Kodak Preparing for Chapter 11 Filing

Eastman Kodak Co. is preparing for a Chapter 11 bankruptcy-protection filing in the coming weeks should efforts to sell a trove of digital patents fall through, people familiar with the matter said.

Viral Video: Google Street View Address Is Approximately a Hit

This simple Web video shows how good the genre can be. Also, it’s pretty.
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“Living” Photo Magic With Lytro: The Full AsiaD Demo

Harry Potter “living” images are not just in the movies anymore.
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Trio Uses Handful of Android Phones to Offer a 360-Degree Bike Ride

The result is an interactive video, playable on the Web, that lets one view a run down a Utah desert from any angle.
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Cameras Act Like a Pro, but Are as Easy as Pie

Nikon and Sony recently introduced cameras that offer many of the features of much larger models but are simple to use.
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Here’s the Most Popular Image From Getty’s Flickr Collection

There are 249,999 more.
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Style as Seen Through Rose-Colored iPhone App

Instagram is stealing the show at Fashion Week. Amateur photographers use the free iPhone app to filter camera-phone pictures and make them look as if they’ve been processed using old-fashioned darkroom techniques.

Last Night’s Amazing 9/11 Memorial Photo Is a Year Old

But more important: Photographer John de Guzman isn’t particularly happy that the image went viral.
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Cooliris Cleverly Makes Photo Sharing Instantaneous (Video)

Cooliris, which for the last five years has built all sorts of neat online and mobile media tools, has lately been working on some rather nifty technology to make photo-sharing much more instantaneous.
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Eat Your Heart Out, Marilyn; Warhol Museum Brings True Pop Art to the iPhone

Automated filters can do a decent job of imitating Andy Warhol, but offer little insight into how the master created his iconic designs. A new app from Warhol’s namesake museum combines a lesson in Pop Art 101 with the ability to transform one’s own iPhone images into images that evoke the artist’s singular style.
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The Atlantic Pretties Up With Photos

Apple Job Posting Hints at iPad Camera