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Pongr

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Pongr is an image recognition-based mobile marketing platform. The Company’s award-winning mobile search technology connects user generated pictures and fan photos of advertisements, brand images, and just about any other kind of point-of-interest picture with Twitter and Facebook.

For brands, Pongr is a direct response marketing tool that delivers relevant information when mobile users take pictures of brand advertisements and media.

For consumers, Pongr is an easy way to opt-in for promotional offers and share their experiences via pictures across their social networks.

Milestones

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• Pongr — Pongr connects image recognition to Twitter and Facebook. (6/30/09)
  Posted 8/29/09 at 10:26am
• Pongr — Won fbFund award from Facebook. (11/08)
  Posted 8/29/09 at 10:22am
• Pongr — Won TeleAtlas award for best use of location awareness in consumer smart phone app. (9/08)
  Posted 8/29/09 at 10:23am
• Received in Angel funding.
  Posted 7/20/09 at 4:22pm

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Products

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Pongr Mobile Image Search

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Traffic Analytics

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Sources

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2. Facebook crowns top apps. Rafe does, too (news.cnet.com) [edit]
3. Tele Atlas Announces Pongr’s Mobile Shopping Application as Winner of 2008 LBS Innovator Series “Maps in Apps” Contest (teleatlas.com) [edit]
4. Using Pongr Via Mobile Email – The Killer App for Ads (blog.pongr.com) [edit]