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Here's the The Lowdown
from DN Journal,
updated daily
to
fill you in on the latest buzz going around the domain name industry.
The Lowdown is
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Afilias
Draws Attention to .INFO With New Contest
Offering Chance to Win a Revolutionary Lytro
Camera
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The
new Lytro
cameras
have
created a considerable buzz among gadget
and photography freaks and Afilias, who
operates the .INFO
registry, is taking advantage of
that by giving away two Lytros in a new Summer
2012 INFO Spotting Contest that
kicked off today and continues through August
31, 2012. The cameras retail for $399-$499
(depending on the memory configuration) but the
two contest winners will pick theirs up at no
charge.
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As
you might expect, the contest involves photography
- specifically photos that capture .INFO
addresses featured in print
or outdoor advertising, such as banners,
magazine ads, or billboards. When you
spot such an ad, snap a photo and then submit
it in one of two ways: Post the |
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photo
to the .INFO
Facebook fan page or email
your shot to [email protected].
Each photo submitted will be judged on
the validity of the subject as an
advertisement or marketing message using
a .INFO address, the legibility and
clarity of the photograph, and how well
it captures the spirit of the
advertisement. You can review
the complete contest rules here. |
For
those who haven't heard about Lytro
cameras and what makes them so special,
it boils down to the Lytro camera being
able to capture the entire
light field, which is all the light
traveling in every direction in every
point in space. That creates new
capabilities that traditional
cameras |
don't have.
One of the coolest of those is the
ability to focus after the fact.
Focus and re-focus, anywhere in the
picture. You can refocus your
pictures at any time (that's why
Lytro calls them living pictures).
Focusing after the fact also means no
auto-focus motor and no auto-focus
motor means no shutter delay. So
you can capture the moment you meant to
capture - not the one a
shutter-delayed camera captured for you.
Another
plus is that friends and family can interact
with your Lytro photos on nearly |
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any
device, including mobile phones,
tablets within web browsers, etc. (you
can do it yourself with some sample
pictures on this page). You
can easily share your photos on Facebook,
Twitter, through email or on your
blog. Smart move for .INFO to associate
their TLD with hot new technology
like the Lytro for their summer .INFO
Spotting Contest. |
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(Posted July
10, 2012)
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