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Brands and Instagram : a love affair
Instagram loves wearables. No, not the Apple iWatch kind. The regular kind : Fashion and sportswear are by far the two top categories of successful brands on Instagram. Propelled by the Nike and...
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The photo generation
Regardless of what any teacher might say, there are two ways to become a photographer : take a lot of pictures and look at a lot of pictures. Everything else is secondary. And that is exactly what our...
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Automated photo generating A.I
What will we do with all the data we accumulate from photos? On a daily basis, internet juggernauts like Google, Yahoo, Facebook or Microsoft use highly sophisticated deep learning engines to better...
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Study on Instagram Advertising
A new report from L2 Insight has just been released, covering Instagram’s recent efforts into the advertising space. The Facebook-owned company has made slow and careful steps over the last few years,...
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Survey Reveals Photo Editing Habits of Men and Women
PicMonkey, the leading photo editing website, in conjunction with LEWIS, recently conducted a survey with over 2,000 respondents about the photos they edit and post on social media. Respondents were...
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Study reveals UK visual tech habits
A recent study by Ofcom called “The communications market report” bubbles up a flurry of data regarding UK’s usage of communication devices, whether TV, tablets, smartphones, laptops or desktop....
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Facebook and visual content : Whatever the format
In our weekly newsletter, we looked at how Apple is ingeniously using Facebook to help launch and support their new visual format called Live Photos. However, there is a bigger picture appearing...
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There is money in your face
Facial recognition has been around for a while. At first and for a long time, it was only used for auto-tagging familiar faces on social media and in photo albums. Meanwhile, security agencies and...
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What to watch for in 2016
The 2015 year ends pretty much as it started. Some promises were delivered, some fell short. At least for now. With mobile continuing to dominate as the number one gateway to the online experience and...
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Is Instagram dying of a slow death ?
All the numbers have been pointing upwards. In fact, a recent analysis shows that Instagram will be used by one in three people, in the US, by 2020. With 400 million active users today, it is the...
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LDV Vision Summit : A recap
Tell me something I don’t know. Every year, this is the challenge raised by the LDV Vision Summit in front of an audience made of experts in their fields, scientists, researchers, founders, CEO’s,...
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Snapchat breaks its mold
Snapchat is moving from sharing moments to exchanging memories. Via a new feature released yesterday, the ephemeral photo company now gives its users the possibility to save snaps for later exchange...
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Facebook Head of Immersive Media Eric Cheng to share insights on the VR...
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...
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2017 LDV Vision Summit : A world of foresight
When electricity was finally mastered at the turn of the XX century, it triggered a whole new range of new products and industries while improving existing ones. From light bulbs to fans, fridges, air...
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Visual Tech Losers of 2017 and Winners of 2018
Sometimes, great things come out of failure. Especially in the startup world. As we look back at the year past, we take one last look at what failed, with the hope that they will generate great,...
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18 Visual Storytelling Trends That Will Take Off in 2018
Who better to predict where visual storytelling is going than those who handle it on a daily basis? With 2018 right around the corner, Libris by Photoshelter asked a few to make predictions on what...
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LDV Vision Summit ’18: 10 questions to an AR research scientist : Facebook
With the fifth edition of the LDV Vision summit right around the corner ( May 23-24, discount tickets available on the right =>), we approached some of the speakers to get a hint of what they are...
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Article 13 : What does it mean for photos ?
Just this past week, the European Parliament’s Committee on Legal Affairs approved amendments to EU’s Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market. Among which is included the infamous Article...
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What to expect in 2019 (and beyond)
As the year comes to a close, it is an excellent time to review the emerging visual tech trends ( and failures) and predict those that will have a significant impact in 2019 and beyond. Without...
View ArticleThe solution to Deepfakes
The real strength of deepfakes or alternate images is not that they falsify the truth – we have been able to that since the birth of photography but rather, thanks to social media, that they are...
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