Capsule (website)

Capsule

Company type| Private
Founded| 2011[1]
Founder| Cyrus Farudi[2]
Omri Cohen[2]
Headquarters|

Manhattan Beach, California

United States[3]

Area served

| Worldwide

Key people

| Cyrus Farudi, CEO[4]
Omri Cohen, CTO[4]
Website| www.trycapsule.com

Capsule is an event planning and private group based multi-media and photo sharing social platform.[2][5] Founded in 2011, it provides members with a way to share event information among group members through its website or mobile app.[4] It has been featured in The Huffington Post and New York Mag as a top app for weddings.[6][7]

## History

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Capsule was founded in 2011 by Cyrus Faraudi and Omri Cohen.[1][4] The idea came after being invited to a combined 14 weddings and 9 bachelor parties in a single year.[8] After the first bachelor party, both found it frustrating to aggregate photos from different people on different platforms such as Facebook, Flickr, and Picasa. It was released out of beta in 2012 with a website and apps for both the iPhone and Android marketplaces.[4]

In 2013, Capsule entered into a partnership with The Knot, an online wedding planning website operated by XO Group Inc.[3] The partnership included The Knot integrating the group photo-sharing technology into its website, allowing users to have a central album of their wedding photos taken by others.[3] It was also featured in a 2013 episode of "TheBeach Meets TheStreet," a weekly series on TheStreet.com.[9]

## Usage

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Capsule is an event planning and media sharing site, and it's equal parts organizational and social.[10] Sharing within a capsule is limited to everyone within the capsule only.[11] With Capsule your every connection is defined by the “Who,” “What,” “Where,” ‘Why ” graph of experience.[12] Capsule also has a mobile app called CapsuleCam on "both Android and iPhone applications to let people communicate with their Capsules before and after events. It’s really easy to send your party photos straight to the capsule for everyone in the capsule to see".[13]

## Features

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Capsule operates as a private space for people to share event information. Users can chat and share content during the planning stages of the event, including photos, files, and comments.[5] All information for the event is placed into a single conversation for everyone who is involved with the event. Those who are part of the event are referred to as a "capsule" and receive optional notifications via email or text message when new information is shared.[5] Only those who are invited members of the capsule can view event information.[1]

The iPhone and Android apps connect user's smartphones to the capsule, or event space, for instant photo uploads.[14][15] All members of the capsule are allowed to view the photos shared by a member of the capsule.[15] It also has a mode that allows members to see the phone being uploaded into the capsule live.[16] Each capsule is also assigned a number for group text. A single text sent to the number will be received by all members of the capsule.[15] Members can also order prints of photos uploaded to the capsule.[6]

## See also

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* Event planning
* Personal wedding website
* Photo sharing

## References

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1. ^ a b c Dickenson, Ti (5 April 2012). "New app for students may be the net big thing". The West Georgian. Archive.
2. ^ a b c Tsotsis, Alexia (19 January 2012). "Capsule Wants To Be Your One Stop Shop For (Private) Events". Tech Crunch. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
3. ^ a b c Chang, Andrea (24 January 2013). "Silicon Beach tech start-up updates: Capsule, PromoJam, ParkMe". The L.A. Times. Retrieved 14 March 2014.
4. ^ a b c d e "Start-up spotlight: Capsule aims to be group events' one-stop app". L.A. Times. 20 January 2012. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
5. ^ a b c Kessler, Sarah (1 October 2011). "3 New Apps for Sharing Gifts, Trips & Products". Mashable. Retrieved 14 March 2014.
6. ^ a b "Wedding Photo Apps: 10 Apps That Collect Your Guests' Photos". The Huffington Post. 28 June 2013. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
7. ^ Pfeffer, Stephanie Emma (Summer 2013). "Beyond Pinterest". New York Mag. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
8. ^ Koo, Bon Jin (12 March 2012). "There's (another) app for that". The Daily Clog. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
9. ^ Rocco Pendola & Cyrus Farudi (19 February 2013). A Conversation with Cyrus Farudi, Co-Founder of Capsule (Internet Television). TheStreet.com.
10. ^ "Capsule: A Web and mobile app that collects, contains, and organizes your private content and conversations". 19 January 2012.
11. ^ "Capsule – A Social Event Organizer". 1 February 2012.
12. ^ Tsotsis, Alexia. "Capsule Wants To Be Your One Stop Shop For (Private) Events".
13. ^ "Try Free Group Texting And Events With Capsule".
14. ^ Johnson, Kelly (3 April 2012). "Privacy Promised In New App". The Signal. Archived from the original on 25 March 2014. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
15. ^ a b c Elrakhawy, Mohamed (26 March 2012). "New website allows members to share photos and videos from events". Daily Illini. Archived from the original on July 26, 2013. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
16. ^ "Improve your parties with TV Mode". Capsule Blog. 26 March 2012. Retrieved 15 March 2014.

## External links

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* Official website