You can finally immortalize your White House tour on social media with selfies
On Wednesday, overturning a 40-year-old rule, the White House finally allowed tour goers to use social media and take photographs on tours
The Jaunt Neo is a beast of a virtual reality camera rig, but it could be the best yet
The Jaunt Neo is a virtual reality camera rig with a twist: it's built from the ground up for 360-degree video.
Disney bans selfie sticks from its theme parks
Proud selfie stick owner? Disneyland and Walt Disney World are the latest places where you can't take your smartphone accessory.
Afraid of heights? Explore Yosemite’s El Capitan from your couch with Street View
Google's latest mapping project involves a lot of verticality. A team shot images from Yosemite's El Capitan rock face.
Getty Images is bringing its 360-degree content to Oculus
Getty Images is getting in on Oculus. The photography firm announced it'll bring its 360-degree content to the nascent virtual reality headset.
TripPix lets you create beautiful travel photo books
With TripPix, you can turn 15-30 of your favorite photos into an awesome travel book, in just under five minutes. You can add maps of places you’ve explored, add fun icons to remember the good times, and share your memories on social media.
Flixi is the picture frame that promises not to damage your walls
Flixi is an innovative photo frame that allows you to hang pictures in less than one minute, without a hammer or nails.
How to back up photos and videos to Google Photos
Is your smartphone packed to the brim with photos and videos? Here's how to ease the load and back up your Android or iOS smartphone to Google Photos.
Does your grandma print out Facebook photos? She’s not alone
Call them old-fashioned, but there are a growing number of Facebook users who print out Facebook photos and physically share them.
Researchers figure out how to create time-lapses from crowd-sourced photos
Researchers at Google and the University of Washington have developed an automated method of producing time-lapses from crowd-source photos.
Man wrongly labeled a pedophile on Facebook gets death threats
An Australian man who innocently took a selfie next to some kids was wrongly branded a pedophile on Facebook by the kids' mom.
Scientists develop contact lenses that eliminate dreaded ‘halo effect’
Scientists at the Bar-Ilan University in Israel may have developed a solution that corrects for the halo effect contact lens wearers dread.
Google finally remembers it acquired Snapseed, releases major update in 2 years
Google's long-neglected photo editing app, Snapseed, has finally received some much-needed attention.
Android photographers can sell photos on Snapwire via new native app
Snapwire, a stock photo agency that is leveraging the increasing use of mobile devices among photographers, has launched its app for Android.
Awesome tech you can’t buy yet, for the week of November 9, 2014
Check out our roundup of the coolest crowdfunding projects and product announcements that hit the Web this week. You can't buy this stuff yet, but it sure is fun to gawk!
Like Pandora for photos, the Fireside smart frame learns what you like to see
Fireside uses contextual computing and machine learning to auto-curate your digital photo libraries, showing only the content you actually want to see.
Insecure about your height? This app makes you taller (in photos)
Spring is an app for iOS and Android devices that stretches your body to make you look taller – albeit only in photos.
Capture professional-looking product shots affordably with Lightcase mini photo studio
The Lightcase is a mini photography studio made for designers or anyone that need high-quality, professional-looking images of their products.
Fujifilm X-E2 firmware update decreases viewfinder lag time to 0.005 seconds
FujiFilm has released a new firmware update for its X-E2 camera that enhances the electronic viewfinder performance, decreasing the lag time.
Wondering about your selfie’s popularity potential? Here’s an algorithm to predict that
A researcher from MIT has discovered the properties of the most and least popular images on the Internet.
Ohio man lands a felony charge for not landing his camera drone
An Ohio man faces a felony for refusing to land his camera drone. The situation highlights the problems regarding aerial drone photography.
Metabones adapter mounts Olympus SLR lenses onto Micro Four Thirds cameras
The Olympus OM to Micro Four Thirds Speed Booster from Metabones lets you mount SLR lenses onto Micro Four Thirds mirrorless cameras.
End of days or stellar photo op? Rare ‘blood moon’ eclipses start tonight
On April 15, the first in a series of four lunar eclipses will occur, in which the moon will appear red.
Dropbox Carousel app organizes media files on mobile devices, backs up to cloud
Carousel is a new iOS and Android app from Dropbox that can be used to organize your collection of Dropbox photos and videos.
Booq Python Mirrorless keeps camera at-hand, with extra space for phone or tablet
The new Python Mirrorless camera case from Booq provides durable support for your photo gear and easy access to the camera.
Great images depend on optimal lighting, Photojojo’s Luxi light meter helps you find it
The Luxi light meter from Photojojo is an inexpensive iPhone accessory that helps you accurately measure the light falling on a subject or room.
Windows XP is officially gone, but lives on forever through this ‘blissful’ image
Windows XP is retiring, but the memory of the OS will live on through Charles O'Rear's iconic "Bliss" image, which served as the iconic background image.
Flickr’s new ‘photo experience’ leaves beta, offers improved design, faster browsing
Flickr's new "photo experience" leaves the beta stage and is now standard for all users. Which is good, because it's much better and faster than before.