Since the DIGG Expose mash-up blog post hit the front page of DIGG, we have received numerous requests for documentation and use of the Snap Shots Preview API. We wanted to take this opportunity to clarify that usage of our images is on an ad-hoc and permission based publisher service agreement basis at this time.
As […]

Snap Preview Anywhere (now Snap Shots) was mentioned in the latest O'Reilly Realease 2.02 in an article called Channeling Crowds, Why the merger of social networking and prediction markets will launch a new category of tech strartups by Dave McClure.
O'Reilly Release 2.02 (Download Sample PDF, Subscription Required)

Mashup of DIGG Posts and Snap Preview Shots
digg_url = 'http://digg.com/programming/Digg_Expose_DIGG_Snap_Preview_Shots';

It never ceases to amaze me the cool stuff that people are doing with APIs. This little mashup was found on the YourMinis site. Basically a realtime feed of DIGG posts illustrated using Snap Preview Shots, with some layout and sorting tools to adjust the [...]

In less than a week since the Snap Wiki was launched:

Over 35 volunteers have translated and proofread
The translation of 19 new languages was completed
The translation of additional 8 new languages is still in progress

More:

We are in the process of integrating the new languages into the UI and plan to release them in a week or […]

While reorganizing my bookmarks I came across Jacob Nielsen's Alertbox from Dec 4, 2006:

A classic dilemma all designers face…

On one hand: Users want control; features and enough options to handle any situation.
On the other hand: Users want simplicity; they don't have time learn a profusion of features in enough depth to select the few that […]

Two short announcements:
A. Earlier today we released additional enhancements to Snap Shots:

PhotoShot™ now supports PicasaWeb & Flickr Tags and Sets
ProductShot™ now also displays the price
VideoShot™ now supports Photobucket Videos

B. Several weeks ago we asked for your help in translating Snap Shots to additional languages. The response was overwhelming - over 200 volunteers who speak over […]

Screenshot of hCard on Snap 'Contact Us' Page
In an effort to be supportive of the Microformats standard we have recently implemented an hCard on the Contact Us page of the Snap.com site. Tantek this ones for you!
Snap 'Contact Us' Page

PhotoShot™ gives Photobucket’s 41 million users a quick and easy way to integrate photo albums on enabled web sites and blogs
PASADENA & PALO ALTO, CALIF. – MAY 7, 2007 – Perfect Market Technologies, Inc., operator of Snap.com, today announced that PhotoShot™ – part of the recently introduced Snap Shots™ service – has been expanded to […]

Earlier today we released a few cool enhancements to Snap Shots. Most of them were based on your comments and feedback and include:

Drag a VideoShot™ and AudioShot™. Simply click on the "Play" button to start playing the video or the song, and then drag and position the Shot anywhere on the page. To close the […]

Tom McGovern @ AlwaysON Hollywood, Apr 2nd, 2007
As we mentioned in our earlier post, Tom McGovern was featured in a panel called CEO Showcase: Technology Enablers where he demonstrated Snap Shots to the press, bloggers, conference attendees and a panel of VCs. Not that we are biased, but we think it was the BEST presentation […]