(Flickr has) more than eight billion photos from more than 87 million users, more than 3.5 million new images uploaded daily
Google announced … that it has added a feature to its image search tool that will allow users to search for animated GIFs.
In a way, GIF is taking over TV shows like ‘The Soup’ or ‘Best Week Ever’ as the more accurate pop culture barometer
Snapchat is currently sending over 50 million snaps per day, with over 1 billion sent in total
My sister maintains that Snapchat is up there with Instagram, in terms of usage amongst her peers. Her exemplary use case was a moment that she captured in the airport of a funny looking man who was snoozing in an awkward position. It’s the type of thing that you want to share with somebody, but it’s insignificance would make it awkward in a text or status update. “It’s a way to connect with friends when you don’t really have anything to say.
Australia boasts strong ownership of DSLR cameras with 30% of Australians having purchased one of these professional cameras. However according to a Sony study, this ownership has not translated into an upgrade of skills with almost two-thirds of DSLR consumers using their camera on auto-mode either always or most of the time
DSLR GEAR NO IDEA (by dslrgearnoidea)
Lifelogging device Memoto lets you capture and relive 'meaningful moments' (Wired UK)
I’m late blogging this but I did manage to get my pledge in for one of the first batch of devices… I’m very curious about this but it could be brilliant, especially for travelling
Irrive turns social photos and checkins into an instant trip scrapbook — Tech News and Analysis
Another post about Irrive… I’ve been playing with it more and really really like it.
Digital Birth: Welcome to the Online World | Business Wire
This study is nearly 2 years old… so imagine how much more it is now… ”81% of children under the age of two currently have some kind of digital profile or footprint, with images of them posted online. In the US, 92% of children have an online presence by the time they are two compared to 73% of children in the EU5.
According to the research, the average digital birth of children happens at around six months with a third (33%) of children’s photos and information posted online within weeks of being born. In the UK, 37% of newborns have an online life from birth
(via Crossdressing, Compression and Colliders: The First Photo on the Web | Motherboard) … The first photographic image ever uploaded to the Web was a Photoshop disaster… Wednesday, July 18th, the photograph at the center of that image — a homemade promotional shot for Les Horribles Cernettes, a comedy band based at the CERN laboratory near Geneva — will turn 20 years old.
a woman using Google glasses while playing with her baby offered this compelling line: “She smiles at faces, not at devices.
using Kinect to make Matterport, a handheld device that instantly creates 3D renderings of any space.
Seconds after pointing the device around a room, you can browse a 3D replica on your laptop…
While Matterport hasn’t set a price for the product…Bell says it won’t be prohibitive to consumer 3D enthusiasts.
Several of them have already answered the question “What would you scan?” on Matterport’s website in ways the company never anticipated.
One family, for instance, wants to capture a 3D image of the houseboat it is moving from so that a young child will remember it. Employees from the USDA want to use Matterport to calculate the square footage of leaves on a plant without cutting them off.
