Category Archives: Mobile Photo Connect

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Google: what’s wrong with a lack of jaw-dropping announcements?

Artificial Intelligence, Augmented reality, computer vision, content, Content Recognition, Facial recognition, google, Interface, mobile, Mobile Photo Connect, photo merchandise, photo sharing May 23, 2017 Paul Melcher Leave a comment

In short: Nothing. With an emphasis on incremental improvements to Google’s photo organizing, sharing and search solutions, Google’s maturing solutions are now becoming so easy, efficient, and helpful that many consumers will feel they can’t live without them. Perhaps equally important, Google is opening up more and more of its supporting AI technologies to developers – for companies who can’t afford to hire an army of AI PhDs. The Google I/O announcements important to mobile imaging vendors To put the photo-related announcements in perspective, note…

Move over Snap: Facebook is the camera company to beat

Adobe, Augmented reality, computer vision, content, Content Recognition, Facial recognition, mobile, Mobile Photo Connect, Snapchat, Social Media, visual recognition, wearable April 25, 2017 Hans Hartman Leave a comment

It’s the platform, stupid Just as the world finally figured out why Snap relabeled itself as a camera company, last week Facebook proclaimed it’s not just a camera company, it’s a camera company built on the world’s ambitious augmented reality platform. Let’s add some perspectives to their F8 announcements: Recently, Facebook has put its camera front and center in its various properties (not just Instagram, but also Facebook, Messenger, and WhatsApp). For instance, in Messenger, this changed the traditional texting workflow, which normally starts with…

The unstoppable rise of Stories

content, filter, Instagram, Interface, mobile, Mobile Photo Connect, phablet, photo sharing, PhotoTech, Snapchat, Social Media, tablet, video March 22, 2017 Hans Hartman Leave a comment

Pictures may be worth a thousand words, but visual stories must be worth more by some mega-factor, judging by the success of Snapchat’s Stories feature and Instagram’s copycatted Stories equivalent, as well as the relentless pace and determination with which Facebook is rolling out “Stories” in all its properties (Facebook Stories, Instagram Stories, WhatsApp Status, and its recently announced Messenger Day). So what are Stories? Stories are akin to slideshows, consisting of video clips, photos, text, animations, or various graphics, which can be shared with selected…

From Artificial Intelligence to Intelligent Imaging

Artificial Intelligence, Augmented reality, content, Content Recognition, Facial recognition, imaging, mobile, Mobile Photo Connect, phablet, photo merchandise, photo sharing, PhotoTech, Snapchat, Social Media, tablet, visual recognition February 8, 2017 Hans Hartman Leave a comment

Last year at Mobile World Congress I expected the buzz to be about smartphone innovations. Instead, what most people talked about was IoT, the Internet of Things. My highlight was brushing my teeth with the Oral-B Genius smart toothbrush at one of several sinks lined up in the company’s booth. The idea was: you plop your smartphone onto the mirror with a provided suction cup and the toothbrush’s position detection technology uses your smartphone’s camera as well as the brush’s motion sensors to track how…

What Snapchat, GoPro and Giroptic have in common

analytic, content, editing, mobile, Mobile Photo Connect, phablet, photo sharing, Snapchat, Social Media, Twitter January 25, 2017 Hans Hartman Leave a comment

At CES a few weeks ago, GoPro CEO Nick Woodman raised eyebrows by proclaiming that GoPro is being repositioned as a smartphone accessory company. A few months earlier, photo app developer Snapchat announced a similarly surprising shift by repositioning itself as a camera company (to signify the move, the company changed its name to Snap). Meanwhile, digital camera vendors are still struggling to be relevant for the mobile world where the vast majority of today’s photo engagement is occurring. So does it make sense for…

2016 Mobile Photo Connect Awards go to Funimate, Keepy, Regaind, and Beamr

Artificial Intelligence, content, Content Recognition, marketing, mobile, Mobile Photo Connect, photo organizing, Social Media October 28, 2016 Hans Hartman Leave a comment

At Mobile Photo Connect 2016, the premier conference for executives and entrepreneurs in the mobile photography ecosystem, a panel of high-powered industry players presented the four Mobile Photo Connect Awards to the most outstanding among 31 products competing in the event’s three show-and-tell sessions. The Mobile Photo Connect 2016 Awards winners are: Best of Show Award: Funimate, by Funimate Best Business Potential Award: JPEGmini, by Beamr Best Technology Award: Keegan, by Regaind Special Recognition Award: Keepy, by Keepy Turkey-based Funimate offers a video editing app that enables users to create highly engaging videos,…

Innovative entrepreneurs to participate in “The Future of Visual Storytelling” panel at Mobile Photo Connect

content, Content Recognition, filter, mobile, Mobile Photo Connect, phablet, photo organizing, photo sharing, Social Media, tablet, UGC, visual recognition October 13, 2016 Hans Hartman Leave a comment

As an industry, we’re still grappling with the fact that today people primarily take photos with their smartphone, store them in many places (phone, cloud, tablet and PC) and expect the ability to share them in interesting ways with friends, family, or the world at large. We’re still searching for the best ways to serve and monetize these fast-evolving demands through apps or services, and to figure out how our offerings must adapt to stay relevant in the months and years ahead. At Mobile Photo Connect…

Facebook Head of Immersive Media Eric Cheng to share insights on the VR revolution at Mobile Photo Connect conference

3D, computer vision, content, Facebook, Interface, mobile, Mobile Photo Connect, PhotoTech, Social Media, technology, UGC October 11, 2016 Hans Hartman Leave a comment

Under the heading of “Pushing the photo and video boundaries,”Eric Cheng, Facebook’s Head of Immersive Media, will discuss his endeavors in VR and other transformative imaging technologies – including drone and light field photography – in a special fireside chat session at Mobile Photo Connect. The world’s premier conference for the mobile photo ecosystem will be held October 25 at the Presidio Golden Gate Club in San Francisco. Eric Cheng has been at the forefront of some of the most revolutionary imaging technology innovations of…

Mobile Photo Connect announces its program and speaker lineup for October 25 San Francisco conference

computer vision, content, Content Recognition, imaging, marketing, mobile, Mobile Photo Connect, phablet, photo merchandise, photo organizing, photo sharing, Social Media, tablet, technology, UGC, visual recognition October 6, 2016 Hans Hartman Leave a comment

Mobile Photo Connect, the leading forum where entrepreneurs, investors and senior executives gather to discuss the key technology and business issues driving the surge in mobile imaging and visual communication, announces its program and speaker lineup for its October 25 conference. The event’s theme, “Shaping the world of smart mobile imaging,” will be explored through a mix of presentations, panel discussions, and technology demonstrations: Fireside Chat Session How to get your photo app covered by the major hi-tech sites How to get your photo app covered by the…

Freeing images from the page paradigm will change – yes – everything

3D, Augmented reality, content, Interface, mobile, Mobile Photo Connect, news, technology, UGC, VR, wearable September 29, 2016 Hans Hartman Leave a comment

We’ve all witnessed a scene like this: a toddler inspects a magazine and taps the paper, expecting to see a larger version of her favorite photo appear, just as it does on her smartphone. Soon, she’ll also expect the ability to navigate that photo – or video – from all angles, whether by tilting her viewing device or using a convenient headset that will also allow her to see it in 3D. Images are escaping the constraints of the page – whether physical or virtual…