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Bride-to-be shows up in T-Rex costume for “First look” photo shoot
Jan 26, 2017
John Aldred
Everything about a wedding is important. Including how they’re documented. Whether it be through photographs or video. Coverage often begins long before the wedding itself….
Adobe Creative Cloud apps are now available for Chromebooks
Jan 25, 2017
Dunja Đuđić
Adobe has announced that their Creative Cloud suite of apps is now available for Chromebooks. What they did was modify their existing Android apps, so…
NASA’s new satellite offers stunningly high resolution images of earth
Jan 24, 2017
John Aldred
The GEOS-16 satellite lifted off in November last year. The satellite contains an Advanced Baseline Imager, which boasts images of earth at four times the…
Can you find your friends in a gigapixel photo of Trump’s inauguration?
Jan 23, 2017
Dunja Đuđić
If you wonder who was at Donald Trump’s recent inauguration, here’s something to satisfy your curiosity. CNN takes you there with a single image, as…
The first ever recording of light’s “sonic boom” was made with the fastest high-speed camera in the world
Jan 23, 2017
Dunja Đuđić
According to theoretical physics, nothing is faster than the speed of light. However, now you can see with your own eyes the first ever…
Just how invasive is Meitu?
Jan 22, 2017
Daniela Bowker
Yesterday afternoon I noticed that my Twitter and Instagram feeds were humming with curiously styled selfies that slimmed faces, lightened skin, and applied a veneer…
POTUS Twitter account uses header photo from the wrong inauguration
Jan 21, 2017
John Aldred
These days, along with a new US leadership transition, comes the online transition. The White House Flickr account has been scrubbed, changes have been made…
Obama’s official portrait was taken with a Canon 5D Mark II. Trump’s with a Canon 1Ds Mark III, which is even older
Jan 21, 2017
Udi Tirosh
Here is an argument that may shut the race for new gear. President’s Trump’s official portrait was taken with a Canon 1Ds Mark III. Now, it’s a…
GIMP turns to crowd funding to add updates like high bit depth & layer effects
Jan 20, 2017
John Aldred
GIMP’s often toted as the main alternative to Photoshop for folks who don’t want to spend any money. GIMP has been around since 1995. In…
Virginia Tech crash tests collisions between humans and drones
Jan 20, 2017
Dunja Đuđić
Researchers at Virginia Tech test are hoping to enable drones to fly over people in the future. Therefore, they are testing the consequences of collision…