Category Archives: imaging

The Power Of Earned Media In Social Images

advertising, big data, Brands, computer vision, content, editorial, imaging, marketing, PhotoTech, technology April 13, 2015 Yasha Spong 2 Comments

Brands are spending large amounts of money on sponsorships, in particular in sports, which are seen as a unique way of engaging emotionally with fans. Ideally the brand will be featured prominently in an image of a star player scoring a key goal for the home side and reap the benefits of being connected to a moment of collective glory. Anecdotally brands get “a lot” of exposure for their sponsorships of teams and athletes via images shared on social media, but up till now, no one has…

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10 questions for a computer vision scientist : Andrea Frome

big data, computer vision, content, google, imaging, PhotoTech, technology April 8, 2015 Paul Melcher 4 Comments

With the LDV Vision summit fast approaching, we want to catch up with some of the computer vision scientists/researchers who work deep inside the internet giants and who will be speaking at the event. Their research might not be as well-known as the features they power but they however deserve as much credit as the ceo’s who had the insight to hire them. Andrea Frome from Research at Google took time on her busy schedule to answer some of our questions: A little bit about…

10 Questions to a Founder : Aviary

Brands, computer vision, content, ECM, Funding, imaging, interview, investment, LDV Summit, mobile February 23, 2015 Paul Melcher 4 Comments

After 7 years and raising $19 Million in 4 rounds, hugely popular photo editing app and SDK Aviary sold recently to Adobe. But this is not how the story ends. As the company enters is next chapter as part of the Adobe Creative Suite, co-founder Avi Muchnick tells us more as he also prepares to be a speaker at this year’s LDV Vision Summit. A little about you, what is your background ? I’m an artist and entrepreneur based in NYC. I co-founded Worth1000, a…

Adobe’s golden opportunities

content, e-commerce, ECM, Funding, imaging, investment, marketing, Microstock, PhotoTech, Shutterstock, tablet, technology, transaction, UGC February 21, 2015 Paul Melcher 3 Comments

The recent news of Adobe’s acquisition of microstock company Fotolia has sent ripples throughout the photo licensing world. The software company purchased the 11-year old company operating in 23 countries in 14 different languages for $800 million in cash, in return for 34 million images. While the public announcement clearly aimed at integrating it into its Creative Cloud solution boasting 3.4 million subscribers, there is much more that Adobe can do with it. Adobe is best known for its hugely popular Photoshop product and its directly…

10 Questions for a founder : Lumific

computer vision, content, imaging, interview, Marketplace, mobile, PhotoTech, Search, technology February 18, 2015 Paul Melcher 1 Comment

A recent study showed that 40% of the picture-taking crowd responsible for the more than 1,8 billion images uploaded daily said they lack discipline to routinely sort their images, while an extra 47% said they don’t mind. However, a large majority would be extremely happy to have an automated system take the load of their back . Enters Lumific, an app that can automatically sort, edit and intelligently manage your photos so that you can return to taking pictures carelessly and never worry about finding…

The LDV Vision Summit is returning. Here is why

advertising, big data, Brands, computer vision, content, ECM, finance, google, imaging, in-image, investment, mobile, phablet, photo merchandise, PhotoTech, Snapchat, Social Media, tablet, technology, transaction, Twitter, UGC, wearable February 10, 2015 Paul Melcher 7 Comments

We sat down with investor and creator of the LDV Vision Summit Evan Nisselson, so he could tell us more about the upcoming 2015 edition of the Summit, as well as his thoughts about the visual web. What worked well last year ? Last year, we organized the first LDV Vision Summit. It was the first time that an event combined all the important aspects of technology and business across the visual technology ecosystem. This visual ecosystem includes any individual or business that works with images…

Mapillary announces new app and new funding

big data, computer vision, content, Funding, imaging, Interface, investment, mobile, news, Social Media, technology, transaction January 15, 2015 Paul Melcher 1 Comment

Mapillary, a company we reviewed last year, announced today a new iOS app that makes it even easier for consumers to build a photo representation of the world. The company also announced that it has raised $1.5 million in seed funding led by Sequoia. Other backers include the international funds Playfair, Wellington, and LDV Capital, and a number of prominent angel investors, including James Currier, Taavet Hinrikus, and Naval Ravikant. The Mapillary community uses their smartphones and other devices like GoPro, Garmin Virb and low…

The Future of Imaging by Barmak Heshmat

big data, computer vision, content, imaging, research, technology December 3, 2014 Paul Melcher 4 Comments

Insightful talk by Barmak Heshmat on the possibilities of imaging in the very near future and its implication on the consumer world. As a postdoctoral associate at MIT, Barmak Heshmat is working on inventing novel imaging systems and is excited possibilities that these imaging systems can provide for the future of health, industry and social culture. His talk introduces five major and unusual paradigm shifts that are fundamentally changing the concept of cameras and imaging. Photo by Silvia Viñuales