photography

Here are the Most Popular Locations on Instagram from 2012 [PICS]

Instagram has just published a blog post revealing the top locations of images posted to the photo network from 2012. Can you guess where the top Instagrammed (that's a verb now?) location was? It was Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport, which had over 100,000 pictures taken there in 2012. Here's the full list of 2012's top locations: Suvarnabhumi...

Instagram Clarifies “It Is Not Our Intention to Sell Your Photos”

Instagram's co-founder, Kevin Systrom, has published a long and detailed letter on the company blog explaining how they will not be selling your photos. The note was written after the Instagram community was up in arms over their recently changed terms of service: Advertising on Instagram From the start, Instagram was created to become a...

Are You Quitting Instagram Over Its Terms of Use Update? [POLL]

instagram logo, from Nov. 2010 Instagram updated their Terms of Use which will allow the company to sell your pictures, as part of their strategy to start monetizing the app, which we have all been aware of: Some or all of the Service may be supported by advertising revenue. To help us deliver interesting paid...

Camera+ 3.7 Update Adds New Higher Quality Image Setting

Tap tap tap has released an update to Camera+ which brings better image quality settings when saving pictures: For Camera+ 3.7 (1.2 for iPad), we’ve added a new Quality setting. For those of you who want your photos to be of the highest quality, we’ve introduced a third setting, named “High”. (The setting formerly named...

Facebook: Instagram to Get Ads as Part of Monetization Strategy

Business Insider reports Facebook has confirmed ads are coming to Instagram, the popular photo sharing network it acquired in a $1 billion deal. The confirmation comes from Carolyn Everson, Vice President of Global Marketing Solutions at Facebook. She told BI ads are coming at their Ignition 2012 conference. BI: Will you put ads in Instagram? CE: Eventually...

Twitter iOS Update Brings Ability to Add Filters to Photos [Update]

Twitter has announced an update to its iOS app to bring the ability to add filters to photos and edit them as well; reports on the weekend noted this feature was coming soon and it has arrived: Starting today, you’ll be able to edit and refine your photos, right from Twitter. The latest versions of...

It’s Over: Instagram Officially Cuts Off Photo Viewing on Twitter

AllThingsD is reporting Instagram has officially ceased support for Twitter cards technology today, as confirmed to the publication via a Facebook spokesperson (the latter acquired Instagram for $1 billion back in September): Instagram has completely turned off support for Twitter cards technology on Sunday, a Facebook spokesperson confirmed to AllThingsD. Users will still be able...

KitCam – Take Great Photos [Review]

I love taking and editing pictures using my iPhone, and if you do, you should check out KitCam. I’ve taken such great photos with KitCam, I can’t imagine using Apple’s camera app anymore. There are 10 lenses, 24 films and 15 frames to choose from, and they can be swapped before and after you take a...

Instagram ‘@’ Mentions Now Translate Directly to Twitter Usernames

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:...

Apple’s Free App of the Week: Photography App Vintique

Another week has arrived and that means a new App Pick of the Week from Apple. Regularly-priced at $0.99, the free download this week is Vintique, a photography app that applies vintage filters to your photos. There are 32 filters to choose from and each filter can be adjusted to your liking along with 19...