For the most part, spin-off sites or apps can be nothing more than to cash in on a success but the latest spin off to the popular photo sharing app Instagram has a very sweet story behind it. Kaitlyn Trigger, who had been going out with Instagram co-founder Mike Krieger before and after he launched the app, wanted to create something special for him this year…
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Considering their recent campaign relaunch, Foursquare are really emphasising the ‘discovery’ part of their app, wanting non-users to see that its much more than just a check-in tool that only shows where you are and add to its 15 million strong userbase…
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I really hope most people weren’t stupid enough to be surprised about the fact that Path were uploading address books to their servers because this is exactly the sort of thing that companies all over the world are doing at the moment as they all go about getting as much user data as possible to make themselves more valuable…
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With the increase in smartphone owners and access to mobile web increasing, it’s no surprise that the majority of reports reflect this trend with apps, mobile sites and ownership figures all on the up. Yet one of the more interesting reports covers the past three years, showing a steady growth of mobile internet usage across this period…
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Since its relaunch two months ago, the social media app Path has clearly grown in popularity after its upgrade. In the two months since it relaunched, the app has attracted a million new users, roughly the same amount it accumulated in its first year of existence…
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For the 50 million people who use Dropbox, you can never have too much free space for uploading your images, files and videos. However for free accounts, they cap the storage space to 2GB, but for those testing out a new photo import feature to automatically upload photos, they can get an extra 4.5GB to play around with…
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Ever since it launched just over a year ago, Instagram has been gaining millions of users and heaps of media attention for its simple social photo offering. It is a brilliant app and it’s founder sits down for an in-depth interview with Kevin Rose to explain how it all came about, how they have managed the huge scaling issues and the growth they’ve experienced…
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There’s an increasing focus on the mobile platform, being signalled as the future for companies and brands, and with it, a number of reports either support or denounce this trend. With enough reports and infographics floating around the web, it’s difficult to see what reports are worth noticing and which ones are best ignored…
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Citizen journalism has been on the rise in recent years with the proliferation of smartphones as well as easy access to the internet and other kinds of technology. So there’s now an app that seeks to capitalise on this trend, by selling content from its contributors onto third parties such as news sites and bloggers by automatically sending recorded footage from a smartphone to media outlets…
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If there’s one piece of advice brands should follow in 2012, it’s to really start focusing on mobile media, as it’s increasing at an exponential rate. It is the fast growing communications sector in history and impressions of mobile ads are increasing alongside this..
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Now that there’s pretty much an app for everything, it takes something pretty unique to grab our attention. You can get personal breathalyser devices, but how about one for your iPhone? Well it’s not really for your breath, but for your eyes – the pun-tastic BreathalEyes, an “alcohol awareness utility”…
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With 15 million users worldwide, Foursquare are in a more comfortable position than most social media sites, having enough core members to keep ticking along. Yet one of the reasons why the site doesn’t grow faster is that the average person only views it as an app that lets you check-in to stores…
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