New Delhi: Who said photography was only for those with normal vision? Researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz, Dustin Adams, Lourdes Morales and Sri Kurniawan, have developed a camera app that can be used by the blind and partially sighted people to fulfill their photography ambitions, reports NewScientist. As part of their research, Adams and his colleagues quizzed 54 people about what they found toughest about clicking pictures....
09:38 AM, May 12, 2013
New Delhi: Indo-Canadian porn star Sunny Leone became the talk of the town after 'Jism 2'. She recently did a photo shoot for a magazine where she was clicked by a 7-year-old kid Chandresh Gurubhai Thakkar. ...
02:18 PM, May 10, 2013
New Delhi: A haunting photo clicked by Bangladeshi photographer Taslima Akhter for Time magazine's LightBox section has gone viral. The photo shows an unidentified couple in a final embrace with half of their bodies buried in rubble and a trickle of blood running down one eye of the man like a tear drop. The photograph appears in this week's TIME International alongside an essay by David Von Drehle. The magazine...
03:17 PM, May 09, 2013
New York: Don't worry, Pinterest fans: Your sprawling virtual pegboards of wedding dresses, handmade jewellery, craft projects and food porn haven't changed dramatically. They're just easier to manage. The popular link- and photo-sharing website has rolled out an update, one offering people simpler navigation and new ways to arrange their boards to fit their needs. Although the haphazard spirit of Pinterest remains, the site is much less overwhelming. I wasn't...
08:45 AM, May 09, 2013
A Spanish organisation - ANAR or Aid to Children and Adolescents at Risk Foundation - has come up with a unique project - a phone helpline number that is visible only to children using the technique of lenticular photography to help them report abuse. The number 116 111 is meant to attend to children and teenagers under a risk situation. On this telephone number, only for minors, they can find...
09:31 AM, May 07, 2013
Panihati: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday mocked her predecessor Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee's comment that the former Left Front regime had kept chit funds at bay and promised to publish 'posters' against canards by the Marxist party. "Kept them at bay? But rubbed shoulders with them! Whose photo is this?" Banerjee asked dramatically at a Trinamool Congress rally in Panihati in North 24 Parganas, showing a photo purported to...
12:40 AM, May 05, 2013
Washington: Bug's eye view! Scientists have developed a new insect-inspired camera system which can take pictures across nearly 180 degrees and deliver exceptionally sharp images. Inspired by the complex fly eye, an interdisciplinary team led by researchers at the University of Illinois and the Northwestern University has developed a hemispherical digital camera with 180 miniature lenses and exceptionally wide-angle field of view. Humans capture pictures using the two lenses of...
04:19 PM, May 02, 2013
New York: Eastman Kodak says it expects to emerge from bankruptcy protection between July and September. Many of the storied businesses associated with the Kodak name will be gone. It will no longer make cameras, home computer printers, or digital picture frames. It will mostly be out of the consumer film business, providing only supplies and services to the new owners of that business. The reorganization plan filed late on...
08:25 PM, May 01, 2013
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Thursday rejected a plea of Delhi University students' asking it to vacate the order on a photocopy shop in the north campus, restraining it on selling of photocopies of certain text books of international publishing houses. The students moved the court saying the ban on the photocopy shop be lifted to ensure their welfare and preparation to the coming term-end examinations in May...
02:33 PM, Apr 27, 2013
New Delhi: LG will launch its pocket-sized mobile printer named 'LG PD233 Pocket Photo' in India in the month of June at Rs 14,999, said an LG executive in an interview with IBNLive. The device was showcased in India at the LG Tech Show 2013, which took place in the capital on Tuesday. The portable printer can be connected to smartphones or tablets via Bluetooth, NFC. It is claimed to...
09:18 AM, Apr 24, 2013
Photo service Shutterfly Inc has sued to shut down an Eastman Kodak Co app that lets users purchase photo albums made from pictures stored on Facebook Inc's social media network, according to court documents. ...
09:59 AM, Mar 24, 2013
A person was nabbed on Friday for allegedly uploading morphed obscene photos and videos of a young woman on several websites including Facebook after she refused his marriage proposal, police said. ...
06:30 AM, Mar 16, 2013
Photographs featuring Rihanna, nude from waist down, were posted online by her friend. ...
11:35 AM, Mar 10, 2013
Facebook is building a vast new "cold storage" facility in the US to archive all the messages, photos and other postings that its over billion users do not need every day but want to retain for future reference. ...
11:36 AM, Feb 26, 2013
The Kumbh Mela administration on Saturday banned photography at all bathing ghats at the religious congregation, officials said. ...
12:26 AM, Feb 24, 2013
Facebook's Instagram photo sharing service asked a federal court on Wednesday to throw out a lawsuit filed against the popular app over changes to its terms of service. ...
01:22 PM, Feb 14, 2013
An Italian magazine has published pictures of Prince William and Kate Middleton during a secret beach holiday. And the pictures show Kate in a bikini that reveal her baby bump. ...
09:37 AM, Feb 14, 2013
