iPhoto is dead. Let’s celebrate. For a company that has build so much on or around photography, Apple took too much time to kill the ugly beast in its mist. With the release of “Photos”, the company finally turns the page on what was probably a shameful oversight in development.Continue Reading
Like during any great summit, there was a lot of valuable information to take in during the LDV Vision Summit. Here are some noteworthy quotes to remember for those who were there and those who weren’t : “Big players will struggle to keep up in some fields as technologyContinue Reading
We fell on the Seene app by accident while we were reading an article about new apps. It was love at first sight . Particularly when we saw this video : We couldn’t resist knowing more so we sat down with Mike Evans, COO and co-founder of Obvious Engineering, makersContinue Reading
There are two types of tech start-ups in the photo space: Those who enhance the photographic experience and those who use photos as a starting point. The first are your editing, filter, archiving apps and web services like Instagram, EyeEm or VSCO, the second are usually in the social mediaContinue Reading
In 2014, there will be 2.25 billion picture-taking devices sold . According to a slide shown by Christian Müller-Rieker, the Executive Director of the Photoindustrie-Verband (The German Imaging Association), this will be a 9% increase over the 2.05 billion sold during 2013. Overwhelming numbers What is even more spectacular is the huge difference between smartphonesContinue Reading
The Western European Photo-Merchandise market is on track to reach a retail value of €618 million in 2014, up from an expected €578 million in 2013, according to the latest photo-merchandise research from Futuresource Consulting.”Fueled by photo-cards, canvases and calendars and potentially evolving ‘hot’ single image gift sectors, the photo-merchandiseContinue Reading