Wibiya Brings Cooliris Experience to Their Web-Based Toolbar

TEL AVIV, Israel, March 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Wibiya, the leading platform for creating customized web based (footer) toolbars for websites, today announced that they will be integrating Cooliris Express into their platform to allow websites to easily integrate the Cooliris experience into their customized toolbar.

Online publishers, bloggers and other websites will now be able to use the full functionality of Cooliris Express on the Wibiya platform to create custom 3D media walls, increasing user engagement on their sites while minimizing the bounce rate to YouTube, Flickr, Picasa and Facebook.

Cooliris Express makes it simple to enhance a website with the fastest and most stunning way to browse photos and videos from different sources such as YouTube, Flickr, Picasa and Facebook. Once media galleries are created with Cooliris Express, users can effortlessly scroll an infinite "3D Wall" of photos or videos without having to click between pages, allowing them to focus on those that are of most interest and importance.

Now the Wibiya toolbar will have Cooliris powered photo galleries, YouTube video galleries and Facebook photos galleries. The photo gallery taps into Flickr and Picasa; the YouTube Gallery supports channels, users, popular feeds and keyword search; and the Facebook Photos Gallery pulls full photo streams and individual albums directly from Facebook.

Each of these Cooliris applications will enrich website's content with the Wibiya toolbar and increase the time users spend on these sites by pulling multiple sources of media into one convenient location.

"We are very happy to integrate Cooliris Express into the Wibiya platform," said Dror Ceder, CEO and Co-Founder of Wibiya. "We are certain that this will open up numerous options for many websites enabling them to release their creativity through the use of Wibiya's unique toolbar together with Cooliris' fantastic technology in a way that doesn't take valuable space on their websites. This is a great example of how third party services can be seamlessly integrated into the Wibiya platform to provide websites with the best web utilities available today."

"Integrating Cooliris Express with the Wibiya platform provides web publishers and bloggers with simple, site enhancing functionality that makes media consumption on their site more fun and efficient," said Vatsal Bhardwaj, Product Manager, Cooliris.  "We're pleased to be working with Wibiya to bring the Cooliris Wall to content publishers through their platform, and are looking forward to seeing many new and creative implementations of Cooliris media galleries in Wibiya-powered toolbars across the web."

About Wibiya

Wibiya is a product of Modular Patterns Ltd., a company founded in 2008 to help online publishers, bloggers and other online properties to integrate the most exciting services and applications of their choice into their website through customized web-based toolbars. The Wibiya platform offers a one-stop solution for integrating, managing and tracking third-party applications on websites. Headquartered in Israel, Wibiya is backed by Dr. Yossi Vardi and other Private investors from Israel and the USA. For more information, please visit www.wibiya.com.

About Cooliris 

Cooliris was founded in January 2006 with a simple mantra: "Think beyond the browser". The company focuses on creating products that transform the browsing experience, making discovering and enjoying web and desktop media more exciting, efficient and personal. Headquartered in Palo Alto, California, Cooliris is backed by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, DAG Ventures, The Westly Group, and T-Venture. For more information, please visit www.cooliris.com.

    
    
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SOURCE Modular Patterns Ltd.