its sources remain unclear because it has insufficient inline citations . please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations . july 2012 learn how and when to remove this template message doubletwist corporation type private industry digital media founded march 2007 ; 9 years ago 2007 03 san francisco california u.s. founder monique farantzos president & chairman jon lech johansen ceo headquarters san francisco california website www.doubletwist.com doubletwist corporation is a digital media company founded by monique farantzos and jon lech johansen . it is backed by index ventures skype last.fm and northzone ventures . the doubletwist application enables users to send photos and videos to their friends and sync their media library to a wide variety of portable devices . 1 contents 1 software 2 controversy 3 see also 4 references 5 external links software edit doubletwist media player is available across many platforms . a free download is available on the company s homepage . it looks similar to apple s itunes media player but with a few differences such as the location of the album artwork . doubletwist media player is an application available for android devices . it is compatible with itunes and windows media player allowing users to sync movies pictures music and playlists to their mobile device through usb . the software free of charge is available in the android market . as of 2 march 2013 doubletwist media player is in version 1.8.6 and has between 10 000 000 and 50 000 000 downloads . 2 airsync is an additional application that runs through doubletwist media player allowing for wireless media syncing using a shared wifi connection . it is available in the android market for 4.99 . it is not required for media syncing . once the android device and a computer are on the same wireless network the software is paired to the device using a unique 5 digit code . during a given media sync the screen lock is disabled and media can not be accessed through doubletwist media player until completed 3 controversy edit on friday june 5 2009 the cure for iphone envy billboard ad 4 was put up on the bart exit outside the flagship san francisco apple store . doubletwist s contract with bart s ad agency specified that the ad would go up on monday morning the day of the apple worldwide developers conference keynote . however the ad agency put the ad up early on the friday before . 5 shortly after the ad was put up it was taken down by a bart employee . 6 bart cited several advertising criteria violations as reasons for the ad being removed including the original being too dark and the subsequent redesign inappropriately having a white background . 7 with apple being a multimillion dollar client of bart it is widely suggested that apple pressured bart into removing the ad . 8 9 some versions of doubletwist use opencandy . 10 see also edit comparison of android media players references edit doubletwist puts a twist on media sharing https market.android.com details id com.doubletwist.androidplayer doubletwist air sync website bobbie johnson june 17 2009 . a fresh twist on gadget compatibility . guardian.co.uk . retrieved july 20 2012 . article in adage on doubletwist s ad campaign picture of bart employee ripping down doubletwist ad blog post by doubletwist co founder on the story behind the doubletwist ad article in techcrunch on doubletwist ad article in theage on doubletwist ad should i remove it summary page for doubletwist external links edit official website company secures funding from index ventures and northzone ventures . reuters . february 19 2008 . eliot van buskirk february 2008 . doubletwist adds vital missing elements to itunes and facebook . wired . hacker s firm doubletwist enables copying of itunes . reuters . february 19 2008 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title doubletwist & oldid 743698410 categories companies based in san franciscoamerican companies established in 2007android operating system softwaretechnology companies established in 2007hidden categories articles lacking in text citations from july 2012all articles lacking in text citationspages using infobox company with unsupported parameters navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages norsk nynorsk edit links this page was last modified on 10 october 2016 at 19 38 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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