Socialcam
E215873
Socialcam was a mobile social video-sharing app that gained rapid popularity in the early 2010s and was acquired by Autodesk in 2012.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Socialcam canonical | 10 |
| Socialcam Inc. | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1914039 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Socialcam Context triple: [Kyle Vogt, coFounded, Socialcam]
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A.
Photos
Photos is Apple's built-in photo management and editing application for macOS that organizes, syncs, and enhances users' image and video libraries.
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B.
Graphilbum
Graphilbum is a genus of fungi in the family Ophiostomataceae, known for species often associated with bark beetles and wood-inhabiting ecological niches.
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C.
Instagram
Instagram is a popular photo and video sharing social media platform known for its visual content, stories, and influencer culture.
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D.
Periscope
Periscope was a live video streaming mobile app that allowed users to broadcast and watch real-time video from around the world.
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E.
Social Statics
Social Statics is a foundational 1851 philosophical work by Herbert Spencer that outlines his views on individual liberty, natural rights, and the evolution of society.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Socialcam Target entity description: Socialcam was a mobile social video-sharing app that gained rapid popularity in the early 2010s and was acquired by Autodesk in 2012.
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A.
Photos
Photos is Apple's built-in photo management and editing application for macOS that organizes, syncs, and enhances users' image and video libraries.
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B.
Graphilbum
Graphilbum is a genus of fungi in the family Ophiostomataceae, known for species often associated with bark beetles and wood-inhabiting ecological niches.
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C.
Instagram
Instagram is a popular photo and video sharing social media platform known for its visual content, stories, and influencer culture.
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D.
Periscope
Periscope was a live video streaming mobile app that allowed users to broadcast and watch real-time video from around the world.
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E.
Social Statics
Social Statics is a foundational 1851 philosophical work by Herbert Spencer that outlines his views on individual liberty, natural rights, and the evolution of society.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
mobile application
ⓘ
social networking service ⓘ startup company ⓘ video sharing service ⓘ |
| acquiredBy | Autodesk ⓘ |
| acquisitionAmountUSD | 60000000 ⓘ |
| acquisitionDate | 2012 ⓘ |
| businessModel | freemium ⓘ |
| competitor |
Instagram
ⓘ
Viddy ⓘ Vine ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| creator |
Abraham Paskowitz
ⓘ
Ammon Bartram ⓘ Jonathan Hyman ⓘ Michael Seibel ⓘ |
| developer |
Socialcam Inc.
ⓘ
linked to:
Socialcam
|
| hasFeature |
Facebook integration
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Twitter integration ⓘ cloud storage of videos ⓘ effects ⓘ filters ⓘ in-app social network ⓘ public and private sharing ⓘ social feed ⓘ video recording ⓘ video sharing ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | San Francisco ⓘ |
| industry |
online video
ⓘ
social media ⓘ |
| integratedWith |
Facebook Open Graph
ⓘ
linked to:
Facebook
Twitter ⓘ
linked to:
Twitter, Inc.
YouTube ⓘ |
| launchDate | 2011 ⓘ |
| launchPlatform |
Android
ⓘ
iOS ⓘ |
| notableFor |
early mobile social video sharing
ⓘ
fast viral adoption on Facebook ⓘ |
| ownerAfterAcquisition | Autodesk ⓘ |
| ownerDuringOperation |
Socialcam Inc.
ⓘ
linked to:
Socialcam
|
| parentCompany | Autodesk ⓘ |
| peakPopularityPeriod | early 2010s ⓘ |
| platform |
Android
ⓘ
iOS ⓘ |
| spunOffFrom |
Justin.tv
ⓘ
linked to:
Justin.tv (as co-founder)
|
| status | discontinued ⓘ |
| userBaseCharacteristic | rapid early growth ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Socialcam Description of subject: Socialcam was a mobile social video-sharing app that gained rapid popularity in the early 2010s and was acquired by Autodesk in 2012.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.