October 31, 2011 : Comments (4)
Google+ Updates Android App, Adds New Design And Other Features
Photo and Video
Inkstagram Lets You Create Public Instagram Profile, Share Photos More Easily
Inkstagram, a third-party Web interface for photo-sharing service Instagram, has launched a new feature that allows you to create a public profile and share your photos more easily with your family and friends who may not be using Instagram. Creating a public profile allows you to let your family and friends see all of your Instagram photos in a slideshow and grid... Read more » YouTube Movie Rentals Come To Canada
YouTube has announced that users in Canada can now rent movies on the video-sharing service. You can rent movies ranging from local Canadian films to major Hollywood blockbusters, with some films being made available for free. Canadian films such as "Daydream Nation," "Manufactured Landscapes" and the brilliantly named "Hobo With A Shotgun" are available, while... Read more »
Bergdorf Goodman Launches Instagram-powered Manhattan Shoe Map
Have you ever wanted to know where people go after they buy fancy shoes from the store? Well, department store Bergdorf Goodman is giving you the chance to do just that with the launch of its Shoes About Town map, which shows where people have been taking photos of their shoes in and around Manhattan, New York, using Instagram. Bergdorf Goodman is encouraging you... Read more » Flickr Introduces Cool Location-based Privacy Feature, ‘Geofences’
Flickr has launched an interesting new privacy feature that allows you to create geo privacy settings for photos that have been tagged with a location. The new feature, which is called “geofences,” allows you to create circles on a map to control who can view the location of photos that you've geotagged within that circle's real-world boundaries. This will... Read more » Crazy YouTube Video: Group Of Guys Perform Stupid Stunts While Hanging On To Moving Train
This YouTube video is just nuts. Here's the gist: a group of young guys hold on to the side of a moving train and slap electrical boxes, run along the top of barriers and drag their feet along the ground until the train pulls into the next station. It has to be seen to be believed. While the stunt is being carried out, it appears as though some passengers on the... Read more »
YouTube Removes Official Justin Bieber, Lady Gaga Music Videos Due To False Copyright Claims
It looks like Justin Bieber and Lady Gaga have fallen victim to a cyber-attack on YouTube. Many of the singers' official music videos were removed from the video-sharing service following false copyright claims, but they have since been restored. A YouTube user called iLCreation (whose account has now been deleted after violating YouTube's terms of service)... Read more »
Facebook Makes Photos Bigger And Faster, Changes Lightbox
With 250 million photos being added each day, the photo-sharing feature is one of the most popular on Facebook. With that in mind, the company has just announced it will display higher-resolution photos as part of an update it is rolling out to its photo-sharing feature. You can now share photos that are up to 960 pixels wide (up from 720 pixels) and photos will... Read more »
Taylor Swift Will Answer Your Questions On YouTube
Taylor Swift is a bona fide superstar. She has 4 Grammys, 6 CMT Music Awards, 13 Teen Choice Awards and was named the Academy of Country Music’s Entertainer of the Year. In addition to that, she has an enormous number of fans. If you have ever wanted to ask her a question, here's your chance as Swift will be answering questions from her fans on YouTube. The... Read more »
Song Inspired By Instagram Hits YouTube
Inspiration for songs can come from many places, from Walmart to Facebook. However, this ditty by Australian singer Anthony Snape takes its inspiration from a different source: Instagram. After Snape started using Instagram, he was struck by how people from all over the world were using the app to create stunning photographs that they were sharing with their... Read more » 
