharing and privacy, but Radar manages to do it pretty well."

"Tiny Pictures, a San Francisco start-up company, is taking a slightly different approach...Users share their pictures only with friends they have invited to view them."

"Exchanging pictures with friends while on the go can be a habit-forming pleasure, and Tiny Pictures' Radar service encourages you to get in the swing."

"Radar.net creates social connections through the posting of camera phone images."

"If you're one of those people that always need to tell people exactly what they're doing, then Radar.net is just the thing for you."

"In order for me to be optimistic about a new photo-sharing site, it's going to have to offer something really new. The subject of this post, Radar, thankfully does."

"At a time when everyone else is building wide open, publicly viewable photo sharing applications, the Radar strategy is an interesting one."

"A lot of startups have been trying to unlock the trifecta of camera phones, social networks, and high-speed broadband. These elements seem to be the must-have buzz words of the moment slapped on every press release recently. But there are a few companies like Tiny Pictures that seem to be getting it right."

"Phone cams were useful little toys, fun for a moment or two and then forgotten. Radar, however, seems to be changing that equation."

"As the mobile multimedia landscape evolves due to the increasing availability of hi-speed networks, Radar, the new web-based photo-sharing service for your phone and PC, is a natural step."

"It's an interesting alternative to some of the big photo websites, which store photos in a single place and whose interfaces and sharing models can be extremely cumbersome."