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It has never been this easy to gather you friends’ pictures

A party with friends, many pictures taken with smartphones, many « Yes sure I’ll send them to you tomorrow... » and then... Nothing! Crossroad finally allows groups of people to gather automatically and instantly all the pictures taken during a shared experience. With Crossroad, you won’t have to beg your friends for their pictures anymore because the gathering will automatically be done between all attendees.  

How it works ?
1. Create a Crossbook (shared album) during or after any event
2. Invite your friends in the group
3. Enjoy! All the pictures are ready to be gathered on every participants’ smartphones
4. Access and share every pictures from any device on a beautiful and personal web page we crafted for you

-- FEATURES --
1. Automatic gathering
When you open a Crossbook, the app shows you the last pictures you took since your last visit.
Just unselect the ones you don’t want to share and click done. All the pictures are automatically synched between every participants’ smartphones.

2. A beautiful timeline
The pictures are added in a beautiful timeline where you can see all the content added by every member.

3. A web sharing as well
Some friends or family members can’t attend your event? Send them a private link from the app, and grant them access to a web version of your Crossbook.

4. Private & secure
Only members of the Crossbook can see what’s inside. We took extra care of data’s privacy.

When & where ?
Crossroad is free and available on iOS (from iOS 7.0) and Android (from Android 4.0) in english and french. Others languages are coming very soon !

About the founders
Crossroad has been created by 4 entrepreneurs passionate about photos and travel : Mathieu Spiry (MS degree in Management & Master in Computer Science), Aurélien Sibiril (Master in Computer Science + ME310 STANFORD), Mathieu Chabasse (Master in Computer Science + ME310 STANFORD) and Florent Hobein (Master in Computer Science + Master in IT management).