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techTuesday, 20 November, 2012 - 19:48Almost every week our tech team releases many updates, changes and new features, a lot of them on Tuesdays (but sometimes at other points in the week too), without anyone noticing! We also work hard improving our development systems and processes and in the last weeks we've also added an automated testing system. This system is able to sign up for new accounts, upload and even buy photos on our development systems, insuring key functionality stays working between updates. However, this week,...0 Comments2,612 Views
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techFriday, 9 November, 2012 - 16:36Today we're proud to announce the launch of our new Android app! The new Demotix Android app will let you: - Add stories, upload and edit them in a clean and easy to use interface. - Upload a maximum of 25 images and videos per story, just like the full website. - Create a story and upload it directly from other applications that support sharing. - With a high-end camera, you can now upload directly from the field. This allows us to publish and sell your media faster! - Works across a wide...4 Comments1,927 Views
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techMonday, 1 October, 2012 - 16:01As you may have noticed, we are now displaying and categorising hubs in a totally new way. Go Live Changes: -Dynamic new hub designs -Only selected content appears in the hubs -All content is still on our improved search engine, but not all is displayed in the hubs Latest Changes: -Improved layout code, fewer white spaces -Maximum of 3 images per story, giving more variety per page Still to come: -Maps -More RSS feeds We're incredibly excited about these changes and hope you...9 Comments1,413 Views
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techTuesday, 26 June, 2012 - 18:51It turns out that moving our entire company on to new servers is harder than we anticipated. It took us four tries. Yeeuurgh! On the morning of Friday the 22nd, we finally did it (YAY!) ... but in the meantime we have driven you INSANE with upload problems and the like. SOOOOO ... We want to say we’re sorry. We want to tell you that, by this time tomorrow, we will have fixed all the last bugs relating to pageview numbers, profiles not saving, files going missing and media pool portrait images...7 Comments1,911 Views
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techTuesday, 19 June, 2012 - 18:00UPDATE (22/07/12 10:20) : Move complete The move is now complete. The tech team are monitoring things closely, bugs so far : Our SSL / HTTPS certficate isn't working correctly yet, so you get a scary red message before you can log in. Fixed @ 13:15 These bugs will be fixed over the next few hours. 5am-9:30am 22/06/2012 (NO UPLOAD) Once again, we are going to lock the site for a few hours to improve our systems. Our previous scheduled maintenance didn't quite go as...25 Comments3,207 Views
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techMonday, 18 June, 2012 - 15:48A lot of users have been experiencing upload difficulty this week, but let me assure you, we hear you and we are handling the problem. Our tech team is automatically alerted every time your actions within the site fail and anytime you run into problems uploading your stories. On top of that, our staff is using the site every minute of every hour of every day, and if there are issues with site performance we don’t hesitate to bring it to the tech team’s attention. The main problem is that we are...2 Comments1,883 Views
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techMonday, 28 May, 2012 - 17:3229 May, 5:00 - 10:00 BST (GMT+1) Our tech team has been working more hours than are healthy to bring 7 new servers online to power demotix.com! That work is now complete and we are about to smash the champagne over the lot of them... but to do this we need to do some “scheduled maintenance”. We plan to do this tomorrow, starting at 5am and finishing at around 10am (all time UK, BST). During this time, you won’t be able to login, upload or buy images direct from the website. ALL APOLOGIES......9 Comments1,979 Views
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techThursday, 10 May, 2012 - 12:30Our servers are currently under massive strain. Record breaking month after record breaking month is taking its toll, and May is already looking to be our biggest to date (it’s only the 10th for crying out loud!) All this means a large scale server upgrade is long overdue, and we’re all over it like a rash! As of today, we have a CDN enabled: so when you’re viewing pages on Demotix the images you see are not coming all the way from London, but from a server much closer to you. This will both...10 Comments3,018 Views
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techThursday, 26 April, 2012 - 10:02Hazrid is a Syrian entrepreneur and activist. He lives in one of the larger cities in Syria, where he is part of the revolution’s tech team. Hazrid isn’t a real name but a nom de guerre pulled from the world of HP Lovecraft – Abdul Alhazred is the imaginary ‘Mad Arab’ author of the Kitab al-Azif – and Hazrid himself has much of that dark Lovecraftian humour. I interviewed him over Skype a few days ago. Hazrid is a tech revolutionary or “e-mundas”, his enemies the “e-shabiha”. Activists call...0 Comments1,642 Views
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techTuesday, 17 January, 2012 - 13:59Yesterday I asked for feedback on our ideas for a revamped Profile Page for Demotix users. We realise that the current profile page isn't really up to scratch or professional looking - so we want to create a profile page for you that can really be the home for your photography on the web. There are a number of common aims that have influenced what we've included in all the new designs: Basic profile information - your name, a short bio if you want to write one, your photo What you get up to on...22 Comments2,317 Views
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adviceFri, 17/05/2013 - 17:08Blog Post Via Corbis: “I’m not as interested in conflict as I’m interested in change, ” states Bryan Denton when asked what it is he finds interesting to shoot in the Middle East. “The Arab world, and the greater Islamic world …” he pauses, “I...0 Comments296 Views
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shoutTue, 26/03/2013 - 10:30Dear All, Some sad news: today is my last day at Demotix. Corbis and I have agreed that my work with Demotix is done, and that it's time for the company to grow under different management. The rest of the team stays with you: you're in great hands....24 Comments2,124 Views
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shoutFri, 22/02/2013 - 17:34French photojournalist and Demotix contributor Olivier Voisin died Sunday, Feb. 25, from injuries in northern Syria. He was 38 years old. He never regained consciousness following an operation on Friday. One familiar with the situation tells...14 Comments2,514 Views
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adviceFri, 17/05/2013 - 17:08Blog Post Via Corbis: “I’m not as interested in conflict as I’m interested in change, ” states Bryan Denton when asked what it is he finds interesting to shoot in the Middle East. “The Arab world, and the greater Islamic world …” he pauses, “I...0 Comments296 Views
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shoutTue, 26/03/2013 - 10:30Dear All, Some sad news: today is my last day at Demotix. Corbis and I have agreed that my work with Demotix is done, and that it's time for the company to grow under different management. The rest of the team stays with you: you're in great hands....24 Comments2,124 Views
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shoutFri, 22/02/2013 - 17:34French photojournalist and Demotix contributor Olivier Voisin died Sunday, Feb. 25, from injuries in northern Syria. He was 38 years old. He never regained consciousness following an operation on Friday. One familiar with the situation tells...14 Comments2,514 Views
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