DabKick Will Change How You Share Photos and Videos

By Emily Price2013-05-03 19:52:01 UTC

There’s something about being able to chat with someone while showing him or her photos from your last vacation, or a video of your child’s first steps, that makes the experience as a whole a lot more personal. Meet DabKick, an iOS app that attempts to recreate the experience of sharing media with friends in person using your smartphone.

Frustrated that he couldn’t find a good way to share media with friends and family, DabKick founder Balaji Krishnan created the app as a way to foster a more natural method of remotely sharing media.

The iOS app lets you share photos, video and music with friends — either through the app or on the web using HTML 5 — in real time, so what you see on your phone’s screen is what your friend sees as well.

The entire process is meant to happen live, somewhat like a phone call, where you send someone a DabKick request and go through images and content together. If your friend isn’t available, however, the app also offers the opportunity for you to leave a message for them, explaining the images as you flip through.

If your friend has the app, then he or she can comment and like photos as you go via text or voice, creating an interactive experience for everyone.

This week the app launched a new Music layer that lets you spice up the experience with some tunes. Now you can listen to free music –- pulled from YouTube –- with your friend while you’re sharing photos and video, listen to music by yourself while perusing pics, or access your friend’s songs and listen to music together.

Social features also let you share your “Dab Name” with someone and communicate within the app without passing out any personal information.

During a demo, Krishnan told me he could also see the feature being used for something like selling items on Craigslist, where you want to talk to someone — and perhaps show them photos of an item — but you don’t want to pass out your phone number or other personal info in the process.

DabKick is available now from the App Store.

Homepage image via iStockphoto, exdez; Screenshots courtesy of DabKick

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