Tag: 500px

Animoto, EyeEm, Fotolog , 500px among 16 hacked sites: The Register

February 21, 2019February 23, 2019 GaryPageau 500px, Animotor, EyeEm, Fotolog, hacking

The Register reports more than 620 million accounts stolen from 16 hacked websites now for sale on dark web, according to a seller.The report claims for less than $20,000 in Bitcoin, the following pilfered account databases can be purchased from the Dream Market cyber-souk, located in the Tor network: Dubsmash (162 million), MyFitnessPal (151 million), MyHeritage (92 million), ShareThis (41 million),... Read More

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Photo site 500px suffers security breach

February 13, 2019February 13, 2019 GaryPageau 500px1 Comment

Photo gallery and hosting site 500px suffered a security breach requiring password resets by its users. The company posted on its support blog: What happened? On February 8, 2019, our engineering team became aware of a potential security issue affecting certain user profile data. We immediately launched a comprehensive review of our systems to understand the nature and scope of the... Read More

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Skylum is joined by 500px founder Evgeny Tchebotarev as VP of Growth in Asia

July 3, 2018July 4, 2018 GaryPageau 500px, Skylum, Visual China Group

Skylum’s newest team member positions the award-winning software company for expansive growth in the Asian market, with a focus on partnerships, distribution, and building a local photo community around Skylum’s software lineup. July 3, 2018 — Bellevue, WA — Skylum Software, creator of the award-winning Luminar and Aurora HDR photo software, is excited to bring on Evgeny Tchebotarev, founder of... Read More

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500px closing Marketplace in favor of Getty Images, VCG

July 1, 2018 GaryPageau 500px, Getty Images, VCG

High-end photo-sharing site 500px announced it is shutting down 500px Marketplace, its stock photo platform, in favor of offering images through Getty Images – exclusive worldwide, except People’s Republic of China (PRC) – and Visual China Group (VCG), exclusive in PRC. 500px was acquired by VCG earlier this year. Also, in May, Getty and 500px entered into the distribution partnership, sending signals more changes... Read More

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Getty Images and 500px announce exclusive global distribution partnership

May 31, 2018 GaryPageau 500px, Getty Images, Visual China Group

New relationship unlocks tens of millions of new photos for licensing from the 500px network NEW YORK, May 31, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Getty Images, a world leader in visual communications, and 500px, the world’s leading social network for photographers, today announced an exclusive distribution partnership that will enable Getty Images customers to access the unique premium royalty-free content from 500px. As... Read More

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Visual China Group acquires 500px

February 26, 2018February 26, 2018 GaryPageau 500px, Visual China Group

500px Surges Past 13 Million Photographers, Invests in Community Growth as it Joins Visual China Group TORONTO & BEIJING — 500px, one of the world’s leading online visual creative communities, announced Monday, February 26th that it has been acquired by Visual China Group (VCG), the world’s third-largest visual content provider and a longtime investor in 500px. The acquisition underscores the... Read More

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500px Supports Searchable Wide-Gamut Images and Google’s WebP Format

August 23, 2017 GaryPageau 500px

August 22, 2017 07:11 AM Eastern Daylight Time – TORONTO–(BUSINESS WIRE) — 500px, the world’s largest global photography community, today announced full support for wide-gamut imagery, searching by color profiles, and WebP format image delivery. With recent wide-gamut adoption growth in displays, smartphones, and laptops, 500px is now able to stay truer to the photographer’s original vision, delivering better-looking images and reducing... Read More