Camera-equipped smartphones are gaining on traditional cameras in the percentage of photos and videos taken with them. On Thursday, a new study out said smartphones took 27 percent of photos in 2011, up from 17 percent last year. Regular cameras account for 44 percent. Read More »
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Summer is certainly the high season for vacations, and that also means it’s high season for taking lots of photographs. New research shows that during the summer of 2011, digital camera use waned as more people used their mobile phones to take photos than ever before. Read More »
The market for photography apps and photo sharing services is crowded beyond belief, ranging from trendy startups like Instagram to heavily-funded monsters such as Color. So why does Berlin-based EyeEm think it can make an impact? And can it succeed? Read More »
Pixazza, a digital ad platform that embeds e-commerce links to items within online photos, has renamed itself Luminate. The newly branded company is broadening its services, turning into a platform for apps that generate in-photo links for a wider array of categories beyond clothing and accessories. Read More »
Twitter is expected to offer a photo-sharing feature soon, something that seems so obvious it should have been added a long time ago. While this will spark renewed concerns about Twitter bulldozing its ecosystem, the big question is whether it will help Twitter monetize its network. Read More »
ZangZing, a photo-sharing startup founded by an all-star group of Silicon Valley veterans, launches today in private beta. ZangZing is entering a crowded space, but CEO Joseph Ansanelli hopes the company’s slick design aesthetic and streamlined user interface to attract a dedicated, discerning user base. Read More »
Facebook has rolled out several updates to its Groups feature today, heeding users’ requests for more control over what they share with whom. More than 50 million groups have been created in the past six months, making Groups one of Facebook’s fastest-growing products ever. Read More »
Microsoft’s Courier booklet device looks quite slick indeed in a collection of leaked photos Gizmodo posted today. The images are clearly from a document that explains Courier’s interface. These aren’t the first pictures that have been leaked of the device, but they provide the most… Read More »
When Canada’s Silverorange started developing ClusterShot, a web site through which people can upload and sell their photos online, in May of 2008, it was nothing more than a side project members of the 14-person web development firm worked on in the evenings… Read More »
Updated: When it comes to burgeoning social media sites, DailyBooth, a Y Combinator startup, has captured the attention of users and VCs alike. The startup’s web site prompts people to take photos of themselves and post them on a message board with a note.… Read More »
Consumers are still looking to hold onto their memories with hard-copy photographs. At a time when many tech-savvy users are uploading their entire photographic lives to Facebook or Flickr, many others — especially those with kids looking to send pictures to grandparents or other… Read More »
Rogers Wireless, the pioneering (and initial) Blackberry carrier partner, launched the new Blackberry Bold in Toronto this morning. Blackberry bold: good, but not good enough to beat iPhone. Even lemmings … aka analysts agree. Read More »
