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The Ten Greatest Rumours About Tomorrow’s Apple Event
Mashable have trawled the internet and brought together a collection of the ten greatest rumours expected to come from the Apple Event tomorrow. The main rumours centre around the launch of two new iPads, the iPad 5 and iPad Mini 2. I confess I love my iPad Mini and only wish it had a Retina display, it looks like that might be being announced tomorrow or maybe not.. I also adore my iPad but if it would run faster I’d love it even more and if Apple put the super fast iPhone 5S A7 chip into the newer model, that would be perfect, we’ll see… Improved camera? Oh yes, always!…
Competition – National Geographic Traveller Photo Contest 2014
National Geographic are once again on the the lookout for your vision of the world through a lens. Last year they received thousands of UK entries and were truly impressed at the incredibly high standard of submissions. This year they’re back with more great prizes, new judges and fresh categories. Tour the site, see the existing entries, and then get snapping! You can enter photographs under one of six categories: Action, City, Iconic, Modern, Natural and People. For a bit more information on what the judges are looking for, take a look at the Categories section of the website. All submissions must be the entrant’s own work, and they must…
Competition – Photo Ambassador for 2014 – Mobile!
Following a survey commissioned by Celebrity Cruises* that a staggering 67% of people now take pictures on their mobile on holiday, the leading luxury cruise company has launched a search – alongside worldwide known and award-winning photographers – for the best travel photo ever taken on a smartphone. Surprisingly, Samsung is the leader in the mobile camera market with a 24% share of the overall market – 4% of those questioned were more likely to use the brand over an iPhone. Despite the much-hyped recent launch of the Lumia 925, Nokia and HTC proved the least popular at 6% each. The dominance of Facebook and Twitter seems to be a…
Win A Two Day Gold Pass To AppsWorld, London – Worth £995!
As many of you know we’re the Official Media Bloggers for AppsWorld, London, as we were last year too. It promises to be a tremendous event now in its 4th year, Apps World has grown to be the leading global multi-platform event in the app industry. This year’s Earls Court 2 event is set to be the biggest yet with over 250 exhibitors and over 8000+ attendees including developers, mobile marketers, mobile operators, device manufacturers, platform owners and industry professionals registered for two days of high level insight and discussion. With 12 targeted workshop tracks, speed meeting, one-to-one meetings, parties, and awards the event will be tackling a spectrum of issues…
Competition – The Mobile Photography Awards 2013
The Third Annual Mobile Photography Awards (MPA’s) are now open for submissions. The MPA’s offer mobile artists and photographers opportunities for exhibits, open gallery calls, fine art sales and annual cash and prizes of more than $15,000. There are 20 categories available to enter including Still Life, Portraiture, Macro, Black & White, Landscapes, Nature & Wildlife and much more. I was delighted to Judge the Transportation category last year and this year sees me as Lead Judge for the Still Life category, I can’t wait! We’re also Media Partners to the MPA’s, so keep checking back for all the latest news. We’re hoping to interview Dan Berman, the founder of…
Competition – PhotoPhilanthropy Activist Awards 2013
We recently announced that we would be featuring a photo competition every single day within our brand new Competitions category – maximising the opportunities you have to enter great contests and not to miss them. Today, we’re featuring The PhotoPhilanthropy Activist Awards 2013 that identify outstanding work created by photographers in collaboration with nonprofit organizations worldwide. For the first time in its history, PhotoPhilanthropy offers this year a mobile photography award to complement its traditional student, amateur, and professional category awards for most compelling documentary photography essays completed on behalf of nonprofits. The Activist Awards program honors innovative approaches to visual storytelling and creative partnerships between photographers and nonprofit organizations…
Win A New Sony Cyber-Shot DSC-QX10!
If you’d like to win a Sony Cyber-Shot DSC-QX10 then make sure you enter the 2014 Sony World Photography Awards. They’re looking for ‘smiles’ this time around, so just enter your image into the “Smile” category – Open Competition today for your chance to win. One lucky photographer to submit his or her image between today and 8th October will receive a Sony Cyber-shot DSC-QX10 lens-style camera to turn your smartphone into a power-packed specialist camera. As smartphone photography continues to surge in popularity globally, the DSC-QX10 can take your images to the next level. Link the lens with your mobile via Wi-Fi direct or NFC and take extraordinary images…
Photo Competition – Strong and Powerful
We recently announced that we would be featuring a photo competition every single day within our brand new Competitions category – maximising the opportunities you have to enter great contests and not to miss them. Today, we’re featuring The STRONG and POWERFUL online-juried competition. It is about something that has an impact on you such as expressions, architecture, bold colors, landscapes or some type of digital art. It is about your interpretation of this theme using any style of photography or digital art. Submission deadline: November 4, 2013; Entry fee: $25 for first 5 images – $4 for each additional image up to 10. Over $2,000 in cash awards and prizes…
Rumour – The New iPad 5…Video
Mashable published news yesterday of a new video (via MacRumors) by Chinese parts supplier SW-BOX.com reportedly showing an iPad 5 and comparing it against the iPad 4 and iPad Mini. It looks pretty hot, it’s narrower than the iPad 4, it’s similar looking to the iPad mini, flatter and more streamlined. We’re hoping that Apple will be releasing the new iPad later this month but we’ll keep you informed about that. Check out the video below and let us know your thoughts, this looks like a great Christmas seller…
First Mobile Photography Exhibition in Poland
A brand new Mobile Photography Exhibition will take place in Poland on 21st September 2013. The photography exhibition “Mobile cities” (“Mobilne miasta”) is a first collective project organised by members of Mobile Photography Enthusiasts’ Group “Mobilni”. The theme of the exhibition is City Space. The exhibition will be held at The Bookarest Club, at Stary Browar, Poznan, Poland, between 11 am and 4 pm. The main purpose of the exhibition is to ‘consider mobile photography as an outright art’. An additional goal is to inspire donations to Polish Humanitarian Action (PAH). PAH’s “Pajacyk” is fundraising programme for hungry children in Poland and in the other countries all over the world.…
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