Bing Maps now shows road conditions in 11 countries using 35,000 cameras

Bing Maps can show road and traffic conditions with up-to-date snapshots of traffic. Aside from seeing current traffic conditions, The footage comes from from more than 35,000 cameras in 11 countries, including the U.S. and Spain. Camera doesn't seem to be included in the list in terms of cameras although the traffic updates seem quite accurate. Read more about it over here.

Cameras and photo quality are the new proving ground for flagship smartphones

The sincerest form of flattery: Motorola 'borrows' Apple's Shot on iPhone 6 campaign to show its new Moto X is a worthy competitor to Apple's camera phone

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Over 1.5bn new photos are shared every day on Facebook, WhatsApp and Snapchat alone, which equates to about 550bn a year

Forget processor speeds, performance or screen resolution. The battleground for flagship smartphones today is camera and picture quality. We're taking an insane amount of pictures on our devices, everything from baby and pet shots, to selfies and food shots and our smartphones are the best devices for this sort of manic snap-happy photography fest.

Most smartphone users don't even take calls anymore, they may message or text and even play games and use apps and social media services, but you can be certain almost everyone takes pictures and video. Smartphone makers have responded by packing in the megapixels and improving the aperture for better low-light photography.

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Celebrate World Photo Day with smartphone shooting tips and apps

Today is World Photo Day and considering that we're celebrating 175 years since the first permanent photographic process was patented and released to the world, we now take more photos than ever before. To be more precise, the number of photos taken by 2014 will be around one trillon, that's a lot of pictures. Hit jump for tips to improve shooting on your iPhone as well as some notable apps, and photographers worth following.

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Panasonic's AVCCAM HD camcorder features recording modes for sports snalysis and cloud applications

Panasonic has announced a new professional AVCCAM HD handheld camcorder, the AG-AC90A, with significant improvements over its predecessor, the AG-AC90. Advances include two new recording options -- a PM mode (1280x720, 8Mbps) supporting sports analysis applications and a CS mode (720x480, 3.5Mbps) for cloud service utilization.

Other enhancements comprise the ability to copy content from one SD card to another, a date and time superimpose function ideal for law enforcement and legal depositions, Freeze Frame (still picture) on video out during shooting position change, Eye-Fi card support, a Variable White Balance function, additional marker displays, and a Digital Range Stretch (DRS) On/Off user button. Current AC90 owners can access these new features via a free firmware upgrade available at http://pro-av.panasonic.net/en/index.html.

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