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Sunday, November 14, 2010

Better mobile photos

Thinking about the Black's Photography case this weekend, I came across this New York Times article about the trend of developing smartphone apps that help users produce and share better quality photos directly from their phones.

Photo Sharing on the Go is the Latest Hot Investment Niche in Silicon Valley

These paragraphs sum it up:

"A flurry of new start-ups is focused on mobile photo-sharing, some of which plan to make money from local advertising. The smartphone apps transform cellphone photos so they look better, tag them with location data and post them in real time to social networks on phone and on the Web.

"It is annoying to take photos with your cellphone and have them look good and get them off your phone," said Dalton Caldwell, co-founder and chief executive of Mixed Media who previously co-founded Imeem, the now-closed music site. "That solves a real need."

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