Founder Chris Leydon Parent Keyone Productions | Founded April 2009 Area served Worldwide Website tinygrab.com | |
TinyGrab is a simple screenshot sharing tool for Windows, Mac and iOS. The tool allows the user to take a screenshot and automatically upload it to their servers. The URL is passed directly to the user's clipboard allowing them to paste the link in an email, blog post, on Twitter, or any instant messaging application. The service is tiered with the free accounts limited to ten "grabs" a day and paid accounts giving unlimited grabs and the ability to use File Transfer Protocol to upload to custom servers.
History
TinyGrab was envisioned in April 2009 by former British student Chris Leydon, whilst at Staffordshire University in the United Kingdom. The first version of TinyGrab was limited to run only on the Mac OS X operating system. Soon after, TinyGrab expanded upon this by releasing an application that allowed users of Microsoft Windows to use the service. TinyGrab for iPhone was released on 26 May 2010 and is now available in the iTunes app store.
TinyGrab was one of the original applications featured in the MacHeist nanoBundle in November 2009 and offered as a free download for a limited time. The inclusion in the nanoBundle is speculated to be the primary reason for TinyGrab's mass uptake in users in a short period of time.
In March 2010, TinyGrab was profiled in Macworld Magazine.
In May 2010, TinyGrab appealed to its users for help with funding the project in order to keep it alive.
In 2011, TinyGrab's servers were hacked. This compromised the products code base and led to speculation about the developer's financial future.
In July 2011, TinyGrab announced they had been purchased by US developers Company 52, and claimed that the product was now secure.