Photo messaging app makes shared images disappear within 10 seconds
The success of Instagram has shown that photo sharing is now a standard part of the mobile world, but Snapchat offers a different take on this. Whereas Instagram presents photos as a stream from the people a user follows, Snapchat is closer to text messaging and sends photos only to friends the user chooses. Even more intriguing, it gives those friends only a few seconds to view them. READ MORE…
Just a couple of months ago we featured Tackable — an app that enables reporters and editors to create photo assignments for readers to complete using their smartphone. Now, in Finland, a crowdsourced photography app called Scoopshot enables photographers to choose what to charge for their pictures, create professional portfolios, and receive global coverage. READ MORE…App powers crowdsourced global news photography
Photo sharing site aims to build a ‘timeline for the world’
Photo sharing sites serve many functions, from hunting for a specific image for an exact purpose, to casually browsing images of a favorite subject or landscape. Despite options to arrange photos by the “date taken” on many of these sites, we’ve never seen a sharing platform so dedicated to offering a sense of history as Vineme. READ MORE…




