EyeEm is the photo app photographers’ love. Not only it offers the expected gamut of editing tools we have now become accustomed to, it delivers it in an environment particularly friendly to image creators. Unlike older sister Instagram, EyeEm seeks to help its members generate revenue with their creations, making themContinue Reading
With billions of photos uploaded and shared daily on a variety of photo sharing sites, monitoring copyright is a nightmare for both visual companies and content owners alike. On one side, photo sharing platforms cannot physically police every upload and on the other, content creators cannot spend their days policingContinue Reading
You discover, you save, you share. What should be a series of simple 1-2-3 tasks on your mobile devices can become a real hassle, especially if you are running iOS. Each step requires you to close and open different apps with the risk of losing it all in the process.Continue Reading
PicMonkey, the leading photo editing website, in conjunction with LEWIS, recently conducted a survey with over 2,000 respondents about the photos they edit and post on social media. Respondents were asked questions regarding photo quality and personal preference and use. Not surprisingly, 91 percent of all respondents said they haveContinue Reading
Making money from photo apps is still more art than science, according to a new study by Suite 48 Analytics. Even when their user demographics and use cases are similar, photo app developers differ greatly in how they monetize their apps, reflecting differences in legacy business models, financial resources, orContinue Reading
The road to editorial supremacy is paved with many dangerous potholes and if Shutterstock wants to succeed in that space, it has to be ready to change the rules. The same way it has done with commercial stock. However, this time, the competition is ready and up in arms. SurpriseContinue Reading
Erosion takes a long time. Memories not so much. There used to be two groups of photographers, the casual, memory grabbers and the pros. The memory grabbers pick up a camera for family occasions or social events in order to compensate for everyone’s poor memory. Unimportant is the image qualityContinue Reading
For those who couldn’t make it, LDV has just posted videos of the panels held at its latest Vision Summit, in New York this past month of May. Since the summit lasted 2 days this year, with over 80 international expert speakers, 40 sessions, and 2 competitions, there is aContinue Reading
A new report from L2 Insight has just been released, covering Instagram’s recent efforts into the advertising space. The Facebook-owned company has made slow and careful steps over the last few years, carefully managing its user base while increasing its offering to advertisers. The result is paying off: In 2014,Continue Reading
In between the real world and the digital world is Catchoom. The 3-year-old Spanish company, born from the creative mind of Augmented Reality pioneer David Marimon, offers developers the tools to automatically link what users see to, among other things, products they can buy online. Using advanced Image recognition andContinue Reading