Mobile

We recently covered Instagram as it was announced to be Apple’s App of the Year, and since then it seems that the buzz has picked up even more.  On Tuesday, Obama’s Presidential campaign joined the service to post photos from the road and behind the scenes as he campaigns across the country in support of [...]

Orkut has been sitting on the sidelines ever since Google Plus showed up on the product roadmap at Google, and it looks like it’s going to stay that way.  With Google+ up to a reported 40 million monthly active users, it’s only the start for the emerging social network.  That said, Orkut is still pushing [...]

Inside Social Apps 2012, held on February 8-9 in San Francisco, is less than two weeks away. Leaders from the industry will share their views on today's most formidable challenges affecting social and mobile apps and games in 2012. Inside Social Apps conferences sell out in advance, so take advantage of early registration pricing. Early bird pricing ends on February 1, so register today.

Vimeo launched their official iPhone app last year and, since the launch, Android users have been anxiously waiting in the sidelines for their chance to take Vimeo for a spin on their mobile devices. Well now the wait is finally over. Yesterday at CES Vimeo launched brand new mobile apps for Android and Windows Phone 7 devices.

It looks like Warner Brothers could be building another Instagram. According to Fusible.com, Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc. filed patents with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in December for variations on the name Out My Window to build what appears to be a photo-sharing social network.

We recently covered Instagram as it was announced to be Apple’s App of the Year, and since then it seems that the buzz has picked up even more.  On Tuesday, Obama’s Presidential campaign joined the service to post photos from the road and behind the scenes as he campaigns across the country in support of [...]

And the winner is… Instagram.  The powerful photo application allows people to easily give their photos a visual punch, with filters ranging from cracked black & white to high contrast super-model.  The images are resized into a square sahape, and typically a vignette is applied to the edges.  The results are fantastic, and Apple has [...]

Boom Boom! Revolution hopes to encourage a little more goodness with a new app for iPhone and iPod touch that invites users to share the acts of kindness that they experience in everyday life.

Google has updated their Google+ Android app including — wait, it wasn’t there before? — Search.  Other features added are giving “+1s” to photos and comments and better photo and video upload support.  I’ve found the Google+ Android application to be an easy-to-use app, with the big clear icons and pastel colors, and am glad [...]

I’ve written about thousands of apps for Android, iPhone, iPad and Windows Phone here. If you ever wondered which of these third party apps (not part of the mobile platform) actually made their way to the start window for each of my devices, wonder no more. I usually leave the default apps in-position on their [...]

I provided a tip here in August that drew a fair bit of attention and commentary. The tip provided a solution to a problem I had to solve myself: How do I share a slide presentation with an audience when a projector is not available? My solution was to upload the slides to SlideShare’s free [...]

Google+’s greatest feature is Hangouts. It lets you have a multi-person video chat with up to 10 people. It is also very easy to use and, best of all, is free to use. But, what if do not have a iPhone, iPad or Android phone with a front facing camera? This is no longer a [...]