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Photo-sharing community EyeEm will license users’ photos to train AI if they don’t delete them
EyeEm, the Berlin-based photo-sharing community that exited last year to Spanish company Freepik after going bankrupt, is now licensing its users’ photos to train AI models. Earlier this month, the…
EyeEm, the photo marketplace, changes hands as Freepik picks it up out of bankruptcy
EyeEm, the Berlin-based photo marketplace, was once loftily thought of as a possible challenger to Instagram in Europe. More recently has fallen on much harder times, and now it has…
Talenthouse flotation finally reveals a $40M exit for EyeEm, Europe’s almost-Instagram
Talenthouse AG has made a name for itself as an aggregator of content creators, which is then commissioned by brands for their own social media channels. Brands just can’t seem…
Samsung’s Malaysian arm has some explaining to do. The company, in an effort to show off the Galaxy A8 Star’s amazing photo retouching abilities, used a cleverly shot portrait, modified…
One-time Flickr rival 500px acquired by the Getty of China, VCG
500px, the photo-sharing site that once proposed to take on Flickr and Getty, has been acquired by Visual China Group (VCG), a strategic investor in 500px via previous financings. A…
EyeEm is unveiling new tools to help the brands and marketers using the site to source their images. Underlying these tools is a technology called EyeEm Vision, which we described…
How a Berlin startup beat the online giants at image recognition
Can a machine learn aesthetics in a way a human would? Could it then look at a set of photos, and draw on those same aesthetics to reproduce a different…
Adobe teams up with EyeEm to expand its stock photography portfolio
It’s been just over a year since Adobe launched its Adobe Stock photography service, with deep integration into the company’s Creative Cloud suite. Today, it expands the number of photos…
The Roll helps you find the best photos on your phone
Wondering which of the tens of thousands of photos on your phone are worth keeping or sharing may be a thing of the past, thanks to The Roll, a new…
Tech Giants Sign Letter Against EU Laws To Hand Huge New Powers To ISPs
New European legislation which threatens net neutrality is set to go before the EU Parliament Tuesday. The EU is planning new rules it claims will ‘protect’ Net neutrality, but a…
Photosharing startup EyeEm has brought its Open Edit feature to Android. Originally launched on iOS in mid-December, Open Edit lets users see exactly how others got to their final edits…
More Than 200,000 Photographers Have Participated In EyeEm’s “Missions” For Brands
Whenever a new social network or online community springs up, it seems pretty inevitable that brands will eventually try to build a presence there. Naturally, this can cause lots of…
EyeEm Launches Open Edit, Letting You See How Pros Edit Their Photos
Photosharing startup EyeEm has launched version 5.0 of their mobile app on iOS and Android, bringing a slew of changes to their editing system that make it easier to get…
EyeEm’s Algorithms Are Learning What Makes A Photo Great
With its collection on Getty Images, photosharing startup EyeEm has blurred the line between professional photography and the casual shooting we all do that most smartphones have decent cameras and…
EyeEm iOS Update Makes It Easier To Choose Your Best Shot
Photo-sharing service EyeEm has released an update to its iOS app that brings some niceties to the camera and camera roll interfaces. The changes make it easier to see which…
EyeEm Challenges Flickr For Providing New Media With Relevant Images
While services like Getty are available, I’ve personally never spent a dime for an image in an article I’ve written — it’s always been easier to do a quick search…
EyeEm Acquires Computer Vision Startup Sight.io To Make Photo Search And Discovery Better
Berlin-based photo-sharing platform EyeEm has acquired a smaller computer vision startup called Sight.io, both companies are announcing today. As a part of the deal, Sight.io founder Appu Shaji, originally from Kerala, India,…
EyeEm Partners With Foursquare And The Huffington Post For Latest Photography Challenges
Photo-sharing service EyeEm is announcing today that it is partnering with Foursquare and The Huffington Post to get photos taken by its users in front of more people with the…
EyeEm Partners With Uber, Gives You A Free Ride To Go Take Photos
Photo-sharing service EyeEm announced today that it is partnering with Uber to offer free rides to its users. The startup has given out a promo code on its blog worth…
EyeEm, ‘Europe’s Instagram,’ Picks Up $6M To Build Out Its Visual Search Engine And Crowdsourced Stock Photo Service
EyeEm, the free Berlin-based iOS, Android and Windows Phone photo app that has at times been referred to as the “Instagram of Europe,” is today announcing a new round of…
Scoopshot, The On-Demand Photography Marketplace, Raises $1.2M From World’s “Top Selling” Stock Photographer
Scoopshot, the crowdsourced on-demand photography marketplace and accompanying smartphone app, is announcing $1.2 million in new funding, adding to the €4.5 million previously raised, including a €1 million grant from…
EyeEm Photo App Snaps At Instagram’s Heels In iTunes Free App Charts
EyeEm, the Berlin based social photo and filters app, has been snapping at the heels of photo giant Instagram in the US iOS app charts this week. A week ago…
Photo Sharing App EyeEm Eyes Up Revenue Model After Passing 1M Downloads
Arguably, the boat has already sailed for photo sharing and discovery apps, but that isn’t stopping EyeEm from pushing on regardless. The Berlin-based startup, which has apps for iOS, Android,…
One Year On, Photo App Startup EyeEm Reckons It Can Keep On Snapping
It’s been a year since upstart photo app EyeEm launched. A year in which Instagram rocketed in usage and was bought for a billion bucks by Facebook. A year in…
