Shoutout is a new iOS app offering what co-founder and CEO Philip Golbraikh calls “visual texting.”The idea, basically, is to create an environment where people don’t worry about the quality of their photos and instead treat them as “a visual representation of your message” — this is what I’m doing, this is what I’m seeing, and so on.
Paper Camera is just plain fun. Plenty of photo apps let you apply filters after the fact, but this one performs its manipulative magic inside your camera, transforming your images in real-time before your dazzled eyes. The filters are robust,…
This week's list includes a new photo-focused app from 'National Geographic' and a new game that challenges you to throw sheep.
Apple launched its first wearable with an App Store filled with more than 3,000 third-party titles, a figure expected to grow exponentially in the months ahead. AppleInsider offers a look at some of the first offerings.
Ramadan starts on Thursday for most Muslims around the world.
Comcast will now let any of its customers use its Xfinity Share app, allowing many to live stream video to their home TVs or the TVs of other Comcast subscribers. Xfinity Share initially launched back in May, but at the time it was only available to people paying for a Triple Play package. Now anyone who subscribes to a Comcast service will be able to use the app. Unfortunately, the app's key feature â streaming to others' TVs â is limited by the fact that it only works on TVs that are connected to...
YouTube has rolled out a notable – and clearly, divisive – update to its iOS application which introduces Google’s now-familiar “Material” design style to the application alongside a handful of new video editing features. The latter, which is somewhat reminiscent of the tools found in iMovie, allow users to trim their clips as well as add filters and music prior…
Popular iOS image editor Pixelmator was updated on Thursday to support Apple's latest hardware, including iPad Pro optimization with full Apple Pencil compatibility and 3D Touch integration for iPhone 6s.
The 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....
We all have boxes and boxes worth of photographs from the days before digital photography, just begging to be rescued from obscurity. Unfade is a new app from the team behind Scanbot to help photographers immortalize their images.The app uses the technology that makes Scanbot great, and adds a layer of ease-of-use for photography buffs, taking the hassle and inconvenience out of turning…
Doughnuts meet Candy Crush, the perfect app for book nerds, virtual reality awesomeness and more
We told you that Apple announced the stunningly beautiful iPhoto for iPad today during the keynote, and it’s already available for download in the App Store! The $5 app is actually a universal download for the iPhone and iPad, so you get even more bang for your buck!
Smartphone users got a variety of new app options this week. In just the top seven of them we selected from the virtual haystack, there are new ways to imagine yourself on...
Texting sexually explicit messages and photos (also known as ‘sexting’) has grown significantly with the rising popularity of smartphones…
Bolstered by arrival of the 3GS, launch of in-app purchasing and push notifications, the iPhone apps of 2009 have become richer and more robust experiences. Across 11 categories, here were this year’s standouts.
With smartphones approaching near-ubiquity, people must learn to behave in public and watch everything they say and do. You never know when your inappropriate actions could be captured for posterity….
Sure, you've got your Hipstamatic filters and your ProCamera bag of tricks. But to capture truly ethereal slow-shutter speed shots and lithe light paintings, you're going to need Magic Shutter. It looks pretty amazing, and amazingly pretty. You can choose among front and rear-curtain sync effects in flash modes, meaning that the blur effect either tails or leads the sharp image. It's a creative blend of the iPhone's video and still camera, and may just elevate the app camera effects game from "hipster...
The Daily App Deals post is a round-up of the best app discounts of the day, as well as some notable mentions for ones that are on sale. Discovr People (iTunes) New in the App Store and Free. Discovr People for iOS follows in the footsteps of the other Discovr apps (like Discovr Apps) by mapping how people are connected on Twitter so you can easily discover new people to follow, and who they're following and interacting with. Get it for Free. (via LogicBuy) iOS iOS
The Daily App Deals post is a round-up of the best app discounts of the day, as well as some notable mentions for ones that are on sale. SlideIT Keyboard (Android Market) Previously $5.99, now 99¢. SlideIT Keyboard for Android is an app that rethinks the idea of typing. Avoiding the traditional route of "tapping" letters to form words, users can "slide" their finger from letter to letter instead. What results is a fast and easy way to type text on your Android device, no tapping required. Get it for 99...
The Daily App Deals post is a round-up of the best app discounts of the day, as well as some notable mentions for ones that are on sale. Dropzone (iTunes) Previously $13.99, now $2. Dropzone for Mac turns almost any action into a simple drag and drop. Assign a "dropzone" to any frequent operation like uploading to your favorite web service or sending to your iPhone, then drag and drop your files or text into the zone. Check out our video walkthrough for more details. Get it for $2. (via Two Dollar...
O Street, the design agency in Glasgow has just released an app called Vapp, that will turn your iphone into a sound activated camera. So now you can take pictures…
Bitcellar, one of the rare Japanese app developers that faces outward from the country and reaches a global audience, is finally making a debut on iOS after a long and successful run on Google’s Android platform. The company is behind FxCamera, a photo editing app that offers everything from basic filters to more advanced features that add fisheye effects or turn photos into comic drawings.
Shutterfly, the photo and personal publishing company founded in 1999, is today making good on its September acquisition of Penguin Digital, with today’s launch of a new iPhone application for photo prints and gifts. The app has been completely redesigned from the version released a few years ago, and now includes everything from photo uploads and storage to mobile ordering of prints and gifts…
Instagram updated its privacy policy and terms of service on Monday, which sent many users running for the exits. A change to the photo service’s legal jargon makes it clear that Instagram can take users’ photos and use them in advertising campaigns with the company’s ad partners....
