October 31, 2011 : Comments (4)
Google+ Updates Android App, Adds New Design And Other Features
Photo Sharing
Flickr Explains Their Copyright, TwitPic Terms Still Shady
With all of the recent controversy surrounding copyrights on the photo-sharing service TwitPic, Flickr made a wise decision to chime in regarding their rules of photo ownership. The controversy started over TwitPic's updated terms of service, which state that all content uploaded to the site is the copyrighted work of the uploader. However, TwitPic also retains the... Read more »
TwitPic Updates Terms of Service, You Own Any Content You Upload But They Can Sell Your Photos
TwitPic has updated its terms of service to make it clear that you own any content that you upload to the popular Twitter photo-sharing service. In a blog post, TwitPic founder Noah Everett writes, “We recently made changes to our terms of service that has caused some confusion for our users. First off I want to apologize for that confusion and our lack of... Read more » Facebook Brings Page Tagging To Photos
In an update to the photo tagging feature, you can now tag any Facebook Page you wish on your Facebook photos. Facebook says that you can tag a page anywhere that you can view a photo in the photo viewer. Photos that have been tagged with a page will then appear on that Facebook Page under the Photos tab, while pages can be tagged in photos by anyone on... Read more » Teen Arrested For Posting Nude Photos Of Girlfriend To Facebook After She Refused Sex
A teen boy was arrested in New Mexico for posting nude pics of his girlfriend to Facebook when she wouldn't cave to his pressures to have sex with him. The kid is now at a juvenile facility and will soon be facing a judge at a criminal hearing. And all I have to say is: GOOD. The boy could use some time to sit and think about his actions. According to reports, the... Read more » 2 Mothers Duct Tape Children’s Mouths And Hands, Post Photos To Facebook
We have to admit, a lot of times we get a good laugh out of the abundant Facebook FAIL stories we encounter on a daily basis, but this particular story is no laughing matter. Two moms spent Mother's Day in jail for duct-taping the mouths and hands of their children and then, wait for it ... posting the photos of their duct-taped kids to Facebook. Nice... Read more »
Social Travel Site Gogobot Announces Foursquare And Facebook Places Integration
Gogobot, a social travel site, has announced that they've integrated Foursquare and Facebook Places into their service to help users document their real-time travel experiences. The service, which launched in November of 2010, connects users via Facebook or Twitter to share and gather travel advice from their social networks. Instead of being catered towards... Read more »
Postagram Now Lets You Turn All iPhone Photos Into Postcards
Postagram, the fabulous service that allows you to send postcards made from your Instagram photos, has announced one major update—the service is no longer Instagram exclusive! Previously iPhone users could only transform their Instagram photos into postcards, but now any photo on an iPhone can be used! For those of you who aren't familiar with Postagram, it's an... Read more »
Viewdle SocialCamera Launches For Android
When you and your friends get together, are you the unofficial paparazzi of your group? If so, here's an app that should spark the interest of any camera phone happy Android user; Viewdle SocialCamera for Android. In February we reported about Viewdle's impending launch, and now it's finally here! The new camera app claims to recognize who you're taking a picture of... Read more »
Keepsy Transforms Your Instagram Pictures Into Real Photo Albums
In the era of digital cameras and point-and-shoot phones, there's almost no reason for a disposable camera or Polaroid. As great as the advancements in modern photography are, there's something that was lost along the way: photo albums. Where have all the physical pictures gone—the ones that you can thumb through on a rainy day and remember what it was like to be... Read more »
Design Student Mashes Up Twitter With Park Bench To Create TweetingSeat
When the weather is nice, there are few things I love to do more than to take a stroll to a local park, take a seat on a bench and enjoy a snack. However, a Product Design student at the University of Dundee (my alma mater, fact fans) has brought a degree of interactivity to the park bench with the launch of his TweetingSeat project. Chris McNicholl, from Comber,... Read more »
