With 4K cameras, Lyve gets into the image capture business

RANCHO PALOS VERDES, Calif. — Give selfie sticks their due. They’ve helped millions of people extend their reach and take pictures that put more than just their faces in the frame. The problem with these sticks, though, is you still have to hold them. What if you could put the phone down and just get back to enjoying yourself?

A handful of technologies, including camera drones that you throw in the air and follow you and the Apple Watch that can serve as an iPhone camera remote control, seek to capture the moment without holding a camera. Now Lyve, a company best known for helping people collect, manage, share and view their digital photos — they have a free app and a local 2 TB, $299 storage device that displays your photos — is adding remote control, 4K-ready satellite cameras to the Mix. The company announced their new offerings at Re/Code's Code conference in southern California. Read more...