Hipstamatic’s digital “disposable” camera
San Francisco’s Synthetic Corp., maker of the popular iPhone photo app Hipstamatic, is taking a decidedly analog take on its latest product. The company unveiled its new, free Hipstamatic D-Series app...
View ArticleNews media photo seller Pictopia shutters doors
Pictopia Inc., an Emeryville firm that handled online photo sales on behalf of major news organizations around the country, has abruptly shut down operations because it was running out of money....
View ArticleFacebook updates photo display to hi-res, full-screen view
Facebook today upgraded the way it displays photos to allow the highest resolution possible and full-screen views, although only if you use the latest Chrome or Firefox browsers. Considering there are...
View ArticleFederal Trade Commission clears Facebook-Instagram deal
The Federal Trade Commission said Wednesday it will allow Facebook to proceed with a proposed deal to buy mobile photo app maker Instagram after concluding an antitrust investigation. The commission’s...
View ArticleState approves Facebook-Instagram deal
A state agency gave a thumbs up Wednesday to Facebook’s acquisition of popular mobile photo sharing app maker Instagram, bringing the deal another step closer to completion. The Department of...
View ArticleFacebook-Instagram deal finally done
It took five months, but Facebook’s pricey acquisition of Instagram is finally a done deal, just as the popular mobile photo app maker hit a major milestone. More than 5 billion photos have been shared...
View ArticleTwitter redesign: A picture is worth 140 characters, and maybe more $$$
Twitter’s rise as a global communications service came on short bursts of text-only messages. But a redesign of the company’s web site and mobile apps announced Tuesday could generate new revenue...
View ArticleTwitter tells Instagram-Facebook to put a filter on it
Twitter, which was cut off from the stream of Instagram photos on Sunday, on Monday released updated versions of its iPhone and Android apps that enable its own photo editing and filtering tools....
View ArticleView New Year’s Eve celebration photos from around the world here
In Monday’s Business section, we told you about Earthcam’s New Year’s Live 2013, an iOS app that lets you see and hear New Year’s Eve celebrations live from New York and other cities. But here’s...
View ArticleSamsung’s “super” ad for SF “50 minus 1ers;” GoPro goes to XLVII
Samsung Mobile has posted this funny ad starring Seth Rogen and Paul Rudd that pokes fun at the NFL’s strict marketing rules around commercials tied to Sunday’s Super Bowl XLVII between the San...
View ArticleView fan photos from Super Bowl XLVII as shared on social networks
Here’s a way to check out Super Bowl XLVII photos that fans at the game are sharing on social networks such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Google+, courtesy of an app called Moment.me. The app...
View ArticlePhotographer had a nose for Steve Jobs, George Lucas and Yoda
Photographer Tom Zimberoff frequently had an quirky request of his celebrity subjects — he asked them to wear a fake Groucho Marx nose and glasses. (You young-uns who might not know who the comic...
View ArticleTwitter more visual with automatic photo, video previews
Twitter became a little less text-centric and more visual Tuesday by embedding automatically displaying photo and Vine video previews in its tweet stream. Twitter updated its website and its iPhone and...
View ArticleInstagram adds private photo, video sharing tool to keep up with the competition
Instagram on Thursday added a way for members to send photos, video and text messages directly to a private group, a feature that could help the Facebook-owned photo sharing app keep pace with the pack...
View ArticleShutterfly sends baby congratulation e-mails to the wrong people
Shutterfly customers are upset and confused after the photo storage website e-mailed them congratulations on their “new arrival” on Wednesday. The Redwood City-based company sent e-mails with a subject...
View ArticleYahoo lets photographers sell photos on Flickr
Flickr, Yahoo’s photo sharing platform, plans to generate revenue by letting professional photographers sell prints on its platform. More than 50 million photos will be up for sale, from a select group...
View ArticleInstagram launches five new filters
Instagram on Tuesday launched five new image filters on its photo sharing app. The filters are Slumber, Crema, Ludwig, Perpetua and Aden, which “soften and subtly shift colors” in your photos, the...
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