Instagram—owned by Facebook— has crossed more than 400 million users. The company has added at least 100 million users in the last nine months, of which nearly 75% of its users are based outside of the United States. eMarketer—a research firm— has estimated that Instagram’s ad revenue will touch about $1.5 billion in 2016 and $2.8 billion in 2017. This year, as per predictions, … [Read more...]

Canon Inc. has plans to set up automated manufacturing production systems in domestic factories for digital cameras by 2018 to reduce production costs by 10% to 20%. As per the plan, machines will be placed on assembly lines. From lens to components to finished products, everything will be produced in the 4 plants of Japan. The company estimates that the assembly costs will be … [Read more...]

Panasonic has announced that it will foray into the home surveillance market with a camera and sensor unit that will keep a tab on children, elderly and pets. The images can be transferred to a smartphone. This new camera—the Sma@Home System—will be made available for purchase on October 15 at an expected street price of 27,000 yen including a home unit and surveillance camera … [Read more...]

Immagine, a non-profit organisation based in Kerala, has announced the second edition of India Weaved in Frames (IWIF) Photography Contest Series and exhibition. The series is aimed at showcasing the great Indian diversity through three frames selected from contests themed on every Indian state and Union territories. All entries to the contest will be published on Immagine’s … [Read more...]

Canon Inc. has announced that it has created an APS-H size CMOS sensor featuring nearly 250 million pixels ( 19,580x12,600 pixels)—the world’s highest number of pixels for a CMOS sensor smaller than the size of a 35mm full-frame sensor. When installed in a camera, this sensor has the ability to read the lettering on a plane flying at a distance of nearly 18km from the shooting … [Read more...]