If you have a penchant for snapping, shooting and sharing the world around you through your smartphone, 2012 saw a slew of handy apps to help you in your endeavors....
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15 of the Best Photo, Video and Camera Apps of 2012 4
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Expo Notes: Hyper launches CameraMator DSLR device at Macworld/iWorld 2
February 4th at 7:22pm / Macworld / 0 opinionsPhotographers love the freedom and flexibility of creating images, but when the shooting environment becomes complex, the folks behind the lens need all the help they can get. Hyper’s CameraMator, a wireless tethered photography device, lets you see and remotely control your shoot from a distance on an iPad, iPhone, Mac, or Android device....
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10 Instagram Companion Apps for Power Users 5
March 11th at 10:45pm / Mashable / 0 opinionsYou've captured hundreds of square snaps, followed all your friends and tried every stock filter on Instagram. Now what? For iOS and Android users, there are dozens of quality, supplemental apps out there -- many free -- that take your use of Instagram to the next level as a power user. The growing social network, which was acquired by Facebook last year, now has 100 million monthly active users.
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After passing 1m downloads, 500px releases faster iOS app with Flow for iPad and support for followers 0
April 2nd at 11:08pm / The Next Web / 0 opinionspx on Tuesday updated its native iOS app with two big new features soon after passing the 1 million download milestone. iPad users have gained support for Flow, and everyone can now see list of who they are following and who they follow. You can download the latest version now from Apple’s App Store....
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Amazon launches Cloud Drive Photos for iPhone, challenging Google and Dropbox for your photos 0
May 10th at 11:48pm / The Next Web / 0 opinionsAfter launching on Android more than seven months ago, Amazon has today released Cloud Drive Photos for iPhone....
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10 Excellent Video Editing Apps 2
June 5th at 3:05pm / Mashable / 0 opinionsThese 10 apps make shooting and editing video on your smartphone a breeze.
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Appysnap Returns To Take Second Bite At Photo-Sharing Fuelled Social Mobile Gaming 0
July 3rd at 5:03pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsAppysnap is taking a second bite at the social gaming cherry. The first version of the photo-snapping challenge-based game for iOS launched back in 2011 before its creators decided to shutter it, having run out of money bootstrapping. Now they’re back — with a relaunched app — having attracted some external funding from Paul Nikkel, founder of Quidco, as well as putting in more of their own.
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Landcam: A beautifully-designed camera app for iPhone with filters, fonts and and all the fun of the fair 0
July 24th at 6:48pm / The Next Web / 0 opinionsThe last thing the App Store needs is yet another Instagram-style photo filter app, right? Well, probably....
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7 Free Apps to Create Custom iPhone Wallpaper 0
August 12th at 4:25pm / Mashable / 0 opinionsStand out from the iCrowd with a wallpaper design unique to you, thanks to these 7 superb apps.
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Yahoo adds customizable filters and pro editing tools to Flickr for iOS 0
August 29th at 3:49pm / The Verge / 0 opinionsYahoo's Instagram competitor has received a facelift and a slew of new options on iOS today. The Flickr app for iPhone and iPad now includes an even wider array of filters, all of which can be applied and previewed before capturing a photo. Yahoo's calling them live filters and they're part of an enhanced set of camera tools, which include grid overlays, pinch-to-zoom, and exposure and focus locks....
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Photo service Cooliris adds integration with Baidu’s cloud platform to deepen its presence in China 0
September 26th at 7:08am / The Next Web / 0 opinionsUS-based photo service Cooliris has announced a partnership with Baidu, tapping on the distribution channel that the Chinese search giant offers as it seeks deeper integration with the Chinese market....
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App Roundup: New iLife and iWork apps for OS X, iOS go live 0
October 23rd at 3:11am / AppleInsider / 0 opinionsFollowing Apple's announcement of retooled iLife and iWork apps for both iOS and OS X on Tuesday, the company has started rolling out the new software to users via the App Store.
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Pandora for iOS gains new alarm clock mode, Amazon Cloud Drive Photos comes to iPad 0
December 10th at 2:11am / AppleInsider / 0 opinionsPopular Internet radio service Pandora has updated their iOS app with a new iOS 7-style design and an alarm clock feature, while Amazon's Cloud Drive Photos app has gone universal with support for Apple's iPad and iPad mini.
