Touchnote
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Touchnote.com is a London
business offering a variation on the traditional postcard and personalised greeting card
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The website was launched in October 2008. An app allowing users to send postcards from their mobile phones is also available.
The site allows users to upload images or source them from other sources via URL, and then use it to design the Touchnote variant of the greetings card.
The site features a card customisation tool that allows users to upload and manipulate images and photos. The tool uses a combination of Flash and Javascript.
In March 2009, Touchnote released an API which allows other sites to integrate into their print on demand system. This includes photos from Facebook and from Picasa
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It was the first application on the OVI store which produced a physical product. The app was voted the must-have entertainment app of 2010 by Ovi users.
The company then released an iPhone application in September 2009 with similar functionality .
In June 2010 an Android application was released with similar functionality.
In October 2010 a Windows Phone 7 app was launched. This included additional features such as photo crop and zoom and ability for users to sign their cards.
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business offering a variation on the traditional postcard and personalised greeting card
Greeting card
A greeting card is an illustrated, folded card featuring an expression of friendship or other sentiment. Although greeting cards are usually given on special occasions such as birthdays, Christmas or other holidays, they are also sent to convey thanks or express other feeling. Greeting cards,...
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The website was launched in October 2008. An app allowing users to send postcards from their mobile phones is also available.
Company profile
The company was founded by Raam Thakrar in 2008, and was launched to the public in November 2008.The site allows users to upload images or source them from other sources via URL, and then use it to design the Touchnote variant of the greetings card.
Product and Website
The Touchnote name derives from a small greetings card with two separate flaps that can stand on its own. The company also sells more conventionally shaped greeting cards and postcards.The site features a card customisation tool that allows users to upload and manipulate images and photos. The tool uses a combination of Flash and Javascript.
In March 2009, Touchnote released an API which allows other sites to integrate into their print on demand system. This includes photos from Facebook and from Picasa
.
Mobile applications
In May 2009, the company released an application on the Nokia OVI store which allowed users to use photos on their phone to make cards.It was the first application on the OVI store which produced a physical product. The app was voted the must-have entertainment app of 2010 by Ovi users.
The company then released an iPhone application in September 2009 with similar functionality .
In June 2010 an Android application was released with similar functionality.
In October 2010 a Windows Phone 7 app was launched. This included additional features such as photo crop and zoom and ability for users to sign their cards.