What can you use the application for?
Expono is a well known social photo sharing website and it can be used to store your photos. It can also be used to share your photos with your friends and family without having to lug your photo albums around with you. You can allow your friends and contacts access to your photos securely without putting them out there on the public domain.
Expono also supports valuable tools which will help you organize all of your photos depending on a variety of information. You can use tags to search and organize photos easily which makes it really easy to search for them. It’s possible to find photos by searching for various Meta information including the people in the photos, the time they were taken and where they were taken.
It’s possible to share complete photo albums on expono and it’s also possible to share individual photos with people. It also integrates well with third party services such as twitter, friendfeed and facebook.
What is the history and popularity of the application?
Expono was founded in March 2007 and is based in Oslo, Norway. The company was founded by Belinda Isabell Klein and Magnus Jonsson. It currently employs 6 people and the lead developer of the project is Daniel Bentes. Competitors of Expono include Flickr, Photobucket and Zooomr.
What are the differences to other applications?
There are a number of very useful features offered by expono including backup features to ensure that your photos are never lost. The site can also automatically extract information from EXIF data to include the location and time. This makes it possible to tag the photos automatically.
How does the application look and feel to use?
The site has a really nice and professional feeling. Even though the site is in still in beta it’s a nice attractive site and is particularly easy to use. It’s really easy to upload your photos to the site and share them with other people. The sharing features are also really useful as it’s possible to restrict who has access to the photos. Security is very important because it helps to prevent unsavory people accessing your photos.
How does the registration process work?
Registering for an account on expono is very easy and it’s just a matter of completing a very small registration form. You need to enter a username, first name, email address and choose a password. You will be sent an email and you must read and confirm this email address before you can use the account properly.
What does it cost to use the application?
Expono is a free service and isn’t supported by adverts at the moment. It’s not clear whether this will change once the site has left beta testing and has been released publicly. The site has to find a way to earn revenue if it stands any chance of surviving.
Who would you recommend the application to?
Expono is still in beta testing but even so it is a very professional and reliable site. It’s suitable for anyone who wants to upload their photos to the internet and share them with friends and family. The automatic tagging and backup features make this an easy website for photo sharing.
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