For a limited time, a whole bunch of iPhone and iPad apps will have bonus green-themed content.
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Vine now lets you watch an entire channel with one tap 0
April 14th at 12:29am / The Verge / 0 opinionsForget scrolling from video to video â Vine now lets you sit back and watch an entire channel with just a single tap. After an update to the app on iOS and Android today, Vine will now include a "watch" button on all channels that lets you start playback of every Vine included to date. The button will work both on an individual person's channel and on Vine's curated Explore section channels. You can also select which order the Vines will play in, by choosing to sort the channel in chronological order,...
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Roundup: Best iOS apps for creating, managing and sharing GIFs 1
April 10th at 6:51pm / AppleInsider / 0 opinionsIntroduced in 1987, Graphics Interchange Format (GIF) images have evolved from small icons to hugely popular animated clips that are adding humor to everyday digital conversations. AppleInsider has compiled a list of the best keyboards, creators and storage tools to get you GIF-ing.
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This new app lets you express your feelings with video memes, not GIFs 0
April 6th at 10:23pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsToday, GIFs have become a popular way communicate sentiment online and in mobile messaging, where written text doesn’t always do the job. More expressive than an emoji, these looping images let you share a specific thought or feeling with little effort. But today, a new app is launching to see if video can step in where GIFs leave off, by allowing for a different means of expression.
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Googleâs high-end Nik Collection photo software is now free, and probably dead 0
April 5th at 7:42pm / Macworld / 0 opinionsGrab Nikâs Photoshop plug-ins for free, but donât expect any more updates.
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You can now record 60-second videos in Instagram 0
March 29th at 8:09pm / The Verge / 0 opinionsTwo months after letting advertisers extend their videos to 60 seconds, Instagram is granting the same privilege to regular users. Instagram videos, which have been limited to 15 seconds since they were introduced in June 2013, can now extend to a full minute. Like its corporate parent, Instagram has been gradually transforming its feed from a stream of static images to a more lucrative collection of videos. In the past six months, the time Instagram users spent watching videos has increased 40 percent,...
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Snapchat redesigns chat to add stickers, audio, and video notes 0
March 29th at 7:09pm / The Verge / 0 opinionsSnapchat is releasing a major update today that bolsters its chat function with a variety of new multimedia features. The long-rumored update adds more than 200 stickers featuring walruses, sloths, aliens, and Snapchat's signature ghost, and they can be searched by keyword, as on Facebook Messenger. There are also easier controls for starting a video call, allowing you to dial someone who is not present in the chat. You can also choose to chat via audio, and switch back and forth from audio to video...
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YouTube’s iPad app updated with Slide Over and Split View support 0
March 23rd at 12:29am / The Verge / 0 opinionsGoogle today updated its YouTube iOS app to support Slide Over and Split View, two integral multitasking features that let iPad owners use mobile apps more like desktop software. Slide Over, which lets you check an app briefly by sliding it onto the screen, and Split View, which lets you run software side-by-side, were introduced as part of last year's iOS 9 update. Both are critical to helping position the iPad â specifically the larger and more powerful iPad Pro â as a viable laptop replacement....
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16 apps that will seriously raise your Instagram game 0
March 16th at 3:05pm / Mashable / 0 opinionsIt's time to take your 'grams to the next level.
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Instagram to optimize user feeds, show posts out of chronological order 0
March 16th at 4:31am / AppleInsider / 0 opinionsPhoto sharing service Instagram on Tuesday announced plans to apply an optimization algorithm to user feeds that, much like the system used by parent company Facebook, reorders posts based on a variety of performance metrics.
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Mobile portfolio app takes Moo beyond business cards 0
March 16th at 2:23am / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsAs a creative, you’re most likely to get hired for a job off the back of your portfolio of past clients and work. Aimed squarely at this market, Moo — the company better known for their business cards — launched Monogram, a free app helping make portfolios more portable. Using the app, you can create a series of themed portfolios showing off what you do.
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Kodak Moments come to life in a trippy SXSW sensory journey 0
March 14th at 12:22am / Macworld / 0 opinionsI entered Kodak's Memory Observatory with a photo and emerged bewildered from an impromptu therapy session.
