New study reaffirms importance of cloud photography
In recent months, the importance of image access in the cloud has never been more important. In just a few months, Google Photos has already uploaded 100 million photos from…
Third-party apps drive mobile photo, according to Suite 48a study
Advances in smartphone hardware, APIs and native apps are driving third-party photo app vendors to new frontiers Native smartphone camera apps do much more than enable basic camera functions. These…
Google throws gauntlet in cloud photo storage wars
Last week, at the annual Google I/O conference, the search giant dropped an unexpected bomb in the competitive photo-storage space. Google separated Photos from its Google+ social network, with a…
Photobook app market still largely untapped, according to new study
One of the continuing concerns of photo merchandise marketers is unlocking the potential of the photo book market. Even though the North America photo book volume continues to grow, many…
Cloud photo services gain in popularity
The cloud is proving to be a key driver for photo sharing and services. Consumers may not know the details of how the cloud or synchronization works, but they are…
Smartphone photographers are turning to print
With the explosion of exposures from smartphone cameras, there’s been widespread industry speculation of when the commensurate increase in photo output will come. Yes, photo merchandise and gifts are growing,…
Platform-independent products are key to photo growth
Consumers are using many more types of computers than ever for imaging, everything from touchscreen desktops and laptops to mobile devices like tablets and smartphones. And they are all connected…