Move over duckface. Shove off rainbow spew. There’s a new selfie game in town and it wants to turn your 2D visage into uncannily accurate 3D — then splice that axiomatic piece of you into animated cartoon suits that rock out, strut their disco stuff, skateboard, look coy, relaxed or laugh manically. Read More Miso Happy is a 3D selfie app that rocks the ...This entry was posted in Apps Computer Vision Europe photo sharing selfie Social TC and tagged snapchat social media on May 31, 2017 by Natasha Lomas
If only all algorithmic bias were as easy to spot as this: FaceApp, a photo-editing app that uses a neural network for editing selfies in a photorealistic way, has apologized for building a racist algorithm. Read More FaceApp apologizes for building a racist AIThis entry was posted in artificial intelligence Diversity Europe racism selfie Social TC on April 25, 2017 by Natasha Lomas
Selfie app and phone company Meitu has unveiled its latest smartphone, which doubles down its focus on selfie cameras and beautification. Meitu went public in December with a Hong Kong listing that was fairly tepid but nevertheless the country’s largest tech IPO since 2007. It started out making selfie apps but branched into selling ‘selfie-optimized’ smartphones in 2013.… Read More Meitu’s new phone includes a dual pixel front camera and ...This entry was posted in Apps Asia Mobile selfie on February 21, 2017 by Jon Russell
Art photo filter app sensation Prisma, which only launched this summer but racked up more than 55 million downloads in a matter of weeks, has sparked a rush of other photo-processing apps all promising to transform your selfies into art fit to ha... Now CanvasPop wants to turn your Prisma photos into wall ...This entry was posted in Apps selfie Social TC on September 30, 2016 by Natasha Lomas
With what looks to be an eye on Snapchat’s selfie-loving fanbase, messaging platform Telegram has beefed up its in-app photo editor in what it dubs an “entertainment-heavy update” — including an option that lets users customize selfies by adding cartoon masks that automatically align on their faces. Read More Messaging app Telegram adds selfie masks, DIY GIFsThis entry was posted in Apps Europe GIFs photo sharing selfie Social TC Telegram and tagged snapchat on September 24, 2016 by Natasha Lomas
DJI hopes you’re tired of shaky and embarrassing smartphone videos. The Osmo Mobile is a handheld 3-axis stabilizer gimbal for smartphones. Just strap a phone to the top and a similar gimbal used in the company’s drones will keep the video silky smooth. The kit works similar to the DJI Osmo except this new version lacks a built-in camera. It uses the capable camera in a… Read More DJI wants to end shaky smartphone videosThis entry was posted in DJI Gadgets phantom selfie smartphone on September 1, 2016 by Matt Burns
If you’re done with selfie sticks and are looking for what comes next in the narcissistic world of self-photography, look no further than Hover Camera, a new “personal” drone that gives you a different — more aerial — view of you and your life. Read More Hover Camera is a personal drone for selfie loversThis entry was posted in Asia drone drones Gadgets selfie TC on June 27, 2016 by Jon Russell
When will teens get tired of taking selfies? Probably never given the myriad ways they can augment what nature gave them thanks the power of the smartphone in their pocket. And YC-backed Lollicam is another app to add to the teen face morphing ar... Lollicam is a real-time mobile video tool for adding cinematic ...This entry was posted in Apps augmented reality selfie Social Startups TC and tagged snapchat on June 9, 2016 by Natasha Lomas
What do you call it when you have an app that lets your friends take a photo of you, using your own phone? It’s not a selfie… It’s not a portrait… Let’s call it a someone elsie. Shootlr today launched an iOS and Android app that is attempting to take this brave new frontier of photography to the masses: It enables you to compel your friends to take a selfie for… Read More Shootlr lets you take a ‘someone-elsie’This entry was posted in Apps photo app Photography selfie Social TC on March 28, 2016 by Haje Jan Kamps
Make room for yet another dating app. San Francisco-based Blume is hoping to entice singles into its arms with a real-time selfie feature designed to thwart catfishing. So no more being chatted up by sex-mad robots. Or wooed by forlorn hopers ove... Dating App Newbie Blume Wants To Kill Catfishing With Ephemeral ...This entry was posted in Apps dating Europe robot San Francisco selfie Social TC Tinder on January 16, 2016 by Natasha Lomas