The Single Worst Type of Selfie

The Single Worst Type of Selfie

You have a good side and a bad side, but everyone’s bad side is a photo taken from the crotch looking up. There’s a specific type of selfie that’s taken like the photographer was holding the phone in his or her lap. They’re not okay and no one looks good from that angle. If you’re going to take a selfie, don’t make it this one.

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AirSnap Helps You Take Beautiful Group Selfies By Pairing Two iOS Devices

How many times have you stepped out of the group to click pictures, feeling left out as others posed? Or have there been instances when you’re jostling to get back for a group picture after setting the timer of a camera shutter? While there is Samsung NX Mini, which comes with an LCD screen that flips 180 degrees for taking selfies, it still requires users to make adjustments in the frame.… Read More

Please Let This Be Peak Selfie

Please Let This Be Peak Selfie

I am pretty sure–or at least I am earnestly hopeful–that we have reached peak selfie.

    



God Help Us: There's Now a Dedicated Selfie Section in the App Store

God Help Us: There's Now a Dedicated Selfie Section in the App Store

Just in case you were feeling a little too happy with humanity, here’s something to change your tune: Apple now has a dedicated Selfie section in the iOS App Store.

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Hilarious monkey steals a GoPro camera and takes a selfie

Hilarious monkey steals a GoPro camera and takes a selfie

Hey Mister Man, what are you doing filming us with that camera over there. Hey Mister Man, I don’t appreciate you tempting me with food to trick me into dancing like a monkey. Hey Mister Man, that’s it, I’m stealing your camera. That’s—I’m assuming—what went through the head of this funny little monkey in Bali who nabbed a guy’s GoPro camera, tossed it around, pointed it at itself for some hilarious selfies, pried the case open and removed the GoPro’s battery to the horror of the camera’s owner (and to the enjoyment for the rest of us).

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Selfies Have Led to a Head Lice Epidemic

Selfies Have Led to a Head Lice Epidemic

Selfies are so fun. You’ve got your cool background—ideally, a sun-soaked beach or a compelling urban environment—and you’ve got your cool friends. Ideally lots of them. Just flip that phone around, put your heads together, smile, and watch those Instagram likes roll in for hours. But it’s too good to be true, folks.

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Cultural Stereotypes As Revealed By The Ultimate Collection Of Selfies

Cultural Stereotypes As Revealed By The Ultimate Collection Of Selfies

First came the Tumblrs, then the think pieces, then the distinction of being word of the year. What else could there possibly be for selfies? What about a huge data project analyzing how selfies around the world differ in everything from mood to mouthgape to head tilt?

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Selfie Is Officially the 2013 Word of the Year

Selfie Is Officially the 2013 Word of the Year

Time to fire up Instagram and party like it’s, um, 2013, because ‘selfie’ has been named the Oxford Dictionaries word of the year.

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How Will We Find Out What Our Friends Are Eating?!

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14 Amateur Photos Taken With the Very First Consumer Camera

14 Amateur Photos Taken With the Very First Consumer Camera

Kodak may be "a walking corpse of a company" according to some, but 120 years ago it was the first to offer consumers a chance to try out—and even own—a camera. Introduced in 1888, the Kodak No. 1 was the first camera marketed to average consumers. And thanks to a new set of images from the National Media Museum, we can now see what kinds of photos these early amateurs shot.

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