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Instagram is not new on the scene. It's got a huge number of users, mainly because it is so very good at what it does. What is still relatively new though is the Android version of the Instagram app. Those of us who knew what we were missing felt as if we waited a lifetime for the Instagram Android application. In the meantime, many of us toyed with cool camera alternatives. None of which really held up as they didn't have the social aspect of Instagram built in.
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It’s been a rough couple of days for Instagram users, and if you’re one yourself and are not aware of the changes yet, here’s a quick recap of everything that’s happened. On Tuesday, Instagram, now fully acquired by Facebook, announced that a new privacy policy and terms of service will take effect starting January 16. The new terms stated that Instagram can use your photos as it wishes, without reimbursing you or even mentioning your name.
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The new version of Dropbox's iPhone and iPad app makes it easier to upload, manage, and view your photos. At the heart of it is a new design which has gone for simplicity. With the holidays around the corner, it’s going to be all about photos and photo sharing. Dropbox has revamped that experience.
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The widely popular photo sharing site, Flickr.com, released yesterday a completely redesigned version of its iPhone photo and video app. Users should find the new user interface even easier to use, with additional unique camera filters, Full Groups capabilities, and the viewing of Flickr's selected local and worldwide "Interesting" photos.
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Instagram fans will be pleased to see and use the new slew of features added to the 3.2 version of the popular camera and photo sharing app for iPhone and Android. Instagram says the new release is the "largest upgrade to our Instagram iOS camera since it was revamped just over a year ago". Facebook bought Instagram back in April of this year, and this is the app's first major update since the acquisition.
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Very recently, Instagram pulled support for showing its photos directly in Twitter cards and Twitter seemed relatively quiet on the issue. It seemed as if Twitter did not care, and immediately after that happened, Twitter issued an update for its mobile applications that added photo filters that work in a very similar way to those of Instagram. This clearly explains why Twitter did not seem too concerned by Instagram pulling support; Twitter had its own Instagram competitor right on the horizon.
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It's no secret we're big fans of Pinterest here at MakeUseOf. The virtual pinning board of the Internet has helped us while away many an hour, getting lost in the many photos, ideas and posts that the site has to offer. For the geek, Pinterest can be the ultimate source of inspiration, and a great way to discover new and interesting things. For that reason, we've put together a list of geeky Pinterest users you should be following.
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Twitter and Instagram just cannot seem to get along. Suddenly users have found that their Instagram photos are no longer showing up on their Twitter timeline. Obviously, this has left users confused, as they had no idea if there was something wrong with their photos or there was some other reason why they had fallen off the map. It turns out, this was done on purpose by Instagram, as they disabled support for Twitter cards.
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WeHeartPics is part social network, part photo-sharing app, and part daily inspiration for your photography. Available as a free iOS or Android app, the network can also be accessed through its web-based interface. WeHeartPics brings its users fresh ideas to take photos of, turning your mobile photography into a game of sorts, pushing you to get more creative and see things differently.
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If you're looking for another way to share your photos and videos on your iPhone and other supporting iOS devices, you might want to check out two free apps—Cloudee and Colugo. These two apps are similar to services like Flickr, YouTube, and Instagram, but they provide a way to share your videos and photos with specific groups of contacts, without the hassle of emailing them each time you upload content to either of the accounts.
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Pinterest, the visual social network, has been with us for quite a while, but has only recently joined the mobile world with its own official app. Pinterest is not the first social network to be late with its mobile apps; Facebook, for example, did not release an official iPad app until last year, and when it did, I wasn’t too overwhelmed. For these reasons, it took me a while to realize that an official Pinterest app was really out there.
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Last May, I wrote about Apple's iOS photo sharing feature, Photo Stream, which automatically syncs photos to a users' iCloud account where they can be accessed in one or more of a user's iOS device (iPhone, iPad, iPod touch) or Mac computer. Since that time Apple has added a few important features and enhancements to Photo Stream that might go unnoticed by new Apple customers.
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Yes, Instagram is great, Instagram is cool, but why did it become so popular when there are much better apps around? The answer to that probably lies with Instagram’s own community, and not in the app itself, but when it comes to apps, there are many awesome Instagram alternatives that can get you much better results. Today I’m going to tell you about another one. It’s called FxCamera.
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Rather than squint at your smartphone screen, why not take your Instagram browsing to your browser, and view the gorgeous photos posted using the photo-sharing app on your computer screen instead. By using services like Ink361 or Instadash, replying to comments, adding new comments, and discovering new users to follow couldn't be easier.
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Sharing photos in no longer a big deal. Whether you’re an Internet addict or just own a computer, you shouldn’t have any problem sharing your digital photos and even your old films with the world. It gets slightly more complicated when you don’t want to share them with the world, but only with a limited amount of people.
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