Back in January the makers of the Eye-Fi WiFi-enabled Secure Digital cards announced that they will be adding the ability to directly transfer pictures from cameras to mobile devices later this year. We now know the feature be available on a new 8 GB Mobile X2 card that will be available for purchase starting April 17. Owners of existing X2 cards will be able to install an upgrade by the end of the month that adds the feature to their card.
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SeeMeBecomeFamous.com (SMBF) is calling itself unique in that it’s a social network talent search and fan site designed to create exposure for talent and will soon be the destination spot for the hottest new talent worldwide. Are you listening American Idol and X-Factor?
Path, the social networking site founded by ex-facebook executive Dave Morin, Napster co-founder Shawn Fanning and Dustin Mierau, has raised $8.65 million in venture capital funding from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Index Ventures. Kleiner’s Chi-Hua Chien and Index’s Mike Volpi will be joining Path’s board as a result of the funding. The current round of funding brings the total money raised by Path to $11.2 million.
Apple has just released a new beta for iOS 4.3. But what is interesting in the file system of this new release is the folder titled “Media Stream”. The Media Stream folder contains a lot of information about “Photo Streaming”, which might be an upcoming social feature integrated into the all iOS devices. 9 to 5 Mac, who has dugged this information, thinks that soon Apple will let iPhone users set up “Photo Streams” that friends could subscribe to.
Tagged photos is great for a groan at the embarrassing 2AM mischief and then a quick “un-tag”, but not much else – until Stipple came along, that is. This new photo-tagging service allows users to tag any photo across the web, not just on a social network, and to tag more than just the people in it. Photos tagged by Stipple are searchable, brandable, and potentially lucrative if photographers, companies and content producers grab onto the opportunity. We look at the features of Stipple and how they can be monetized below the jump.
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As promised during my brief live blog which was interrupted by not being able to access the internet, here are a few photos of this afternoon’s Twitter redesign announcement. While we’re still digesting the announcement and testing out the new version of the site, we thought we’d share a few photos from today!
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Life.com is now offering a timeline maker so you can tell your story, in your way, using their award-winning photos. Over 10 million photos are available for users to incorporate into their timelines using this service, and Life.com encourages people to share everything from the life and times of Hollywood power-couples to a single night’s election results. Timelines is a user-generated platform that allows you the chance to give your own perspective on events that you think matter.
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Last month Playfish held a holiday contest which challenged users to create holiday decorations that were inspired by Playfish games. This year’s winner spent 5 tireless days developing something extraordinary. While it isn’t exactly breaking news, this robot, developed by Tami Ka, is pretty incredible. The robot is inspired by the Crazy Planets robot. Honestly, this robot is something I’d expect to find in Make magazine with the incredible to detail. Check out the photos of below of Tami’s development of the robot.
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Ever since we had to write our first papers in high school, proper attribution has always been a royal pain in the butt. Whether it was getting scolded for improper footnote format or screwing up a bibliography, giving other people credit for their work – and not claiming it as your own – is not as easy as it sounds. Or is it?
With bloggers often walking that fine gray line of attribution, we present for your approval, sni.ps, a bookmarklet that allows you to capture content, use it on your blog and give credit to the original source. Read more
iParents.com, an established social network, has teamed up with Facebook to gain exposure for photo sharing and prints. Currently they are running a contest for the best child photo (voted on by the social network) with over 3,000 prizes. The grand prize is $10,000 for the best photograph and the overall prize value totals $100,000; they certainly are making it easy to want to join their social network! Read more
