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Close to half of Instagram's 100 million+ users are on Android

by Yoni Heisler (Apr 3rd, 2013)

Originally launched in October 2010 as an iPhone exclusive, Instagram quickly became a runaway success. The photo sharing app was a personal favorite of Apple's Phil Schiller and was chosen as Apple's 2011 iPhone app of the year. Rather quickly, the app amassed millions of users and was held up by ...

Daily Update for February 6, 2013

by Steven Sande (Feb 6th, 2013)

It's the TUAW Daily Update, your source for Apple news in a convenient audio format. You'll get all the top Apple stories of the day in three to five minutes for a quick review of what's happening in the Apple world. You can listen to today's Apple stories by clicking the inline player ...

Instagram now has a full web feed to complement its mobile app

by Randy Nelson (Feb 5th, 2013)

Since its launch in 2010, Instagram has remained an almost entirely mobile-only experience, only recently bringing a profile page component to the web. That changed today with the now Facebook-owned company introducing a full web-based image feed, including commentating and sharing options, for ...

Friday Favorite: Timehop traces your digital footsteps through the past

by Michael Rose (Jan 18th, 2013)

Human brains are funny things when it comes to time. We spend a lot of our mental energy thinking about the future -- where to vacation, what to eat, when to quit and who to marry -- but what really fires our synapses is a little taste of the past. The future may be awesome and mysterious, but we ...

Exposing Kevin Russ, 'the iPhone's Ansel Adams'

by Randy Nelson (Jan 9th, 2013)

The Atlantic has an article up about Kevin Russ, a prolific and popular nature photographer who has amassed a significant following with his haunting photos of the American West. While the content of Russ's still-life snaps has garnered much attention, so has his camera of choice: the iPhone. ...

How a blind man uses Instagram for iPhone

by Mike Wehner (Jan 3rd, 2013)

For more examples of camera-centric apps that are usable by the blind or visually impaired, check out our latest 5 Apps post. –Ed. If you're a mobile photography junkie who spends chunks of time browsing page after page of Instagram photos, you might not consider how different the ...

Daily Update for December 26, 2012

by Steven Sande (Dec 26th, 2012)

Instagram target of class-action lawsuit

by Steven Sande (Dec 26th, 2012)

Photo-sharing service Instagram received a lump of coal in its stocking this holiday season. After Instagram changed its Terms of Service recently with the alleged intention of selling user photos, there was a loud outcry from the user community and many users deleted their accounts with the ...

Daily Update for December 11, 2012

by Steven Sande (Dec 11th, 2012)

Twitter for iPhone to offer photo filters

by Michael Grothaus (Dec 11th, 2012)

Twitter is set to release an update to its iOS and Android apps today that add Instagram-like filters to photos in the app. In a blog post released yesterday titled "Twitter photos: Put a filter on it," the company announced the new feature: Every day, millions of people come to Twitter to ...

Instagram updated with new filters, camera design

by Michael Grothaus (Dec 11th, 2012)

Instagram has updated its wildly popular iOS app with a slew of improvements. Most noticeably the 3.2 update includes three primary enhancements: a camera redesign, a new "Willow" filter and improved tilt-shift. The camera redesign features an Instagram-themed shutter and shutter release ...

Instagram and Twitter aren't friends anymore

by Steven Sande (Dec 5th, 2012)

Remember the good old days when Instagram and Twitter (both free apps) were good buddies, playing together nicely and sharing their toys? Well, those days are long past. In an article on AllThingsD, blogger Mike Isaac details the deteriorating relationship between the two companies. Twitter ...

Time Magazine cover image shot with iPhone: interview with Ben Lowy

by Mel Martin (Nov 6th, 2012)

Ben Lowy is what photography professionals call a "conflict photographer." He goes where the dramatic stories are, and in recent years has been to Afghanistan, Libya, Iraq and now to the US states knocked hard by Hurricane Sandy. His equipment of choice? Often it's an iPhone 4S, plus some iOS ...

Send Instagram to Dropbox for a cool Apple TV screen saver

by Mike Schramm (Sep 4th, 2012)

Just recently, I posted about the Instacube, a Kickstarter project that allows you to more easily show off your great (or at least well-filtered) photography work on Instagram. But it turns out you don't need a whole cube to do that. With the proper tweaking of IFTTT (a tool we at TUAW also ...

TNW issues cautionary tale about using the iPhone as your only camera

by Megan Lavey-Heaton (Sep 3rd, 2012)

When a couple in San Francisco got married a few weeks ago, they entrusted the task to photographers Kim Thomas and Cole Rise. The photographers shot the event entirely using the iPhone 4S at the couple's request. Thomas then used Instagram filters and posted the gorgeous images to the service, ...