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Kodak tries its hand at social with new “Kodak Moments” storytelling app 0
March 11th at 6:03pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsThe saying “Kodak Moment” is a holdover from another era where camera owners had to be thoughtful about which snapshots deserved to be taken, due to the limitations involved with running out of film. Today, the phrase has lost its meaning as mobile users take photos of everything, then curate after the fact using social media services like Facebook or Instagram. Today, Kodak Alaris…
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Facebook buys face-swapping app MSQRD and its many selfie filters 0
March 9th at 8:49pm / The Verge / 0 opinionsExpect to see new faces on your Facebook in the future. The social network has purchased popular face-swapping app MSQRD, built by Belarusian startup Masquerade, with the app offering a range of features including live video effects for selfies and the creepy-sounding "celebrity masks." (Facial overlays that make you look like famous person X.) Masquerade announced the news in a blog post, first reported by Business Insider, with Facebook confirming the acquisition to The Verge....
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VideoSlam for iOS creates cinematic memories from your photos and videos 0
March 7th at 1:02am / Macworld / 0 opinionsEasily, automatically whip up a "day in the life" composite video from clips that might otherwise stay trapped in your phone.
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Two new apps, Daycap and VideoSlam, help you create GIFs and videos to remember your day 1
March 4th at 6:43pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsTwo new, recently launched applications, Daycap and VideoSlam, make it easy to summarize your day in the format of videos or GIFs, which can then be shared out to social media. Do you need these apps on your iPhone? No. Are you totally going to download them on your lunch break because it’s Friday, they sound fun, and those TPS reports can wait? Yep!DaycapThe first application…
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Vimeo’s iOS app gets a big makeover aimed at improving discovery 0
March 3rd at 8:03pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsVimeo, the video network and underdog to the global behemoth that is YouTube, has given its iOS application a massive redesign today aimed at making it easier to upload, discover and play videos. A key part of the revamp involves new, cleaner navigation combined with an element of human curation to the network’s content, which now sees videos organized into various categories like…
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Videogram closes new funding led by Asahi Broadcasting’s ABC Dream Ventures 0
March 1st at 12:43pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsVideogram, the Japan-US company that helps publishers and creators get more out of online video content, has closed a bridge round of funding ahead of planned Series B later this year.
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Facebook's photo-sharing Moments app now supports video too 0
March 1st at 11:29am / The Verge / 0 opinionsFacebook's Moments app was introduced last June as an easier way for people to share photos with their friends. Now a new update has widened Moments' scope, adding support for video, as well as pictures. The app â available on iOS nd Android â scans through your smartphone's photo roll using facial recognition technology to spot photos of specific pals, allowing you to automatically tag them without arduous busywork, and making it easier for you to share them directly with the people included in...
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Lightroom can now shoot RAW photos on Android 0
February 22nd at 6:09pm / The Verge / 0 opinionsLightroom for Android is getting a big update today that adds in features like split toning and haze removal that were added to iOS last year. The real purpose of this update is bringing Lightroom's Android app up to date with its iOS app â Adobe say that for the most part, everything should be there â but it actually moves ahead of iOS in one interesting regard: it can now be used as a camera app that shoots RAW photos (in Adobe's DNG format, specifically). This won't work on every phone, but...
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Face Swap Live: a 99-cent app that will give your friends and family nightmares 0
February 10th at 9:09pm / The Verge / 0 opinionsThe middle photo, above, is me disguised as GOP presidential primary nominee Donald Trump. To the left, I have recreated the plot of the John Travolta and Nicholas Cage action film Face/Off, but with Apple CEO Tim Cook. And to the right, oh boy, I don't even know how to summarize that horror show....
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5 can't-miss apps: Shryne, Thumbly, 'Super Phantom Cat' and more 0
January 30th at 9:05pm / Mashable / 0 opinionsThis week's list includes a one-handed keyboard app, a new guidebook app and an app to help you secure your photos.
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Lightricks teams up with Kite.ly for Enlight photo app update 0
January 30th at 8:42pm / Macworld / 0 opinionsPhoto-editing iOS app now provides access to photo books, support for higher resolution images, and more.
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5 can't-miss apps: KnowMe, Mimicker Alarm, ZCast and more 0
January 24th at 5:25am / Mashable / 0 opinionsThis week's list includes an app for live streaming podcasts, a clever new alarm clock app from Microsoft and an app for making your own live wallpapers.
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Chelsea Handler's app will help you GTFO of awkward situations 0
January 23rd at 5:25pm / Mashable / 0 opinionsChelsea Handler: Gotta Go, an app for making well-timed excuses to leave, launched Saturday alongside Handler's new Netflix documentary.