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Lomography, swimming against the mobile photography tide
True or false? With global digital camera shipments plummeting, digital photography is heading only one way - in the directions of smartphones.It’s largely true of course and the stats support it. But...
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Viddy's changes signal a last chance to break through - or even survive
The first thing to be said is I really like Viddy. At the start of the year, I thought it could break through thanks to a fundamentally good - and I believe very mobile friendly - product.Then Viddy...
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A definition of social network maturity
(Above - Vine. Will it achieve social media maturity?)The other week I gave a talk to De Monfort University’s digital marketing and social media course. Afterwards, I was asked: Why should brands...
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Proof that visual social media ideas can be simple as well as effective
Earlier in the week, I spoke at Greece’s ’Social Media Conference 13’ on visual social media, my presentation is embedded at the end of this post.Beforehand, I considered the objection brands often...
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In praise of Snapguide
A year ago Silicon Valley website Pandodaily had this to say about the (then) just launched Snapguide - “Holy Crap this thing is pretty”, while also praising its time wasting qualities.Its true,...
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The evidence is in - video drives the most social engagement
Have you heard of SoMoVid? I hadn’t either until I read the expression on Adobe’s excellent digital marketing blog. It stands for social / mobile / video of course, and the point that Abobe was trying...
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More photos are taken every day with the iPhone than any other camera
OK, so this is an ad, but a beautifully put together one at that. The point it is trying to make? Every day more photos are taken with the iPhone than any other camera.So says Apple. Where is the...
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Will wearables and Google Glass be behind the next photo revolution?
One of the (many) reasons behind the shift from digital to smartphone cameras is the near-instantaneous nature of being able to take a picture with your mobile. However, that’s still too slow for...
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Beyond Instagram, visual social networks to look out for: Beyond Instagram - visual networks to look out for from The Rabbit Agency (Rabbit)I gave a talk at Digital Shoreditch 2013 on ‘Beyond...
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Why the demise of Jux is good news for Tumblr
What’s the best alternative to Tumblr? As recently as a few days ago I would have pointed you to Jux. What’s Jux? Jux was an image-rich Tumblr alternative, set up by the founders of file-sharing...
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A sign of the times? Newspaper replaces the picture desk with iPhones
On April Fool’s Day this year, one story caught my attention. A US College Newspaper (unfortunately I can no longer find the link) said it was firing its picture desk and replacing them with iPhones....
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Three reasons why Instagram Video will succeed….and three reasons why it will...
Why it will succeed1 - Facebook is behind it. The default social network for most people worldwide, Facebook has the means to make this work.2 - Unlike other mobile video ventures, Instagram isn’t...
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Instagram Video starts to pick up at Vine's expense
Over the last few days there has not surprisingly been a fair amount of discussion around the merits of Instagram Video. Certainly not all of it has been positive.Here is the thing though, I think the...
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Despite 'Instavideo', Vine holds its own in the app charts
What’s been the impact on Vine following the launch of Instagram video a week ago? A look at App Annie shows that Vine downloads have fallen, but that overall it is holding its own pretty well, being...
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As the Instagram vs Vine debate continues, the latest signs are not good for...
Several weeks on from the launch of Instagram video, it’s worth having another look at how Vine is doing. And the latest signs are not good.Initially I thought that (Vine’s owner Twitter) could find...
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Snapcat, the photo app for cats, gets worldwide acclaim
In early June, Berlin based Instagram competitor EyeEm held its annual photo-hack day, where teams of developers spend 24 hours coming up with photo app ideas.The winner was an app that shows you the...
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Latest global stats show the continuing march of the visual web
On Business 2 Community, Jeff Bullas has looked at the Global Web Index, and pulled out12 excellent charts about social media use worldwide. They are here, if you want to take a look. I’ll concern...
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With 350 million images uploaded every day, photo sharing on Snapchat explodes
One of the visual web success stories of the past year has of course been Snapchat. In fact, there are now 350 million daily photo shares on the network, up from 60 million February - an increase of...
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The digital camera market continues to drop thanks to smartphones
Last year, Japanese camera makers reported a 42% drop in global camera shipments, with sales of entry level digital cameras particularly badly hit. The cause was of course the proliferation of...
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How the gif hit peak popularity
Has the gif hit peak popularity? That was one of the topics explored by a SXSW session looking at ‘the economy of the gif’, featuring a group of panellists including Mark Portillo and Jimmy Repeat from...
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