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“Facebook Camera is only for interacting with Facebook. Instagram has its own social network for connecting with friends, but the app also lets you post images to Facebook, Twitter, Foursquare, Flickr, and other online services. If you want photos to go beyond Facebook’s servers, you’ll want to stick with Instagram (or other similar apps, like Hipstamatic or Camera+).”
Chris Foresman, from Ars Technica, writing about Instagram and Facebook Camera
Facebook Camera tops Instagram at App Store
Interesting, this idea of these two apps competing…
Will iCloud soon have “shades of Instagram”?
That’s how the LA Times put it, citing reports about changes to iCloud expected in June. The changes would make it possible “to share and comment on photos and not just sync them on their own devices,” the report says.
“This upgrade sounds as if it would blend a little of the social element that is part of Instagram’s magic with the previous functionality of iCloud’s troubled predecessor, MobileMe,” The LA Times writes. “The now-defunct service did allow subscribers to create, upload and share galleries of both video and still photos through an app and online.”
From the Wall Street Journal: “A growing number of start-ups are providing easy ways to share videos taken from a smartphone, enabling people to add music and text and to share the results on Facebook or another social network. As Instagram has done, these services are swiftly drawing millions of users, as well as big money from top venture capital firms, film stars and angel investors such as Laurene Powell Jobs, the widow of Apple Inc. co-founder Steve Jobs.”
Sounds like it was lots of fun.
“There are many parties celebrating the opening of photography exhibits in New York, but few where the photos on display were taken on iPhones,” the Journal reports. “But such was a party Tuesday at the W Times Square, where the Living Room lounge is currently decorated with Instagram shots… The concept, explained the hotel’s general manager Jim McPartlin, was driven by W Hotels’ desire to offer ‘what’s next.’ “
And adding five million a week. Wow.
Kyle Steed’s Instaxgram project
Wow, what fun. Learn more at Instaxagram:
Tim Coons
Where do you begin with someone like Tim Coons? For one he’s a musical genius. I remember the first time I heard the rough cuts of his “Chair and Microphone” album my jaw dropped. His voice is so uniquely refreshing. But it wasn’t until I met him face-to-face 8500 feet above sea level in Divide, Colorado the summer of 2010. I think that’s when the real magic happened. Getting to meet his wife, Betony, and daughter, Lucy, was a real joy. Tim’s affection for his family is inspiring. You can really tell they support each other living out the dreams of their hearts. So if you’re tired of the same old tunes on the radio then please do yourself a favor and check out Tim’s music. You can follow along with him on twitter @timbo30.
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To be honest, that headline is something of a joke. Ever since the Facebook acquisition of Instagram, there have been scores of articles on Instagram alternatives, from media outlets from Macworld to the Huffington Post (and far beyond). I’m guessing lots of people are now discovering the world of iPhone photography beyond Instagram.
Well, here’s another quasi-list of options: my own list of the 100 best iPhone photography apps. Instagram is on there, of course, and so I guess it’s something of a list of 99 Instagram alternatives. I’m not leaving Instagram, but some other apps to consider include Path, Hipstamatic, ShakeItPhoto, PictureShow, and many more.
Want other lists?
Here are some of them:
Macworld: 7 Instagram alternatives for iOS
VentureBeat.com: 5 Instagram alternatives for those worried about Facebook privacy issues
Shiny Shiny: 12 Instagram alternatives
“I learned to appreciate the artistic side of photography, and I learned that Instagram is about much more than altered photos.”
Anick Jesdanun of the Associated Press
In this article about warming up to Instagram
