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Photography

Adobe Releases Photoshop Elements 11 and Premiere Elements 11

The more creative folks among us will be excited to hear that today Adobe has introduced new versions of both Photoshop Elements and Premiere Elements.  The photo and video editing programs, which are stand-alone apps, have both gone to version 11 and are available immediately. Photoshop Elements 11 features a brand new user interface with Quick, Guided and Expert editing

Astrononomy Photographer of the Year

The winning images from the Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2012 were announced today and as you might expect, they’re absolutely stunning. Organised by the Royal Observatory in conjunction with the Sky at Night magazine and Flickr, every single one of the pictures is fantastic. Nearly 700 pictures were submitted to Flickr for 2012 and you can see them all

Europe Has a New Tallest Building: The Shard Featured on Instagram

Today, July 5th, marked the official opening of the new tallest building in the European Union, although construction was actually completed back in April of this year.  Called "The Shard", and formerly known by the name "London Bridge Tower", the building is 309.6 meters tall with 72 habitable floors.  It also features a viewing gallery and observation deck on the

Busy Week at Instagram

Social photo service Instagram just had a big week, although not as big as the week of the billion dollar buyout, but it's all relative.  This week the mobile app company released a slew of updates, including ones to their Android and iOS apps, as well as to their web site.  There were bug fixes and new features for everyone,

Instagram for Android Updates to 1.1, Adds Tilt-Shift

Instagram launched their long-awaited Android app just a few weeks ago.  It was followed by several small updates to get it up and working properly, but today they have finally released the first feature update, dubbed version 1.1.  The latest version adds just one feature, but it's an important one to anyone that has used Instagram - tilt-shift. The name

RHP MirrorCase Goes For A KickStarter

At this year's CES, Andy McCaskey and Courtney Wallin interviewed John Palmeri of RHP on their new MirrorCase, a special case for the iPhone 4/4S that lets photos be taken while the phone is horizontal, i.e. flat, rather than the more usual vertical orientation. Depending on your point of view, it's either a clever idea that stops the camera intruding on

Veho Mobile Gear at The Gadget Show

Veho probably isn't the first name that springs to mind when thinking about gadgets but they have a sizeable range from miniature video cameras to digital photo frames and Bluetooth headsets. In the UK, their products are sold in the main big boxes - PC World and Currys. On Veho's stand at Gadget Show Live, I played with a USB