DabKick Launches Real Time Media Sharing Service For Images

By: Talha Bhatti  |   December 19th, 2012   |   Business, iOS, News, Smartphones, Social Media

DabKick went public on December 18 as it released a number features that will allow users to share images with each other from different location in real time.

 

Balaji Krishnan, co-founder of DabKick, and his team of three developers created an app for Apple devices that runs on iOS, a website and a bookmarklet. Discussing the abilities of the app he says that, “We actually don’t use the word ‘share’; it’s ‘show’ because it’s real-time.”

 

He also explained the technology behind DabKick and said that it is similar to VoIP. According to Krishnan, screen-sharing “is ridiculously slow, because it’s transferring pixel by pixel” and that is why DabKick uses peer-to-peer streaming after breaking down images into pieces. It also simultaneously uploads it to a cloud so that it can be accessed a lot quicker if needed later in the session.

 

Krishnan has been working on ways to deal with online media for several years. His previous venture was called Snapstick, a technology that streamed Web content to TV. That startup was purchased by Rovi for $20 million in cash. DabKick already has investors like Gree who have put $200,000 into the company. Krishnan explains that the game developer wants to use the technology to lets player show others their achievements within the game.

 

For now, the Dabkick app can handle single person to person sharing of images where both users can control display. They have the ability to swipe between different images or add pictures and also use the Bing API to search the internet for public photos. The service also allows users that are offline or are not Dabkick members the ability to receive content which they can view online.

 

Krishnan is very confident about his temporary media sharing technology and says that “My goal is for everyone to see a ‘Dab’ button next to every piece of media, and know you can immediately share it and show it to a friend.”

 

Source: All Things D