Toshiba has just announced the world's first 14TB Conventional Magnetic Recording (CMR) hard drive. The new drive is part of Toshiba's MG07ACA enterprise series.
A month after the feature was seen being tested in the wild, Instagram has just announced that users can now follow hashtags.
Want to learn how to predict and photograph a moonrise or moonset? Here's a helpful 5-minute video on just that by photographer Matthew Saville of Nature TTL.
Here's a 24-minute tutorial by photographer Ian Norman of Lonely Speck that looks at how you can stack and stitch panoramas of the night sky. Norman says these are his two favorite techniques for maximizing the image quality of astrophotos.
Trying to think of a photography-related present for a photography-obsessed person in your life? Here's a 4-minute video by COOPH that features 10 great DIY gift idea for this this holiday season.
Samsung smartphone are about to get a lot more internal storage. Samsung has announced that it has begun mass production of a 512GB embedded Universal Flash Storage solution that will appear in the next generation of smartphones from the South Korean giant.
Adobe just released this helpful 2-minute video that shares 10 handy shortcuts you can use in Photoshop when working with layers.
Researchers from the University of Illinois have managed to create a new camera called the Mantis Cam that can see polarized light. This technology provides possible solutions for everything from unlocking the mysteries of the underwater world to early cancer detection.
It started full of hope and possibilities: In 2011, Lytro promised a camera that could change photography forever with its light-field technology, which allowed photographers to refocus after the shot. But having already announced a change in the company's direction towards video rather than consumer still cameras, Lytro has now shut down its online sharing platform for light-field still images. pictures.lytro.com is no more.
Freefly creates professional drone and gimbal solutions for the cinema industry, and today it released a specialized gimbal for smartphones: the Freefly Movi.
Sony is partnering with the Photo Start foundation to encourage people to donate used (and new) working cameras, lenses, and accessories to help at-risk children around the world. The project uses photography to teach and improve self-reliance, self-esteem, and self-confidence.
Kenyan photographer Mutua Matheka wants to capture a better side of Africa, showing another perspective of the continent that's rarely seen online. To do this, he's climbing to heights that he says no other photographer has done in Africa. Here's a 3-minute feature of Matheka and his work by Great Big Story.
Philips has announced a new 32-inch professional monitor with HDR and 99% Adobe RGB coverage: the Philips Brilliance QHD LCD P-line 328P6AUBREB. The best part: this high-end monitor will only cost around $500.
Instagram is now waging war against wildlife exploitation. The photo sharing service has introduced new pop-up warnings that will appear when searching for hashtags commonly used to share images of animal exploration and abuse.
Popular photography rental companies Lensrentals and LensProToGo announced today that they are merging to form the "strongest photo and video equipment rental company in the US."
Have a rechargeable battery that won't recharge properly? Before throwing it out, there's something you should try. Here's a 2-minute video by Lensvid that will teach you one technique for reviving "dead" rechargeable AA and AAA batteries.
CamFi has just unveiled CamFi Pro, the second generation to its popular CamFi wireless camera controller. CamFi Pro will bring increased transfer speeds -- the world's fastest, the company claims -- for a better user experience.
Here's a 7-minute video by Advancing Your Photography that shares 15 tips for composing your photos from 4 masters of photography: Chase Jarvis, Bob Holmes, Chris Burkard, and Marc Silber.
Here's a 5-minute video by photographer Bill Lawson that shares 7 different DIY gobos (go-betweens) that you can use to introduce creative shadows to your portrait photos.
Here's a 5-minute tutorial by photography artist Antti Karppinen that shares a technique for effectively dodging and burning your photo using the Gaussian Blur adjustment in Photoshop.
Retouching eyes unnaturally is a great way to ruin a good portrait. Here's a 14-minute tutorial by photographer Dani Diamond that shows how you can easily retouch eyes with a natural look using Photoshop.
Here's a 10-minute video from Nature TTL that looks at the best lens for star photography. Comparing the Sigma 14mm f/1.8 lens with the Rokinon 14mm f/2.4 and f/2.8 lenses, photographer Matthew Saville says that each has its place in the astrophotography world.
Here's a 20-minute tutorial from Dustin Dolby of workphlo that looks at how you can shoot high-end product photos using just one speedlight by painting light. Dolby also looks at how to composite and enhance the shot to produce the final image.
SnapBridge is Nikon's official app that enables users to "easily and seamlessly" share images and control certain Nikon cameras from a smartphone or tablet. Nikon just released version 2.0 of the app, which brings a number of new features, including full manual control and a revamped user interface.
Hasselblad just took a big step in a new direction of camera sales with the launch of its own online store. The store will make it easier for photographers to buy Hasselblad gear straight from the manufacturer.
Hanging framed pictures can be a real problem if you don't want to put holes in your wall or have a landlord that doesn't allow it. But there's a new solution headed toward the market: Flikframe is the world's first re-stickable and collapsible photo frame.
The Prynt Pocket is a printer attachment for your smartphone that will turn it into an instant camera. If you print photos often, Prynt just announced a new unlimited paper subscription plan to take away some of the wallet pain of instant photos.
Sony just announced that it's joining the CFast memory card market and has unveiled a new line of professional memory cards. The new G Series cards are "designed to meet the needs of professional photographers and videographers," and are available in 32GB, 64GB, and 128GB capacities. The cards have a write speed of up to 510MB/s and read speeds of up to 530MB/s.
OK Go, a band known for its groundbreaking music videos, has just released a video for their new track "Obsession". It features 567 printers and a whole lot of paper in what they claim to be the world's first example of "paper mapping."
In its latest effort to stay competitive in the world of photo sharing, Snapchat has quietly released an interesting new feature: photo filters powered by image recognition.