Instagram’s evolution into Snapchat deepens with facial filters and new creative features
May 17, 2017
John Aldred
It’s not really a secret that Facebook wants Snapchat. They offered to buy them, and Snapchat refused. So, now Facebook seem to be working as…
Photographer banned from Facebook because of naked mannequin photos [NSFW]
Mar 20, 2017
Dunja Đuđić
Canadian photographer Julia Busato had her profile banned from Facebook because of a photography project she’s been running. Some Facebook users criticized her photos of…
This Chrome plugin shows you how Facebook sees what’s in your photos
Jan 5, 2017
John Aldred
There’s been a lot of buzz lately around AI, “deep learning”, computer vision. It’s all to do with image recognition. Apple and Google have also…
German photographer sues Facebook over image metadata stripping and wins
Nov 23, 2016
John Aldred
It’s long been known that Facebook strips the metadata from photographs and other images that are uploaded. I’ve never seen an official answer from Facebook…
Facebook to relax censorship restrictions on photos considered newsworthy
Oct 24, 2016
John Aldred
After a rather recent public controversy over censorship rules, Facebook are revisiting their playbook when it comes to newsworthy images. Those posting images like the one…
You can now live stream your Yi 4K action camera straight to YouTube or Facebook
Oct 4, 2016
John Aldred
The Yi 4K is a pretty great camera already, especially for what it costs. Yi, however, did something pretty unique with the Yi 4K. When…
This is how you force your phone to upload HD movies and photos to facebook
Sep 22, 2016
Udi Tirosh
If you are uploading photos and videos to facebook directly from your phone, you may have noticed that the quality is not on par as…
Facebook censored, then uncensored, famous photo of ‘Napalm Girl’
Sep 10, 2016
Udi Tirosh
Facebook is probably the biggest media outlet in the word, which probably makes Mark Zuckerberg the most powerful editor in the world. But with great…
Facebook releases image identification software to the public
Aug 29, 2016
John Aldred
Facebook has announced that it is releasing three of its main image identification algorithms to the public. It’s not the first time Facebook has opened…
FTC to crack down on social media celebrity advertising posts
Aug 10, 2016
John Aldred
Bloomberg are reporting that the American Federal Trade Commission are cracking down on social media advertising. Users now must be very clear about paid product endorsements. Users…