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WhatsApp continues fight against fake news with new ‘search image’ feature

sudshr47 March 13, 2019

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WhatsApp is continuing to ramp up the fight against fake news, this time setting its sight on visual misinformation.

The Facebook-owned messaging app is currently testing a new “search image” feature that allows users to easily upload an image found on its platform to Google, according to WABetaInfo. The image tool was discovered in the latest WhatsApp beta for Android.

With the tap of a button, WhatsApp will send a photo from within its application to the search giant. The messaging app will then direct users to a Google search results page that shows “similar or equal images” elsewhere on the web.  Read more…

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Flickr announces all public Creative Commons works are now protected from deletion

sudshr47 March 8, 2019

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Just days before Flickr mass deletes photos across its platform, the company has decided to hit its users with some good news.

In a blog post on Friday, Flickr announced that it will allow free accounts to host and upload more than the 1,000 photo limit if the photos are licensed freely under Creative Commons. Users can change their current photos to Creative Commons licensing, as well as upload future similarly licensed photos, to their free Flickr accounts.

After Flickr, one of the largest photo-sharing website, was acquired by Smugmug last year, the company announced sweeping changes to its account policies. Free accounts would be limited to no more than 1,000 image uploads. Photos exceeding that limit would be deleted from users’ free accounts. If a Flickr user wanted to keep those photos or upload more than 1000, they would need to upgrade to a paid “pro” level account. Read more…

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Flickr says all Creative Commons photos are protected from deletion, not just past uploads

sudshr47 March 8, 2019

Flickr announced today that all Creative Commons images will remain protected on its site – including those uploaded in the past and those that will be added in the future. The news follows Flickr’s November 2018 announcement where it had stated it wouldn’t delete Creative Commons photos already on its service, after switching over to […]

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New ‘Game of Thrones’ pics tease Varys’ return and more surprises

sudshr47 February 6, 2019

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We’re just months from Game of Thrones’ final season, and HBO has released the first stills of Season 8 to get this hype train moving.

Though mostly character shots, it’s thrilling to see our favorite characters again – alive, for the time being, and moving around Westeros with the speed and urgency established in Season 7. Most surprising is the return of Varys (Conleth Hill) to the North…or does that snow mean winter is spreading south with the White Walkers?

For all the new photos, read on.

A little bird told Varys that the North was *the* place to be.

A little bird told Varys that the North was *the* place to be.

Image: helen sloan/hbo Read more…

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Prynt Pocket lets you capture AR images — and it’s on sale for $30 off at Amazon

sudshr47 January 16, 2019

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Printing photos may seem like a thing of the past, but it’s easier than ever now. You don’t have to drop rolls of film off at a pharmacy’s photo center anymore. You can just plug your phone into a handheld printer and have physical copies of your pictures in less than a minute.

You can even take your photos a step further with Prynt Pocket, on sale at Amazon for $119.98. The Prynt Pocket instant photo printer allows you to print pictures that are already in your camera roll, or you can take photos while plugged in to the printer for an added augmented reality element. It’s by the same folks who make the Prynt Case, which was named a Mashable Choice product in 2016. Read more…

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Photos of collapsed, cracked roads show the power of Alaska’s earthquake

sudshr47 December 1, 2018

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Photos of the wreckage in Alaska highlight the power of Friday’s destructive earthquake.

Anchorage and its surrounding areas were shaken by a 7.0 magnitude earthquake on Friday morning. Gov. Bill Walker issued a disaster declaration, closing schools as roads and bridges collapsed and cracked. The Anchorage Water Waste and Utility Department advised residents to boil their water in case of contamination.

Here’s a look at major infrastructure damage shared online in the aftermath:

I just got sent home from work after a massive earthquake in Anchorage, #Alaska : pic.twitter.com/gOXsUrzdGT

— Ryan Hobbs (@RyanHobbsMMA) November 30, 2018 Read more…

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Flickr says it won’t delete Creative Commons photos

sudshr47 November 7, 2018

Flickr will spare both the Flickr Commons and Creative Commons photos from deletion, the now SmugMug-owned company announced today. However, its new storage limitations on free accounts may impact its use as a home for photos with a Creative Commons license in the future. When the company unveiled its big revamp last week, one of […]

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Flickr’s new business model could see works deleted from Creative Commons

sudshr47 November 2, 2018

Following yesterday’s series of announcements about Flickr’s plans to revamp its site under its new owners, SmugMug, one major concern has been raised: its decision to now limit free accounts to 1,000 photos may impact the number of photos available through Creative Commons. Creative Commons is a U.S. nonprofit that helps make creative works — […]

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