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Pixelmator 2.2 available with over 100 new features and improvements

by John-Michael Bond (May 9th, 2013)

Popular image-editing app Pixelmator has released version 2.2, which brings a slew of new features to the already powerful program. The update comes with an expanded collection of shapes, tools to manipulate them, enhanced gradient palettes and a new paint selection tool among the more than 100 ...

'80s throwback photo of Steve Jobs and Bill Gates (Updated)

by Kelly Hodgkins (Feb 20th, 2013)

You don't see too many photos of Steve Jobs and Bill Gates together, and you definitely won't see many more like this. This photo was posted a few years ago by Minimal Mac and is a classic that I've never noticed before. I absolutely love that '80s Breakfast Club-inspired cut on Jobs and the ...

'Thirty Six' app makes you a thoughtful photographer again

by Michael Grothaus (Feb 5th, 2013)

Last summer I ran into the first photography teacher I had in the States. He was visiting London and we sat down over a pint. We spoke about the state of the photography industry, the Instagramification of consumer photography and the future of digital photography. And while we agreed that ...

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 ...

Our favorite iPhone photo apps for capturing and sharing the holiday spirit

by Mel Martin (Nov 21st, 2012)

Here in the US it's a holiday weekend, and we'll be visiting friends and family as we celebrate Thanksgiving. Of course a holiday gathering means pictures are going to be taken, and I have put together a list of some of my favorite apps for the iPhone that will help you take great photos and ...

Turn your iPhone photos into wall art with Art.com's Photos To Art app

by Michael Rose (Nov 16th, 2012)

The fine folks at Art.com have been "helping people find the art they love, so they can love their space more" since 1998 -- that's almost a century in Internet time. The service has long offered quality art reproductions of classic and modern works, but it was only about 18 months ago that it ...

Daily iPhone App: Note.S is a simple and impressive daily journal

by Mike Schramm (Sep 24th, 2012)

Yes, there are plenty of notes apps out there, in varying amounts of quality and cost, and odds are that you already have some notes saved up somewhere on your iOS device (for me, it's right there in the official Notes app). But every once in a while, an app comes along that's just so simple ...

Caturday: Kitty wireless

by Michael Rose (Sep 23rd, 2012)

Late on Caturday, reader Paulo Vinicius Vitto Ruthes shares his cat's preference for a warm alcove atop the Mac mini Airport Extreme, sorry. He notes that the image is a bit old, and while the cat still likes that spot it's not so easy for him to fit there anymore -- see below. If you've ...

Caturday: Photo editing cat

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (Sep 15th, 2012)

Thanks to reader Scott for the pic! Source here. ...

Hidden photos found in Mac SE ROM (Updated)

by Kelly Hodgkins (Aug 30th, 2012)

Update: As noted in the comments, the presence of these images in the original Mac ROMs has been known for years, so this decoding project qualifies as a "rediscovery" rather than an original find. The folks from NYC Resistor found an old Macintosh SE computer on the side of the road in ...

Flickr Find: Caturday edition

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (Aug 18th, 2012)

Next time you wonder where the kitten has gone, check the warm parts of your Mac's power cord. photo by MorrowLess - Alex Nelson ...

Daily iPhone App: Avocado aims to connect couples on the go

by Michael Rose (Jun 22nd, 2012)

In any marriage or romantic partnership, there are moments of agreement, negotiation, compromise and conflict -- but, above all, there has to be communication, digital or otherwise. The team behind the couple-centric new app and web service Avocado, which includes three couples, aims to ...

Facebook acquires Instagram for $1 billion

by Kelly Hodgkins (Apr 9th, 2012)

Facebook confirmed on its website that it has reached an agreement to purchase Instagram. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg says, "I'm excited to share the news that we've agreed to acquire Instagram and that their talented team will be joining Facebook." The release says the photo-sharing app ...

Adobe releases Lightroom 4

by Kelly Hodgkins (Mar 6th, 2012)

Adobe released a beta version of Lightroom 4 earlier this year and now the company has rolled out the final version. Lightroom is known for its fantastic image color, shadow and highlight processing. Now with Lightroom 4, you can import video from your camera and organize your photos using their ...

NYT: Android also lets app developers steal your photos

by Kelly Hodgkins (Mar 1st, 2012)

Earlier this week, a New York Times report detailed how iOS apps can snoop on your photos when you give them access to your location. Now in a follow-up report, Brian X. Chen and Nick Bilton discuss a similar flaw in Android. According to their report, any Android app that has the right to browse ...