Pixnet

Pixnet is a Taiwanese mobile photo sharing, blogging, and social networking service, started in 2003, that enables its users to store pictures or create blogs and share them either publicly or privately on its website. The service is also available as an application, PIXNET is available at the App Store and the Google Play Store.^[1] The service has a large user following in Taiwan, but access to it is blocked in China.^[2]

PIXNET

Type of business	Private
Type of site	Social networking service
Available in	Multilingual
Founded	2003
Headquarters	Taipei, Taiwan
Country of origin	Taiwan
Owner	PIXNET Digital Media
Industry	Internet
URL	pixnet.net
Advertising	Native
Launched	2003; 22 years ago (2003)
Current status	Active

History

PIXNET was started in 2003 as an online photo hosting service for students, and over time evolved into a social network. In 2007 it received financial backing from the Hong Kong–based TOM Group. This backing supported the site's hosting by Amazon Web Services in order for it to grow; AWS processes over 10 million pictures every day.^[3]

See also

• Instagram
• Flickr
• Spaces
• ImageShack