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According to a report from the New York Times, Twitter is going to add filters to pictures to compete with Instagram: In the coming months, Twitter plans to update its mobile applications to introduce filters for photos that will allow people to share altered images on Twitter and bypass Instagram, the popular mobilecentric photo-sharing network,...

It seems that Instagram is taking a break from being the primary source of photographs showing off our children or whatever masterpiece we've assembled for lunch today. Instead, the famous image manipulation and sharing app is busy acting as a front-line news reporter for Hurricane Sandy by way of over 10 new images posted every...

Instagram has announced on its blog today it has now made sharing photos with people easier especially when people you know are mentioned on Instagram but their usernames are different from their Twitter usernames. Today's change improves that as @mentions will now be translated via the following scenarios: If the @mentioned user has connected Instagram to Twitter:...

A couple updates have been pushed out to two popular apps, Instagram and UrbanSpoon. The updates bring support for iOS 6 and the larger 4-inch screen of the iPhone 5. Urbanspoon brings some usability enhancements to the new restaurant map along with some bug fixes. The app looks great on the larger iPhone 5 display....

Facebook has announced today that they've finally completed the acquisition of the photo-sharing network Instagram. The deal was formed on April 12th, 2012 for $300 million cash and 23 million shares of stock. Facebook is committed in supporting the network's growth and notes "Instagram isn't going anywhere." Here is more from the Facebook Newsroom: As we said...

If you're an Instagram addict, then you might want to take note of the Instacube, the latest project on Kickstarter. This cubed digital picture frame will stream your Instagram photos live over WiFi, and from there you can favourite images via buttons on top of the devices. Here's how it works: Log into your Instagram...

Two popular social media apps for iOS have recently received minor updates in the iTunes App Store. One is Instagram and the other is the official Twitter client. No new features have been added to either of them, however some bug fixes and stability issues have been addressed. The Twitter iOS app gets an improved pull...

If you're an Instagram user, then you're part of history in the making. The photo sharing network launched exclusively on iOS back in October of 2010, and soon reached Android users as well, and then was snatched up by Facebook in a $1 billion dollar deal. Today, the Instagram team announced they had surpassed 80...

Today Vancouver-based Hootsuite has announced more apps to their app directory, and it now includes the popular iOS (and Android) photo-sharing network, Instagram. So for those that use Hootsuite to manage their social media on the web, Instagram can be installed as a tab alongside your other networks. You will be able to share photos,...

The fate of Instagram was somewhat up in the air, when it was announced that Facebook had acquired the popular iOS photo sharing app. It was quickly learned that the app would be sticking around, and the updates have kept coming. Today, Instagram has been updated to version 2.5 and brings a few new features...

Great new for Instagramers! A new L.A. based website named Instaprints lets Instagram users sell their photographs as canvas or acrylic prints, greetings cards and posters as noted by an L.A. Times report. Instaprints founder Sean Broihier also founded the online art marketplace Fine Art America, an online marketplace for buying and selling fine art originals and prints, which currently has...

ADR Studios, which has introduced us to concepts such as the iPhone SJ (and recently the iPhone Plus), released this morning a new concept for iOS users to feast their eyes on, the Instagram Socialmatic camera concept. This idea comes from the recent $1 billion dollar Facebook acquisition of Instagram, and the possibility of a standalone camera...