KODAK GALLERIES

                          The Kodak Gallery was Kodak's consumer online digital photography web site. Its featured online photo storage, sharing, viewing on a mobile phone , getting Kodak prints of digital pictures, and creating personalized photo gifts.The service was originally launched in 1999 as Ofoto , and was acquired by Kodak in 2001, renamed Kodak Easy Share Gallery in 2005, and shortly thereafter shortened to Kodak Gallery.At its peak, it served over 60 million users and billions of images in 2008.
 
                           Kodak Gallery received a number of awards. In the July 2006 issue, PC World named Kodak EasyShare Gallery one of The 100 Best Products of the Year. In August 2007, the Wall Street Journal selected Gallery as the winner in an online photo services shootout. Kodak has filed bankruptcy and is selling off assets to pay creditors. Shutterfly has stepped up and is plunking down $23.8 million to buy Kodak's online photo sharing platform called Kodak Gallery. 

                           Kodak Gallery closed on July 2, 2012. Shutterfly is transferring 5 billion photos from the Kodak Gallery to its website.Not everything from the Kodak Gallery will live on in Shutterfly. Projects such as slide shows and custom-made calendars have expired with the Kodak site, as have Kodak Gallery-branded mobile apps.