The world of the extreme is common, even every day, on the Internet – particularly on social media platforms like SnapChat and Instagram. Chinese social media platform Weibo is no different. One of the many risky, even deadly, practices that has grown out of this era of ubiquitous social media is the extreme sport of […]
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Drones are a boon for many and a bane for others, all the while providing endless fodder for quirky stories like the following. There are some crazy proposals out there for regulating drone use but this one out of the Netherlands takes the cake. The Trump administration has announced mandatory drone registration in the United […]
Google always shows photographers some love and these latest photo apps are going a long way towards continuing that tradition. The new apps are simple and easy to use. They have been engineered from the ground up to enhance selfies and video. Selfissimo, Storyboard and Scrubbies were revealed on Google’s very own research blog which […]
Drone safety and regulation is a hot topic among politicians the world over and the United States is top among those considering a more restrictive approach to drone ownership and operation. Whether it is the first drone-aircraft meeting in Canada, or the various proposals the United Kingdom is putting forward, the ideas for regulating drone […]
With a user base of 75 million people, Flickr is one of the largest photography communities on the Internet and its trends often point to larger movements within the field and optical industry at large. It should come as no surprise that smartphones comprise the majority of submissions to the website, but the rise in […]
You would never imagine a service like Instagram being used for illicit wildlife trafficking, but this is not only a common practice but also a very lucrative one as well. And the traffickers use some of the same tactics that the best social media marketers utilize to find their customers. After a New York Times […]