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Five tips to get more out of your iPhone or iPad in the new year 2
January 4th at 9:07pm / GigaOM / 0 opinionsUsing voice recognition, a stylus and your camera, this year make a resolution to think differently about how you use your mobile device.
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VSCO Cam now lets you follow friends: is this your next Instagram? 0
February 12th at 7:29pm / The Verge / 0 opinionsVSCO Cam is an essential component of our "ultimate mobile darkroom," offering no shortage of ways to edit, crop, and filter photos. We liked the app because it focused almost exclusively on making photos look their best — a refreshing perspective in a time when every mobile app has a friend feed of its own. But today, VSCO Cam is joining the social fray with version 3.0 for iPhone, which introduces a feed of your friends' photos edited inside the app....
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Adobe brings Lightroom photo editing and sync to the iPad 0
April 8th at 5:49pm / The Verge / 0 opinionsAdobe is today introducing Lightroom mobile, an iPad version of its powerful desktop photo editing and organizing app. Lightroom mobile can be used on its own, but it's really built to be a portable extension of Lightroom 5: it automatically syncs collections of photos back and forth between the two apps, letting Creative Cloud subscribers make edits on the go and always have the latest version of their photos with them....
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Instagram's new editing features could make it your only photo app 3
June 3rd at 8:29pm / The Verge / 0 opinionsThere are times when Instagram's 18 filters don't seem like enough. The app was designed to make your photos look good with as little effort as possible, but after more than three years of Sutro, Mayfair, and Lo-Fi, Instagram's filters can feel heavy-handed and limiting. So today, Instagram is finally letting you adjust the strength of each filter you use, and also debuting ten new photo-editing tools to help you manicure your photos in much greater detail....
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Snappgrip iPhone camera grip fails to deliver on great idea 1
June 26th at 7:35am / Cult of Mac / 0 opinionsThe Snappgrip is a fantastic idea, with not-too-bad hardware to back it up. Itâs an accessory grip for your iPhone that adds a Bluetooth shutter release, zoom buttons and control dial to the phone’s camera, as well as a wrist…
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TripCast Is A Beautiful Travel Journal For iPhone 0
August 29th at 9:43pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsA new mobile application called TripCast, built by the team that created photo-sharing app Cluster, allows travelers to privately share their photos with their friends back home. The app lets you create a travel journal of sorts, by not only collecting the photos and sharing them, but also plotting them on map, and inviting fellow travelers to build albums with you.This is not the first time…
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5 apps to streamline tedious tasks 1
October 29th at 7:25pm / Mashable / 0 opinionsDon't waste time in line at the supermarket.
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This App Turns Your Phone Into A Disposable Camera, Hiding Your Photos Until They’re Delivered To Your Door 2
January 16th at 3:43am / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsRemember the good ol’ days of personal photography? The days of limited film rolls; of crappy yellow cameras you bought at the drug store?None of this “Oh, you blinked? Don’t worry — I can retake it!” digital nonsense. More like “You blinked? Enjoy looking at your dumb blinking face in the photo album for the rest of eternity.”
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Instagram update adds new editing tools and post notifications 1
April 7th at 9:25pm / Mashable / 0 opinionsInstagram is making it easier to keep tabs on posts from friends, celebrities or other users you want to follow more closely.
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Justin Bieber-backed selfie app Shots to add animations in upcoming update 0
June 5th at 10:45pm / Mashable / 0 opinionsUsers will soon be able to share a whole new type of selfie on Shots.
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5 can't-miss apps: 'Qbert Rebooted,' Google Translate and more 2
August 2nd at 4:25am / Mashable / 0 opinionsA big update to Google Translate, an app that cleans up your camera roll and Yahoo's new app for silent video messaging.
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Apple updates iMovie with support for 4K video, 3D Touch and more 0
September 17th at 1:51am / AppleInsider / 0 opinionsAs part of Wednesday's iOS 9 release, Apple updated its portable version of iMovie with support for editing 4K video and new UI gestures to be introduced alongside iPhone 6s and iPad Pro.