As they say, “a picture is worth a thousand words.” Is it possible that your Instagram photo filter says a lot more about you than just the filter you are using? According to Marketo, the answer is yes.
Well well well. You may have wondered why people have used hashtags in the past on Facebook, when it does nothing on the social networking site. Soon, that may all change.
The photo wars continue to be no-less than dramatic, with Twitter now adding their own photo filters to their mobile apps on Android and Apple only days after Instagram said they were pulling their photo feed from Twitter. As a clear line in the sand is being drawn, the two networks are both clawing at the chance to offer the best photo sharing experience possible.
On the web there has always been one constant that drives content: Photos. Images are one of the largest and most important components to the web, dating back to the early days of scanning photos you have taken with your camera so you can upload it to the web to share.
One of my all time favorite apps (and now website) gets parodied. But it’s hard to not find the humor in this, especially for those over-sharers, which we are all guilty of at some point or another I’m sure. Low-fi, Low-fi…please somebody help me get this song out of my head now!
The long awaited, anticipated and now, finally happen-ated; Instagram is releasing web profiles for it’s users! Instagram was built originally for mobile devices, and has been largely popular, but since desktop web surfing is still the primary way to navigate the Internet, web profiles for Instagram users has always been something that everyone has wanted.
One of the tools I use to enhance my photos before posting to Instagram, and I would say I use it about 90% for every photo, is Snapseed. It’s just an amazing app that let’s you edit photos down to every last detail. From saturation, contrast, ambiance, brightness, and filters like vintage, drama and grunge, you can do everything Instagram can do and more. It’s a powerful image editing app that I would recommend to anyone.
Instagram isn’t just for social photo sharing. It’s also an art form taken seriously by the most reputable photographers in the world. For example, Xavius takes his photos on Instagram very serious, so serious that he has created his own business surrounded around the efforts he and others put forth to create such king-like photos. Behold the magic that is The Xavius.
The ever popular photo sharing app Instagram is awesome, but only being able to view it on your mobile device can at times seem monotonous. I’ve talked about different ways to view Instagram photos outside of your mobile device in the past, and even Instagram has hinted at bringing photos and profiles to the web. But a Kickstarter project called Instacube is a new fun way to view Instagram outside of your mobile devices.
Ballentine’s and Cute Circuit are the innovators of tshirtOS, which may redefine clothing in the future. tshirtOS is the world’s first wearable, sharable, programmable t-shirt that is connected to the web.
If there is one thing that everyone can agree on that is a lacking about Instagram is that it’s missing an official website for it’s users. Since Instagram was built specifically for mobile, iPhone first then later released on Android, there is no official website for users to display their photos.
Want to get your Instagram photos featured in a TIME magazine print story? It’s easy, because TIME is searching Instagram for the next great photographer to possibly use your photos in a new story covering mobile technology.
It’s no secret that I love Instagram. I am proud of my pictures I take too, and I think my photography skills have gotten better over time, so I like to show them off when I can. I came across this site that takes your Instagram photos and creates a collage specifically for your Facebook Timeline Cover photo. It’s just takes a couple of easy steps to do to and the results are great.
If you’re like me you love Instagram and often times find yourself checking your mobile device to check out Instagram. But when I am on my desktop, sometimes I don’t want to fiddle around with my mobile device (in my case iPhone4S). So checking Instagram on my desktop would be pretty sweet to be able to do.
Could this be a sign that we are nearing the end of our beloved Instagram? Today Facebook launched their own Instagram-esque mobile photo sharing app, with photo filters and social tied directly into Facebook. The conundrum is that Facebook just acquired Instagram last month for $1 billion. What gives?
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