U.S. President-elect, Barack Obama will be swearing in as the next President of the United States next Tuesday, January 20 during the Presidential Inauguration. Tens of thousands of citizens will converge for the inauguration and many others events that place next week. During these events, SnapMyLife, a mobile photo-sharing site, has announced that many of its 600,000 members will be able to snap photos from their mobile phones at locations around Washington, DC and the world. SnapMyLife’s mobile, grassroots campaign will cover ‘LIVE’, a host of inauguration events taking place next week and its users will be able to see photos people are sharing in real-time directly from their mobile phones.
Needham, Massachusetts-based SnapMyLife is a mobile-web community that allows users to instantly share and discover photos from locations around the world. The site is optimized for viewing directly on mobile phones, offers location tagging and interactive picture maps, and uses sophisticated filtering technology to ensure a great experience for a wide range of audiences and advertisers. It was launched in April 2008, and now boasts of more than 1.5 million unique visitors per month and over 600,000 registered users.
“Barack Obama’s campaign broke new ground with its extensive use of social media and new technology,” said David Chang, co-founder of SnapMyLife.
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SnapMyLife’s mobile-web community enables consumers to instantly share, discover and location-tag photos from any place in the world. The company invites the tens of thousands of citizens planning to converge for the inauguration, or many regional events across the country, to participate by snapping photos with their mobile phones and sharing them instantly.
“On election day, SnapMyLife users from around the world openly shared their experiences live as the votes were tallied deep into the night. On inauguration day, we are encouraging people to share their memories from events in Washington, DC and around the world,” added Chang.
To submit a photo, users have to create a free account on SnapMyLife and email or MMS the photo to a personal upload address with the tag ‘Obama’ in the body of the message. Users can participate in the event or see the inauguration photos streaming live on www.snapmylife.com/tags/show/obama. They can also see photos from regional inaugural events on www.snapmylife.com/maps.
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