October 31, 2011 : Comments (4)
Google+ Updates Android App, Adds New Design And Other Features
Photo Sharing
Instagram Hits 150 Million Photos, Has More Than 7M Users
Instagram, a hugely popular iPhone photo-sharing app, has hit a new milestone. Just 9 months after it launched, more than 150 million photos have been uploaded to Instagram. Users are now uploading and sharing 15 photos per second using Instagram -- that's almost 1.3 million photos per day. There are now more than 7 million users on the photo-sharing service,... Read more » INFOGRAPHIC: The History Of Facebook Photos, Journey To 100 Billion Photos
Facebook is home to one of the largest photo-sharing services in the world. In fact, the number of photos on Facebook is likely to reach 100 billion by the end of this summer. To showcase just how big Facebook Photos has become, Pixable has published a new infographic. The infographic highlights several key points in the history of Facebook Photos, such as the... Read more »
Keepsy Gallery Showcases Photos From Top Instagram Users
Keepsy, a company that puts together photo albums of Instagram and Facebook photos, has launched a new gallery that showcases the work of some of Instagram's top users. Instagram has made it easy for anyone to create compelling, beautiful photos through the use of filters. The app makes it super easy for you to share those moments you have captured on the likes of... Read more » Facebook Addresses Facial-recognition Privacy Concerns, Makes It Easier To Opt-out
Facebook has reacted to concerns over the facial-recognition technology it is using for photo tagging, as it has made it easier for you to opt-out of the system. The Tag Suggestions feature was designed to make the process of tagging friends in photos, but the company has come under pressure from political figures over user privacy concerns related to the... Read more » Mixed Media Labs Passes Picplz Management To Sporcle
Mixed Media Labs has announced that their photo-sharing app Picplz is now under new management. In order to concentrate on the launch of their new service app.net, the company has passed Picplz on to Sporcle, an application suite that publishes trivia games. Sporcle currently has over 200,000 trivia games to its name and they've been played over 575 million... Read more » Path Launches Android App In Public Beta
After several months in which it was only available as an iPhone app, Path has announced the launch of the public beta of its Android app that anyone with an Android device can test out. Through Path's Android app, you will be able to share moments from your life through photos, keep connected with up to 50 of your closest friends and family members and tag your... Read more » TwitPic Founder Noah Everett Arrested For Public Nudity, TwitPics From Police Car
Noah Everett, founder of the photo-sharing service TwitPic, has been arrested and to prove it, he tweeted a picture using his own service. Early Wednesday morning, Everett tweeted about his arrest. It was around 2 a.m. EDT on what must've been a rather raucous night for Everett when he tweeted via text message, "Getting arrested...in the back of a cop car now."... Read more » INFOGRAPHIC: The Path Of A Facebook Photo From Snapshot To Tag
With the invention of camera phones and smartphones that can upload our pictures to photo-sharing services and social networks in an instant, we are putting more photos on Facebook than ever. Over 6 billion photos are uploaded to Facebook daily and they don't always get there the same way. Today we are using several devices to take pictures -- iPhones,... Read more » Connecticut Attorney General Sends Letter To Facebook, Asks For Changes To Face Recognition System
Facebook has come under heavy scrutiny recently over its face recognition system for photo tagging, with the European Union and authorities in the U.K. and Ireland probing the social network over privacy issues related to photo tagging. George Jepsen, attorney general of Connecticut, is the latest government figure to express concern over the tag suggestions... Read more »
Flickr Reaches 1M Galleries, Announce New Light Box Viewing Feature
Flickr, the photo-sharing and hosting service, reached their 1 millionth photo gallery on Thursday. For those of you who aren't familiar with the service, galleries are user-curated collections of up to 18 photos. You can choose from almost 6 billion photos hosted on the site to make any type of gallery you want -- everything from your favorite pictures to specific... Read more »
