Google unveils Photovine : Go request an invite

Google has started rolling out a new photo service, dubbed Photovine. The service -- currently available on an invite-only basis -- allows users to share photos online.

Though few details are available about the new service, an FAQ and brief demonstration video suggests that the service will allow users to share photos based on specific themes.

Google reportedly said in a statement that Photovine is a photo-sharing service built by a few folks at Slide. The company acquired Slide in 2010.

PhotoVine comes close on the heeels of Google launching its social network Google +. It remains to be seen if and when the company integrates the two services.

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As we reported last month google got the trademark on the word Photovine and registered the domain through MarkMonitor.


This is the site : Photovine.com

There's also a support page with a FAQ about the app.

The privacy policy page on the site mentions that it's a project by Slide, Max Levchin's social sharing company that Google acquired last year. Slide has been releasing other apps largely independently from other Google social efforts like Google+. Just last week, Slide began issuing invites for a photo-sharing app called Pool Party.

As of 11 pm PT there's no PhotoVine app in Apple's App Store.

We've contacted Google to find out more and will update this when we hear back.

Google to launch a photo sharing service (Photovine)

Back on June 7th, Google filed a USPTO application for the name Photovine, sending sparks flying down the, er, grapevine about a possible photo-sharing program. The application cites a service dedicated to the "transmission of visual images and data by telecommunications networks, wireless communication networks, the Internet, information services networks and data networks." Unsurprisingly, it looks like the internet giant's also picked up the corresponding domain name.