In a recent Yahoo press event discussing changes to the Flickr photo sharing service, CEO Marissa Mayer was asked why the Flickr Pro service was being discontinued. Her response, given 46 minutes into the interview, was a bit of a bombshell. “…there’s no such thing as Flickr Pro, because today, with cameras as pervasive as they are, […]
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Flickr Undergoes Quiet, Major Redesign And Adds Massive Storage Limit
Flickr is one of those web services that almost everyone uses, yet it feels like no one talks about. Before Apple had PhotoStream or Google had Picasa, people shared photos via Flickr. Acquired back in 2005 by Yahoo, the image and video sharing site was slowly been getting eclipsed by newer, flashier services. Until yesterday, […]
Adobe Brightens Your Day With New Artistic Tools
On Tuesday, Adobe released the fourth revision of their popular Lightroom product for photo editing and organizing. For $149 (only $79 if you’re a student or purchasing an upgrade from a previous version), Lightroom 4 adds basic video editing capabilities and an improved photo editing interface. Sliders default to the zero position in the middle, […]
Upcoming Photography App Lets You Erase People From Existence
As a camera enthusiast and gadget junkie, I recently stumbled upon a rather interesting concept for a smartphone app that could revolutionize vacation photos. Scalado Remove essentially allows you to remove people and other moving objects from the frame of your picture by using multiple exposures to build a background matte. Using this matte, you […]
DROID News: Official Bionic Stats And DROID HD Revealed?
Big news this week in the world of Motorola-developed Android mobile phones — official stats for the DROID Bionic were revealed in official literature and Engadget posted the first images of the long-rumored, still-in-development DROID HD. First, let’s take a look at the phone whose official name we actually know. According to a leaked Tips […]