On-the-ball firm puts fans in the picture

Irish start-up firm Tapastreet hopes to use the World Cup in Brazil to showcase its technology, which captures geo-tagged photographs taken by fans and facilitates their use online, writes Trish Dromey.

THE World Cup in Brazil is providing Dublin company Tapastreet with the perfect opportunity to showcase technology which utilises photos uploaded by sports fans on social media.

The two-year-old start-up has created a platform which captures geo-tagged images and videos of an event from social media networks and allows sports clubs and media companies to integrate them into their own online platforms.