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iCloud is getting some photo sharing upgrades at WWDC
The WWDC 2012 rumors are cranking out fast now that it’s less than a month away. The latest to hit the Internet revolves around what Apple will do with iCloud. For iCloud’s first birthday, it will likely get a wealth of desirable upgrades. Apple is apparently in the process of taking Photo Stream, a current iCloud service that lets individual users share their own most recent photos with the cloud to keep in sync on all device, and turn it into a social network of sorts. This would mean users … Read more
George Tinari
Fake Instagram app for Android has malware
Here’s some more security news for Android users that has probably struck a nerve or two by now: another fake app has made its way into Google Play and yes, it has malware. This time the app is trying to imitate Instagram for Android. The app was discovered by web security provider Sophos. Once downloaded, it installs malware onto your device and sends text messages to your contacts without your consent in an attempt to get them to sign up for premium services so the developer can make money. This … Read more
George Tinari
5 million Google Play downloads in 6 days: that’s the Instagram way
You know what the Instagram way is? It’s not just settling for 30 million iOS users. Hell no. It’s about launching on Google Play for Android after reaching that milestone to then get one million downloads in the first 24 hours and now five million in the first six days. Oh, and being acquired by Facebook for $1 billion. That too. There really isn’t a way to overstate Instagram’s success. It’s only been in existence for around a year and a half now and not once made any revenue, yet … Read more
George Tinari
Photo shootout: Lumia 900, iPhone 4S and HTC One X
It’s no secret that smartphones are becoming the main camera for most people and this is only getting better as we see new devices. We decided to put the Nokia Lumia 900, iPhone 4S and HTC One X through a photo challenge to see which one provides the best camera experience. All of the photos below are on the standard settings, as the vast majority of people don’t really fiddle with the settings. The one exception is the close-up shot where I used macro mode for the Lumia 900. Note: … Read more
Marin Perez
Camera Awesome hits 4 million users, announces Instagram partnership
Camera Awesome, a recently popular photography app for the iPhone made by photo-sharing website SmugMug, hit the 4-million-user milestone today in less than one month and, to celebrate, is announcing some great new features. Among the most exciting: Instagram integration — instagration, if I may. Camera Awesome launched at the beginning of March with very warm reception and quickly rose to the top of the App Store charts. It’s currently the fifth most popular free app under the Photo & Video category. Don’t let the fact that it’s free fool … Read more
George Tinari
Hipstamatic and Instagram join forces for photo sharing partnership
Hipstamatic and Instagram unveiled a partnership today to make mobile photo-sharing easier under the two forces, according to an exclusive report from Fast Company. Instagram will grant Hipstamatic access to a write API — something Instagram has been reluctant to do in the past for third parties — which will allow Hipstamatic users to quickly share their photos with Instagram followers. Hipstamatic has remained a popular iPhone app for a couple of years now. Users take photos using unique “lenses” (read: filters) to add special effects or moods and then … Read more
George Tinari
Apple ditches Google Maps for OpenStreetMap in iPhoto for iOS
If you downloaded iPhoto for iOS after Apple released it a couple of days ago, you may have realized something was slightly different about the maps used for things like viewing the location of a photo taken. Some speculated Apple finally ditched Google Maps so it can stop relying on a competitor. It turns out that theory was true and OpenStreetMap confirms Apple has switched to its wiki map for use in iPhoto. The OpenStreetMap Foundation was just as surprised as the rest of us, but confirmed the news on … Read more
George Tinari
Apple launches iPhoto for iPad, $4.99 in the App Store
Apple unveiled the long-awaited iPhoto app. It’s available for $4.99 in the App Store for iPod touch, iPhone, and iPad starting today. iPhoto lets you edit your apps using a number of different tools and functions just like iPhoto for Mac. Photos are organized on shelves sorted by albums, faces, places, or the new journals feature. Tapping on one allows you to make advanced edits for highlights, shadows, white balance, etc. using multitouch gestures. The photos can be up to 19 megapixels in size, and the bigger the photo, the … Read more