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China’s largest stock photo provider draws fire over use of black hole image

While the world marvels at the first black hole image ever taken, a Chinese photo-sharing community is setting off a huge public outcry over its use of the landmark photo and a wider debate over copyr

500px nixes Creative Commons option and replaces Marketplace with Getty and Visual China Group partnerships

Photographers who use 500px to distribute their work are now adjusting to two big changes. First, the platform is removing the option to upload or download photos with a Creative Commons license. On S

One-time Flickr rival 500px acquired by the Getty of China, VCG

500px, the photo-sharing site that once proposed to take on Flickr and Getty, has been acquired by Visual China Group (VCG), a strategic investor in 500px via previous financings. A publicly-traded im

Streetography is a pictorial block party app for inquisitive photographers

Imagine if you could see a map of the city around you based on the photos that best represent the area. That's the concept of Streetography, a brand new photography app for iOS launched this week. The

500px’s new app lets pros edit RAW photos, license their work and find jobs

500px, the photo-sharing service aimed at professional photographers, is today launching a new mobile app aimed at serving the needs of this audience by offering editing tools along with a way to lice

Toronto is poised to become the next great producer of tech startups

I’ve spent a fair amount of time in Toronto and learned there’s more to this city than Drake calling it home and the recent successes of their professional sports teams. We made one investment the

500px Launches Its Photo Sharing And Licensing Platform In China

500px, the photography platform where users post and share, as well as buy and sell photos, has become the latest Western technology company to enter China. The Toronto-based startup launched a locali

500px Revamps Its App To Better Appeal To The Instagram Crowd

500px, the online photo-sharing community that recently raised another $13 million to challenge Flickr and Getty, is today rolling out a significant change to its mobile application. Beginning with an

500px Raises Another $13M To Take On Getty And Flickr

As Facebook continues to add more advertising features to Instagram, another photo-sharing platform is expanding its commercial and global ambitions with a new round of funding. 500px -- a Toronto-bas

500px Announces Adobe Creative SDK Integration

Photo-sharing service 500px announced today that it's one of the first developers participating in the public beta of Adobe's Creative SDK, which allows app developers to integrate Creative Cloud serv

500px Co-Founder And Former CEO Ousted From The Startup

Toronto’s 500px photo portfolio site and marketplace is undergoing some major changes, as co-founder Oleg Gutsol is out from the company he started. The executive shared the information on Face

Lytro’s “Living Pictures” Set To Appear On 500px Thanks To New Open WebGL Player

Lytro may have led the way when it came to pictures where you could choose your point of focus after the shots were taken. The company also recently introduced the Illum light field camera, which is a

500px Launches ISO For Showcasing Its Members, Easier Bulk Upload And Editing

Flickr-competitor and photo-focused startup 500px is launching a trio of new things today, including a new blog called ISO that’s designed to build stories around member photos, revamped upload

Content Creation Startup Tackk Expands Its Visual Library With 500px Integration

<a target="_blank" href="http://www.tackk.com">Tackk</a> is announcing that it has partnered with photo-sharing startup <a target="_blank" href="http://500px.com">500px</a>, making a wide variety of p

500px Plans Aggressive Consumer Market Expansion In 2014, We Take A Look At Their New Space

Located in the heart of downtown Toronto, 500px's new offices are expansive, impressive and just as laden with exposed brick and beams as anything you'll see south of Market in San Francisco. When we

500px Scores $8.8M Series A From Andreessen Horowitz & Harrison Metal To Build A Photo Marketplace, Expand Consumer Reach

<a target="_blank" href="http://500px.com/">500px</a>, the Toronto-based photo sharing service aimed at enthusiasts and pro photographers, has closed on $8.8 million in Series A funding dually led by

Photo Community 500px Announces New Professional Portfolios, Price Increase Giving Paid Accounts Unlimited Storage

Toronto-based photo-sharing service <a target="_blank" href="http://500px.com/">500px</a> is revamping its professional portfolios product, the startup announced today. The new portfolios, which are

500px Returns To The iOS App Store, With Mature Content Warning And Photo Reporting Button

Toronto's 500px got its popular photo sharing iPhone app back on the iTunes App Store today, following a takedown that Apple said stemmed from multiple user complaints about pornographic material. The

Apple Pulls 500px’s Mobile Apps From The App Store, Claiming It’s Too Easy To Search For Nude Photos

Toronto photo-sharing startup <a target="_blank" href="http://500px.com/">500px</a> is reporting today that both of its applications, <a target="_blank" href="https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/500px/i

Gorgeous Photos, Now In Your Pocket: 500px Arrives On iPhone

Hot on the heels of <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2012/11/20/500px-acquires-french-ios-appmaker-pulpfingers-to-beef-up-european-presence/">acquiring the makers of a popular iPhone app</a> for browsi
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