Samsung’s Galaxy S4 Zoom: Part smartphone, part 16 megapixel/10x zoom camera

Samsung isn't slowing down with its niche Galaxy S4 variants.

Google Glass software update released, adds multi-shot, HDR photos, and photo captions

Which isn't to say that Glass is just a fancy camera that hangs on your face, but it might be wise for Google to start highlighting its other uses.

Google+ gets camera app to take quick pics of your Hangouts

Google wants you to have more opportunities to share your Hangouts, so it introduced a new camera app to the video chatting tool that lets you take one-click pictures while your chats are in session.

8 major disappointments from Apple’s iPhone 5 Announcement

Happy about the new iPhone 5? You should be ... or maybe you shouldn't, because the announcements made today weren't everything that we'd hoped for. In fact, some are startlingly painful. Here are eight that almost make today feel like a bad day

Facebook launches stand-alone camera app for iPhone

Facebook has launched a stand-alone camera application for the iPhone to help people share photos faster and easier on the massive social network, the company announced today.

Although Facebook paid $1 billion to acquire photo-sharing service Instagram, the Facebook Camera …

New iOS 5.1.1 update fixes problems with camera, iPad connectivity

Apple released the latest update to its mobile operating system, iOS 5.1.1, today. The update fixes a few minor issues pertaining to the camera as well as a bug in the iPad.

Specifically, the update makes the high dynamic range …

The Lytro camera is out, but is it a revolution or gimmick?

Lytro cameras, the much-hyped photo gadget from a Silicon Valley startup, finally began shipping to customers on Wednesday, four months after the company started taking pre-orders. The cameras use something called light field technology to capture “interactive” images, on which …

Wireless memory card maker Eye-Fi raises $20M

Eye-Fi, a company that produces wireless-transmitting memory cards for cameras and tablets, announced today it has raised $20 million in its fourth round of funding.

The company makes SD memory cards that can transmit photos and other stored data wirelessly …

Bankrupt Kodak will stop producing cameras in 2012

Kodak, the beleaguered company that invented the handheld camera, is slashing its product lines in an attempt to survive a rapidly changing consumer electronics landscape.

The company began preparing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy at the very beginning of 2012; the …

How Camera+’s John Casasanta made millions off a $1 app

Earlier this month, Tap Tap Tap reported that its Camera+ iPhone app had raked in $5.1 million since launching in June 2010. In this exclusive interview with Tap Tap Tap founder John Casasanta, we talk about the company’s run-ins with …

Lytro’s “revolutionary” light-field camera wins Last Gadget Standing at CES

Camera startup Lytro has won the Last Gadget Standing competition at the Consumer Electronics Show for its “revolutionary” light-field camera.

Lytro debuted its camera in mid-October to considerable buzz, thanks to its engaging technology that changes how you can take …

Instagram is Apple’s No. 1 app of 2011 in a year heavy on fun and sharing

If you made plans for your weekend, you might want to kiss them goodbye.  Apple yesterday released its iTunes Rewind 2011 list, with the 40 top  iPhone and iPad apps of the year. The iTunes store now has more than …

iOS 5 available for all iPhone users October 12 with over 200 new features

Update: iOS 5 is now available for download.

Apple announced today its latest mobile operating system update, iOS 5, will be available for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch owners to download on October 12.

Today’s Apple event had …

iPhone 5 may get upgraded flash, T-Mobile says it has 1M unlocked iPhones

Apple’s upcoming iPhone 5 could get a revamped dual-LED camera flash, according to Taiwanese news site Digitimes. And in other iPhone news, T-Mobile revealed that it has over 1 million unlocked iPhones running on its network, according to 9 to …