The Information Specialist's Scoop

Robin Good: As the gathering and discovery of news and stories leverages increasingly the adoption of technology tools that scan, search, find and monitor specific topics or geolocations in real-time, it seems only natural that a new breed of real-time photo/image search engines are beginning to appear.

 

From the article intro: "Thanks to services like Twitter and Instagram, and the global 'smartphone saturation' phenomenon, live reporting from big events has never been easier.

 

No longer do we have to rely on professionals delivering content and images from these events, we have our extended social networks doing this for us.

And, because so many of these updates get fired into the 'public' timeline, virtually any update from anywhere can be found and shared in a matter of seconds.

 

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With the London Olympics on our doorstep, expect to see 'real-time photo curation' explode into popularity and we've got some tools to help you be at the forefront of this revolution."

 

Useful. Resorceful. 8/10

 

Full article: http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/1CJlJN/www.commscorner.com/2012/05/tick-tock-10-real-time-photo-search.html ;

Via Robin Good