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Creatic lets you crowdshare presets to build unique images

Oct25
by on October 25, 2014 at 9:22 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Product Launches

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Most artists rely on their imagination to generate fresh creative concepts. But for times when the right side of the brain fails to furnish a thought worth reproducing, seeking outside influence is a time-honored way to get synapses firing. Creatic, a free iPhone app from DeliX Software, mixes several familiar shooting and editing formulas into a different kind of creative environment. You start by shooting your image with the app’s tools, such as a timer and Rule of Thirds grid — but no zoom function — and perk up the result with some extremely beautiful and sophisticated effects and textures. Photo fixes within the app cover…

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National park or bird? Flickr knows for sure

Oct25
by on October 25, 2014 at 8:13 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Product Launches

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While the folks at Flickr would seem to have their work cut out for them — having just released a brand new iPad app chief among them — that doesn’t mean there’s no time for fun. Fun, for the Flickr team, appears to be rolling some image recognition technologies into a new Web app. Aptly named Flickr Park or Bird, and inspired by the Web comic xkcd, the app simply tells you whether the image you shot was taken within the geographical confines of the US National Park System and whether that photo pictures a winged creature. The easy part is the GPS location…

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Twitter acquires TwitPic’s photo archive to keep it alive

Oct25
by on October 25, 2014 at 7:06 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

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TwitPic announced today that it’s archive and domain will be acquired by Twitter after “quite the roller coaster ride over the last few months.” The company will be handing over the TwitPic domain and archive to Twitter so users are able to continue accessing their old pictures, however it won’t be possible for users to upload any new photos and the mobile apps will be discontinued. Noah Everett, TwitPic creator said: This will be my (@noaheverett) final chapter with Twitpic, and again I want to say thank you for allowing me to be a part of your photo sharing memories for…

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US retailers disabling NFC readers to block Apple Pay in favor of QR codes

Oct25
by on October 25, 2014 at 6:44 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

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Retail heavyweights in the US are moving to block Apple Pay by simply disabling NFC readers in their Point of Sale terminals while working to release their own solution. A report by The Verge today showed that Wal-Mart, Best Buy, Rite Aid and CVS have moved to block Apple Pay by modifying their terminals to block NFC payments ahead of an alternative solution a group of retailers is working on called ‘CurrentC.’ The CurrentC mobile payment wallet is built by a group of retailers that formed in 2012 to cut credit card fees out of mobile payments and requires the…

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Google Skybox For Good gives non-profits access to real-time satellite imagery

Oct25
by on October 25, 2014 at 6:32 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Google, Insider

Real-time satellite imagery company Skybox, which was acquired by Google back in August, announced today that it will be making imagery available for some charities. In a blog post today, the company said that it will contribute imagery to projects that “save lives, protect the environment, promote education, and positively impact humanity.”   One example where this kind of imagery would be useful is a organization that is monitoring forestry removal by a mining project; the data provided allows Appalachian Voices to monitor the expansion of the mine which is rapidly expanding and threatening the community. During the beta program, Skybox will…

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