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With exec departures and reorg, Nest is growing up
About a year ago, Google said it would pay $3.2 billion for Nest, a company that had sold fewer than a million…
Read MoreThese iOS tips will help you take better iPhone photos
With smartphones like the iPhone replacing point and shoot cameras, taking the best photos possible on a device that was not originally designed to be just a camera can have its challenges.…
Read MoreNetgear launches its Arlo smart home brand with a camera
Netgear will join its rivals Belkin and D-Link with its own line of smart home products, starting with a feature-rich IP camera and plans for even more devices.…
Read MoreWhere are my iPhone photos? How to use the new photo management features in iOS 8
Sometimes when Apple introduces an enhanced, and streamlined user experience with their products, it comes in the form of removing features rather than adding them. Such is the case with photos on iOS 8.…
Read MoreManual for iOS gives photographers DSLR-style control in a well-designed app
Looking for an iPhone camera app with a wealth of manual settings? Check out Manual, which takes advantage of new iOS 8 camera capabilities to give photographers a surprising amount of control.…
Read MoreSony unveils new Z3 smartphone and tablet lineup, with better cameras and battery life
The Z3 and Z3 Compact smartphones are rated for two full days of normal usage. The new Z3 Tablet Compact isn't, though Sony claims it is the thinnest, lightest waterproof tablet out there.…
Read MoreNew iPhone part leak: Sorry, the Apple cutout on the back isn’t going to light up
New iPhone component photos show an intriguing protruding camera lens as well as a metal Apple embed for the device's back-side cutout.…
Read MoreYour Android Wear smartwatch can now trigger an Android camera from afar
A new update to Google's camera app allows users to trigger the camera on their phone on a Google Wear smartwatch.…
Read MoreMeet OpenReflex: a 3D printable camera
Last summer, 3D printing enthusiast LeoM developed a 3D printable film camera and posted it on 3D design repository Thingiverse. Now, he’s…
Read MoreWhat does the color orange sound like? Cyborg artist Neil Harbisson knows, thanks to his “antenna” implant
Born without the ability to see color, artist Neil Harbisson decided to use technology to invent a new sense, so he implanted a chip in his skull and attached a flexible camera "antenna" that translates colors into sounds. He can even "hear" infrared and ultraviolet…
Read MoreGoogle’s downloadable Android camera app gets bokeh with Lens Blur
Refocusing camera images after taking the picture is becoming all the rage on mobile devices. Google must agree since it has a new downloadable Google Camera app with a Lens Blur feature.…
Read MoreApple patent details optical image stabilization for iPhone cameras
A recently published patent shows that Apple is working on optical image stabilization for future iPhone cameras.…
Read MoreTaking, editing, and sharing photos in iOS7
One of the most popular things we do with our smartphones is taking pictures. There are a few new tricks when it comes to photos in iOS 7 and the new iPhones.…
Read MorePicture this: A new Eye-Fi card shares your DSLR pics with your mobile device
Eye-Fi, the company that rose to gadget fame with a Wi-Fi module that transfered pics from a DSLR to a PC has finally gotten hip to the mobile revolution with its new Mobi card.…
Read MoreNokia to invest in array camera outfit Pelican Imaging, report says
Californian startup Pelican has designed a camera composed of multiple smaller cameras, which aims to overcome the noise issues typically associated with tiny smartphone shooters. And it seems imaging-focused Nokia wants in.…
Read MoreHow to quickly edit and share photos from your point-and-shoot camera on your iPhone
With sales slumping due to the popularity of cameras in smartphones, companies like Canon are making cameras that let smartphones access photos directly for editing and sharing.…
Read MoreUpon further review: The iPhone 5 camera, and ‘purple haze’
In my original review of the camera, I noticed a purple glow in the left corner of my image. Since there was a blue diode on the speaker and my desk lamp was blue, I assumed it was reflections off the blue materials. I was wrong.…
Read MoreA photographer’s view of the iPhone 5
The iPhone 5's new camera lens isn't a gigantic improvement. But where Apple does make more significant advances is the software. My tests shots show the iPhone 5 has faster photo capture, better low-light performance, and improved noise reduction.…
Read MoreMIT offers a new programming language for the visual web
MIT released Halide, a programming language that makes it easier to process photos without resorting to slow, custom algorithms. Halide might be the software equivalent of a sewing machine for sites such as Instagram that previously had to stitch their imaging processing code by hand.…
Read MoreSony Xperia Ion lands on AT&T LTE network June 24
Sony has been on a quest to climb back into the U.S. handset market, and this month it’s introducing an imaging powerhouse that may help it accomplish that goal. AT&T will start selling Sony’s first U.S. LTE smartphone, the Xperia Ion, on June 24 for $100.…
Read MoreMobile photo boom: The best is yet to come?
A recent survey found the vast majority of photo enhancing and editing is done on a computer: just 15 percent of smartphone owners take and edit photos on their mobile device. This is good news for the growth opportunities of Instagram and other mobile photo apps.…
Read MoreCamera+ gets API for easier sharing of edited photos
One of the most popular camera apps on the iPhone, Camera+, is rolling out a significant update Wednesday. It will add improved sharing and UI tweaks and introduce its first API, making photos taken and edited with it easier than ever to integrate with other apps.…
Read MoreWhy iPhonegraphy works: Convenience
The trends have been in place for a while -- sales of standalone cameras are in decline thanks to the growing popularity of camera phones. No amount of whiz-bang technology can compete with convenience. It is also redefining photography, thanks to network connections and apps.…
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