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Freepik acquires troubled stock image company EyeEm

October 12, 2023October 22, 2023 GaryPageau EyeEm, Freepik

Freepik announces its acquisition of EyeEm, the Berlin-based stock photography company. This acquisition is Freepik’s latest international growth effort, following the expansion of its U.S. leadership team earlier this year and the acquisitions of Videvo (UK), Iconfinder (Denmark), and Original Mockups (Colombia). Through this acquisition, Freepik gains access to EyeEm’s unique catalog of 160 million photographs, built by its contributor community. These photographs will add to... Read More

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Financially trouble Talenthouse, parent of EyeEm, to restructure

September 16, 2023October 3, 2023 GaryPageau EyeEm, Talenthouse

The talent platform and parent company of EyeEm, Talenthouse AG, has entered into a term sheet with investors to provide short-term liquidity to tackle urgently required restructuring measures. The company claims that first contributions have been firmly committed by the investors and are expected to be transferred to the company within the next days, according to published reports. Details of... Read More

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Germany’s EyeEm files for bankruptcy

April 5, 2023April 6, 2023 GaryPageau EyeEm

Business Insider in Germany reports the once high-flying stock photography startup EyeEm has filed for bankruptcy. Launched in 2011, EyeEm once boasted tens of millions of users and photographers, who used the service to market their stock photos. By 2020, however, the platform was losing momentum and restructured. Three of the founders –Florian Meissner, Lorenz Aschoff and Gen Sadakane –... Read More

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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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LG V30S ThinQ with new integrated AI debuts at MWC 2018

March 4, 2018 GaryPageau EyeEm, LG, Mobile World Congress

TechCrunch reports LG has tapped German imaging company EyeEm to provide new AI-driven imaging features to its LG V30 ThinQ smartphone. The AI platform is now cloud-based and automatically detects the subject of the picture, and automatically adjusts camera settings to optimize the picture. The full press release below: LG V30S ThinQ with new integrated AI debuts at MWC 2018 Upgraded... Read More