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Articles tagged “photography”

Online Travel

Using Flickr to rethink how people photograph destinations

The under-appreciated Flickr service is filled with insights about travel and tourism that are just begging to be explored.

Airlines

Instagram’s most popular places to post photos of across the world in 2012

It’s not quite an equal comparison, but there’s been little correlation between the most-Instagrammed locations versus where tourists check into on Facebook or what destinations they’re searching on Google.

Instagram’s most popular places to post photos of across the world in 2012

Airlines

SkiftSeedlings: Five early-stage startups dive into sharing, planning, and airports

SkiftSeedlings: Five early-stage startups dive into sharing, planning, and airports

Tourism

Get up close and personal with Mount Everest with new zoom photograph

Online photographs could one day be the only way to experience global world wonders as Machu Picchu continues to crumble and the ice and snows of Mount Everest begins to melt away.

Get up close and personal with Mount Everest with new zoom photograph

Online Travel

Teliport’s tenacity in building an Android panorama app pays off with solid funding

Similar panorama apps that opted to build on iOS have been rendered nearly obsolete with Apple's native app, but Teliport is now one of the most popular apps for Android users looking to snap a similar effect.

Teliport’s tenacity in building an Android panorama app pays off with solid funding

Online Travel

Photo Stream on iOS 6: Private photo sharing that’s well-suited for travelers

Apple will make several iOS apps obsolete if users decide that the iPhone 5's newest features like photo sharing and panoramic photos are more convenient to use and just as fun.

Photo Stream on iOS 6: Private photo sharing that’s well-suited for travelers

Media and PR

Wikimedia demonstrates the best way to crowdsource images with new monument photo contest

Want to collect a great image of every major monument in 30 countries? Have a contest where users can conveniently upload an image from their phone while capturing all the metadata associated with that image. Job done.

Online Travel

Skype gets into vacation mode with iOS photo-sharing feature

Skype definitely deserves a spot on your "packing list" because in addition to calling features, the latest updates make photo-sharing a lot easier for business or leisure travelers on the go.

Tourism

SkiftDesign: Photographer captures ‘post-apocalyptic void’ at venues of Olympics past

London plans to avoid the mistakes of its predecessors by building temporary venues and breaking down new facilities into smaller buildings, but only time will tell the fate of the city's new vast parking lots.

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Infographic: Facebook users share travel stories more than any other life event

This is just the type of data that motivates social travel startups to keep working on their project, but travelers have already found a space to broadcast their latest adventures and it has 800 million users.