Digital frame maker Aura introduces the Aspen, a $299 frame with more intelligent features

Aura, a digital photo frames company founded by early Twitter employees, is introducing its latest model, Aspen, which adds new technology to the device and its accompanying mobile app. In addition to hosting your digital photos in its 12-inch HD display, the device now also allows you to add captions to your photos when they appear on the frame. Meanwhile, the mobile app added a people search feature that makes it easier to find the photos you want to display. Aura was founded by former Twitter employees Abdur Chowdhury and Eric Jensen, and its vision has been to offer more elegant and upgraded digital frames for displaying people’s digital photos in their home, combined with a well-designed software platform for managing the frames’ content. Ahead of the Aspen’s launch, Aura offered other frames in different sizes and styles, like the Carver and the wall-mounted Walden. Its mobile app has over 6 million users, giving you a sense of the scale of its user base. The company today at ... Read full article.