Not to be outdone by the AFP, The Wall Street Journal has served up its own collection of the images that best portray the year of 2012. The large roundup — comprised of 338 photos so far — spans a huge variety of locations and topics across the year, including the US and French presidential elections, protests and violence in the Middle East, and everyday life in countries such as China and India. Not every photo has captured such serious subjects, though: there are some more lighthearted examples, like the sofa made of sand sitting idly next to the River Thames, as well as the famous photo of a Colorado bear’s fall from a tree after being tranquilized. All in all, it's a stunning collection waiting to be perused, and the year isn’t even over yet.

2012· Best photos· Photo· Photography· WSJ

The best photos of 2012 as picked by The Wall Street Journal

Not to be outdone by the AFP, The Wall Street Journal has served up its own collection of the images that best portray the year of 2012. The large roundup — comprised of 338 photos so far — spans a huge variety of locations and topics across the year, including the US and French presidential elections, protests and violence in the Middle East, and everyday life in countries such as China and India. Not every photo has captured such serious subjects, though: there are some more lighthearted examples, like the sofa made of sand sitting idly next to the River Thames, as well as the famous photo of a Colorado bear’s fall from a tree after being tranquilized. All in all, it's a stunning collection waiting to be perused, and the year isn’t even over yet.

Apple has just posted two new iPhone 5 television ads. The ads are titled 'Orchestra' and 'Turkey'. Orchestra focuses on the microphones that Apple uses to reduce background noise during calls. Turkey shows off the Shared Photo Stream feature of iOS 6.




"Excuse me, Maestro? Bring it down please!
Better.
That's what happens to background noise when you're making a call on this.
The microphone here picks up the sounds around you and helps turn them down.
So when the worlds gets a noisy, calls sound better. "



"Well, it's that time of year again.
You know, picture taking season?
And, with Photo Stream, you can share all the photos you want.
With just the people you want.
It's easy as pie. Mmmm... pie."

Apple· iPhone· iPhone 5· Microphone· Photo· Television· Video

Apple Posts Two New iPhone 5 Television Ads, 'Orchestra' and 'Turkey'

Apple has just posted two new iPhone 5 television ads. The ads are titled 'Orchestra' and 'Turkey'. Orchestra focuses on the microphones that Apple uses to reduce background noise during calls. Turkey shows off the Shared Photo Stream feature of iOS 6.




"Excuse me, Maestro? Bring it down please!
Better.
That's what happens to background noise when you're making a call on this.
The microphone here picks up the sounds around you and helps turn them down.
So when the worlds gets a noisy, calls sound better. "



"Well, it's that time of year again.
You know, picture taking season?
And, with Photo Stream, you can share all the photos you want.
With just the people you want.
It's easy as pie. Mmmm... pie."

Facebook users are uploading a whopping 300 million new photos each and every day. So bing added a new way to search and browse your friends' photos without all the clutter of status updates and friend requests.

This new feature is part of Bing's ongoing evolution to make search more visual. Friend's photos already show up in search sidebars when relevant, but now interested users can go straight to bing.com/friendsphotos to browse and search all their Facebook friends' images.

Connect Bing to Facebook, and your friends' photos show up in a Pinterest-like stream:

Search is a very useful feature which allows users to view each friend's photos in a stream, and the default stream of all users friends' pictures, which is a great way to get visually updated in a hurry on where your friends are and what they're doing.

Bing of course will respect your Facebook privacy settings and will only show images that your friends have made viewable. Your photos, Microsoft stresses, will never be shared with the public.

Bing· Facebook· Image· Microsoft· Photo· Search· Search Engine· Social· Social Network

Bing now lets you search through your Facebook friends' photos

Facebook users are uploading a whopping 300 million new photos each and every day. So bing added a new way to search and browse your friends' photos without all the clutter of status updates and friend requests.

This new feature is part of Bing's ongoing evolution to make search more visual. Friend's photos already show up in search sidebars when relevant, but now interested users can go straight to bing.com/friendsphotos to browse and search all their Facebook friends' images.

Connect Bing to Facebook, and your friends' photos show up in a Pinterest-like stream:

Search is a very useful feature which allows users to view each friend's photos in a stream, and the default stream of all users friends' pictures, which is a great way to get visually updated in a hurry on where your friends are and what they're doing.

Bing of course will respect your Facebook privacy settings and will only show images that your friends have made viewable. Your photos, Microsoft stresses, will never be shared with the public.