
Instagram’s Upgraded Maps helps You Discover Nearby Attractions
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has announced a new searchable map for Instagram where users can discover nearby local businesses.
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has announced a new searchable map for Instagram where users can discover nearby local businesses.
A Google executive says that younger users are now increasingly turning to apps like Instagram and TikTok instead of Google Search or Maps to discover new places or search for information.
Same Energy is a new Web tool that's perfect for photographers looking for visual inspiration. It's an AI-powered visual search engine that provides a fast and simple experience for exploring visually similar photos.
Google today launched new features in Google Images "to help people use images on the web responsibly." The features should benefit photographers, as they help people both identify photos that can be licensed as well as find out how to properly license them.
Google Images is continuing to make changes that benefit photographers. The image search engine is testing a new "Licensable" badge that aims to help photographers sell their photos through search results.
PimEyes is a Polish search engine that's raising some eyebrows over its privacy implications. Powered by facial recognition technology, the service takes any portrait of a person and finds other photos of that person on the Web.
Creative Commons just launched CC Search, a search engine for CC images that has been in beta testing for years as it was being developed and polished. It's a portal to over 300 million CC images from 19 different collections.
Google is taking another big step in protecting photographers' copyright through the Google Images image search engine: it just added image rights metadata to the photo search results on Google Images.
In nearly every industry, the Web has enabled a cadre of Internet-famous individuals, who on the merits of their marketing prowess have gained massive followings without necessarily acquiring the skills that has traditionally defined an “expert.”
A computer vision researcher at the University of Washington has developed a face-swapping image search engine that will automatically insert the face from an uploaded photo into any search term at all. No photo editing skills of any kind required.
Yahoo is rolling out a revamped image search engine today that now includes photo results from its Flickr service. As long as you're signed in, the personalized Flickr results will include your own collection of Flickr photos, photos from people you follow, and other top public photos on the service.
picsbuffet is a new visual image browsing system that lets you explore and search millions of photographs through an interface that feels like Google Maps.
Flickr rolled out a new search engine last week, but one thing it still lacks is a way to search by EXIF data. A new website has launched to fill that hole. Called shutterdial, it's a Flickr search engine that lets you find photos by camera settings such as focal length, aperture, and shutter speed.
Flickr's photo search engine is getting a makeover and a boost in power. Starting earlier this month, Flickr has been rolling out a powerful new unified search interface to its users. Instead of a simple search feature for photos that match keywords, the new search will contain additional image search parameters and will be able to look up people and groups.
Since Microsoft launched their Bing search engine a little over four years ago in mid-2009, one of its characteristics that set it apart from search giant Google was the featuring of a lovely image that changed on a daily basis.
Featured images ranged from landscapes, animals, people, and more. Today, online photography community 500px has announced that they are collaborating with Bing to power the search engine's daily photo display.
Once you've lived somewhere long enough, it's easy to fall into a photographic rut. We're not talking about a running low on creativity (read this if you're dealing with creative burnout), we're talking about running low on places to shoot.
Photographer Darren Johnson ran into this problem, and was frustrated at the amount of work he had to put in to track down new photography locations online. That's why he created ShotHotspot: a new website that intelligently uses sites like Flickr and Panoramio to find and rank photo hotspots in your area.
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