Tag Archives: photo sharing

Facebook improves photo viewing with larger images, takes cues from Google+

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Facebook has offered photo sharing in one form another since shortly after the site’s launch, but while certain features have been added over the years, such as tagging and downloads, image formatting has remained mostly unchanged. Until today. Faceb…


Face.com kills developer APIs and Klik app three weeks after Facebook acquisition

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A ripple went through Face.com’s developer community three weeks ago when the company was acquired by Facebook. After all, what earthly reason would the social network have for continuing third-party developer support of the product? None, as it turn…


Apple may debut new social photo-sharing service at WWDC

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Apple is reportedly preparing an upgrade to its iCloud service that includes new photo-sharing features, according The Wall Street Journal. The publication cites multiple anonymous sources who claim the Cupertino-based company will announce the new features at its Worldwide Developer Conference beginning on June 11th. Users can currently store and sync photos using iCloud, however the upgrades will allow users to share and comment on each other’s photos as well. The iPhone-maker is also said to be working on a new feature that will allow iCloud users to sync their personal videos to the cloud, and the update will reportedly also let users access “Notes” and “Reminders” through the iCloud web portal. Apple has not refreshed iCloud since it launched last


Instagram surpasses 50 million users

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The popular photo sharing app Instagram, which allows users to capture photos or import them from a smartphone’s camera roll and then apply retro effects before sharing them with friends, is coming off its biggest month yet. After being acquired by …


Dropbox adds automatic photo uploads for Windows and Mac, up to 3GB just for using it

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Dropbox isn’t short of aficionados, but it’s undoubtedly lost some of its gleam since Google drove the cloud war into a frenzy. In response, Dropbox’s devs have been at the squat rack pumping up their multimedia credentials, recently adding auto phot…


Instagram becomes No. 1 free iOS app for the first time ever after Facebook acquisition

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Facebook’s $1 billion acquisition of Instagram has had a great impact on the photo-sharing app’s popularity. Despite public outcry with some users looking to delete their accounts, Instagram continues to add users by the millions. The me…


Instagram for Android signup page goes live ahead of imminent release

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Instagram CEO Kevin Systrom previously confirmed that an Android version of the company’s popular iOS application was in the works, even claiming that “in some ways its better than our iPhone app.” On Saturday, the company launched a te…


Instagram and Hipstamatic to announce photo-sharing partnership

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Historically, Instagram has been the definition of closed. It’s only available on one platform (iOS), and no third-party services were allowed to port content in via an API. According to Fast Company, that’s changing today. It’s bruited that Instagram…


Instagram for Android coming soon, ‘better than iPhone app’

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During the annual South by Southwest conference in Austin, Texas, Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger of Instagram teased the company’s long awaited Android app. During an interview with TechCrunch, the duo said that an Android version of the app is coming “really soon.” Systrom briefly showed the app running on his Galaxy Nexus and claimed that “it’s one of the most amazing Android apps you’ll ever see, in some ways, it’s better than our iPhone app.” The company previously announced that an Android app is on the way, however no time frame was given. The app is currently in a private beta phase, and Instagram hopes “to have it out to people really soon.” Finally, Systrom and Krieger revealed that Instagram now has more


Adobe Carousel rebranded as Revel, ‘additional photography solutions’ promised

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It’s just been a few months since it was announced, but Adobe’s Carousel photo service / app has now already seen its first big change. The company announced last night that Adobe Carousel is now known as Adobe Revel, a name that it says is designed to…