New York based Upnext showcases a much more fluid way to use Google maps. It also integrates location based services and search for an experience that integrates existing technologies in a single streamlined experience. You can even find businesses inside a building. The iPad and iPhone app is free. Worth a look

NASA has started posting images on Flickr where visitors can add comments and keywords to the growing collection. For now the organisation has posted 180 images and it plans to add many more over the coming weeks and months. The collection was previously available on the NASA Images website : Through a competitive process, NASA selected The Internet Archive to organize a [...]

The professional week of Visa Pour L’image , the annual photojournalism festival that takes place in Perpignan every year, started this monday. While the official location of the event is the conference center many of the meetings traditionally take place in the many bars around the festival. The Cafe de la Poste is the most popular location to [...]

The Paca Conference that takes place in New York on october 15 to 17 features a number of speakers on issues facing the stock photography industry. Speakers include the VP of editorial operations at Conde Nast and Brian Storm, who worked as VP at Corbis. For more information on the program see the rest of this post PRESS RELEASE [...]

Getty Images has launched a toolbox that allows contributors to market themselves and drive traffice to their work on the Getty Images website . The kit includes logo’s apps and banners featuring the ‘I’m a Getty Images artist’ tagline. PRESS RELEASE Getty Images has today launched a new online Artist Digital Toolbox for its contributors, providing them with the free tools [...]

Visual Connections (formerly Picturehouse Marketing US) will be hosting its annual Image Expo at the Metropolitan Pavilion PRESS RELEASE This is a unique one-day event for image buyers, researchers, designers, art directors, and other users of images and footage to discover new sources of imagery, including niche and overseas agencies; network with peers; enjoy complimentary refreshments, including wine [...]

A company called Paperg has developed a new advertising tool for small businesses. The company automates ad online ad creation This allows small business to safe costs when advertising online. The company was founded in 2007 by students. They wanted to streamline the way local businesses could advertise on online publications. The way the company does this is with a tool [...]

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The international Aperture awards , the photography awards with over $80.0o0 in prices is inviting photographers to compete PRESS RELEASE Entries are now open for The International Aperture Awards , one of the world’s richest online photography competitions. This is the 3 rd year of the competition, which is open to professional and amateur photographers worldwide. With a total prize pool of over [...]

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