Brands hope that real-people photos cement relationships with customers, keeping people on their websites longer, and selling more merchandise.
There is no longer a need to take an additional camera into the outdoors to capture "real" quality photos.
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And they went to social networks like Facebook and LinkedIn, where most users post real names and photos of themselves.
There are several investment fund companies for example that buy real time satellite photos so they can check the number of cars in retail parking lots.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is mired in a fresh controversy over both real and fake photos showing him consoling the grieving family members of late Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez.
They could use it to broadcast their auctions to the world, using everything from digital photos to real-time streamed video.
Features of the Android App include live video broadcasting and live blogging through posting real time text, photos and video clip.
The imaging system also enables panorama capture, a 15 frame-per-second burst mode for 8 megapixel photos, real-time facial detection and recognition, and mobile HDR image capture with de-ghosting for clearer pictures in flight.
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Facebook often gets praise for its power to get people to share photos, but the mass sharing of older photos is the real feat.
You can also automatically update FourSquare, Facebook and Twitter with location info, photos and videos in real time while you drive.
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Cook has also started Appstem working on a list of improvements for INSPI2, including: improved routing including geocoding to verify that inspectors are at the right home, a native UI for tablet versions of the app, better camera integration so that users can take and tag photos faster, and real-time notifications of contractors via text messages.
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Users can even use their iPhone and Android phone to stream music and video or view digital photos stored on the NAS in real-time from anywhere they have a Wi-Fi or 3G connection.
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It uses real audio clips from the Apollo 11 landing with photos and names indicating who's talking.
Control the built-in flash, and then edit photos immediately after shooting, including applying real-time filters and image adjustments.
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The Neighborhood guides are visually focused, giving large photos that are intended to give a real sense of what the area is like.
And yeah, the millions of photos shared on Facebook do indeed comprise real value in terms of what might keep consumers from leaving.
The service is similar to Foursquare and Gowalla, enabling users to connect and share photos, reviews and other information in real-time using their mobile phone browser.
Corbis, by contrast, focuses primarily on print media and consumer markets--real people and historic events, rather than conceptual stock photos.
People can share photos privately through the app then discuss them in real time.
Friends' status updates, photos and upcoming events can all be viewed in real time.
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The new specific feeds announced today allow people to see just content from real-life friends (not businesses or celebrities), photos, music content or businesses and celebrities.
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It's connected to Fios and lets you get real-time traffic, weather, maps, caller ID with photos, stores addresses and phone numbers--and can revert to a screen saver with images licensed from the Museum of Modern Art.
It offers photos of everything from toilet brushes to storage sheds and real-life tales like that of a Maine angler who fell through the ice this winter and floated to safety on an Action Packer cooler.
Autofocus sharpness quirks are a real issue without a software fix, but the Lumia 920 can take photos in low light that would leave an iPhone 5 struggling.
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Anyone who loved photos would certainly prefer the high-quality shots captured on "real" cameras, right?
Lanworth, always looking for new ways to gather real-time data, is figuring out how to pay crop dusters to snap photos from their planes.
For instance, HTC Sense introduces a customizable active lockscreen experience that transforms the lockscreen into a real-time window to the most important information and content, such as social updates, photos, weather or stock updates that are viewed by simply turning on the display.
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But while quickly scrolling through a bunch of photos is fun, the same activity with lengthy and poorly edited amateur videos can get real old, real fast.
Sometimes, I mindlessly find myself logging on to Facebook and staring at photos I have posted of my children when I just as easily could be staring at the real thing.
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