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Well folks, it’s officially the future. Drones are dropping bombs, a fish is playing Pokemon and selfie deaths are increasing at a startling rate. A Polish couple plummeted to their death while visiting Cabo da Roca in Portugal. While authorities aren’t exactly how the tragic event happened, but they think it involved an unstable cliff and…
If millennials had their way, they’d like to have you believe that they are the ones who invented the selfie. I mean how could anyone born before the advent of digital cameras even conceive of taking a picture of themselves? Front-facing cameras weren’t even a thing yet! And don’t even get me started on developing the…
Popular social sharing app Snapchat has been hacked, and the account info for 4.6 million users has been released online. Usernames and a partial phone numbers were available for download on a website set up by the hackers. The phone numbers and account information was posted to SnapchatDB.info. The site was suspended by late Wednesday…
The iPhone 5S has a beautiful camera but it’s still got its limits. The lens is made to fit in the sleek, slim case of the phone, so there’s no room for a variable length lens. This means there’s no optical zoom, but also means there’s no option for ultra-close-up macro shots either. Now olloclip…
VSCO Cam has found great popularity with the iPhone set and now it’s finally coming to Android. The camera app provides a suite of filters and photo editing tools that take mobile phone photography nearer to the professional level. You can grab it on Google Play Store here! VSCO Cam comes from a company that…
It’s been a long time coming, but Instagram has finally released a native app for Windows Phone. Long-suffering Windows phone users will finally be able to share pictures of incredibly interesting things such as pasta, soup, salads and their children! Well, sort of. The new Instagram app has most of the great features that iOS…
Twitter released an update today that adds image and video previews to the main feed in its Android, iOS, and browser apps. Opening images no longer requires you to click or tap the links in tweets, you can simply enlarge it from the preview directly from your feed! For now, the previews will only work…
The double exposure was a favorite effect of film photographers. Allowing for two (or more) images to be captured in one final exposure, the effect was a favorite of Surrealist photographers, photo-doctoring jokers, and casual shooters trying something fun (or creating a happy accident!). Now a new app lets you upload your pics and make…
Sony’s new ‘lens camera‘ has yet to be officially announced but a steady stream of leaks have been popping up for the last month or so. The peripheral is expected be unveiled tomorrow (Sept. 4) at IFA in Berlin, along with Sony’s much-anticipated Xperia Z1 Honami. But today an ad for the new camera leaked, showing the…
A new batch of images was leaked today, showing a curious attachment coming down the pipeline from Sony. Sony’s rumored ‘Lens G’ attachment appears in the shiny, new, high resolution pics. It looks like a large zoom lens attachment, but the Lens G actually houses its own sensor, turning your smartphone into a high end…