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Google Photo Sphere images now embeddable on any website

By Robert Nelson
on 3 May, 2013

Photo Sphere is a feature that was introduced with Android 4.2 Jelly Bean. Basically that means only a limited amount of users are able to capture Photo Sphere images at the moment. Not to mention, the options and places to view these images has also rather limited. In the past, Photo Sphere viewing was previously limited to Google+ pages, the device that took the picture and on Google Maps (provided they were uploaded).

Samsung NX2000 Android-powered camera image leaks

By Cory Gunther
on 12 Apr, 2013

We all know Samsung has just about every smartphone and tablet size imaginable covered, and now it looks like they'll be taking their efforts deeper into Android-powered cameras. We've been hearing reports that the company has plans to release several more Android cameras to follow up the Samsung Galaxy Camera, and today we could have our first look at their mirrorless NX2000.

Android version of Rando photo exchange platform launches

By Shane McGlaun
on 12 Apr, 2013

A development company from the UK called Ustwo has announced the launch of an Android version of its app called Rando. The app hit the iPhone about a month ago. Rando is called an "experimental photo exchange platform." This isn't like Instagram, it's photo sharing but completely anonymous.

Imgur photo hosting app arrives for Android

By Cory Gunther
on 9 Apr, 2013

The most popular photo hosting site that is probably everyone's favorite has finally arrived for Android. While there's no shortage of Imgur apps in the Google Play Store, today they've released their very own official app for Android. It's a limited beta for now, and appears to only work in Australia, but we can expect it to be available for all soon.

Handy Photo now available for Android

By Shane McGlaun
on 22 Mar, 2013

There are several applications available for Android devices that allow people who take a lot of photos to manipulate those photos right on the device. A new photo editing application has now launched for Android devices called Handy Photo. The app promises some impressive photo editing tools that will be more appealing for some users than simple filters.

NVIDIA Tegra 4 ‘always-on HDR’ camera demo

By Cory Gunther
on 20 Mar, 2013

Back during CES 2013 in January NVIDIA unveiled their new Tegra 4 quad-core mobile processor. Along with it comes tons of brand new and exciting camera features they're calling Chimera. Slated as the "World's first mobile computational photography architecture." One of the awesome new features we can expect on Tegra smartphones and tablets is their always on HDR (high dynamic range) photography and video option. Check it out below.

500px app gets updated

By Shane McGlaun
on 20 Mar, 2013

Fans of the Android app 500px can now download an update for the application that brings new features. The updated application was released this week and promises a better ability to discover photos and find friends using the application. The application is also nearing 500,000 downloads.

Instagram filters out decline rumors, passes 100 million active users

By Cory Gunther
on 26 Feb, 2013

The extremely popular photo-sharing and tweaking service has seen its fair share of ups and downs lately, but new reports are showing Instagram is doing just fine. Now owned by Facebook, Instagram has filtered out all of those rumors of a decline in users and popularity and confirmed they have over 100 million active users. That's quite the number.

Samsung Orb set to take on Google’s Photo Sphere camera

By Cory Gunther
on 22 Feb, 2013

Samsung's upcoming flagship Galaxy S IV smartphone is still somewhat of a mystery, but some new rumors are floating around that the company will have their own version of Google's Photo Sphere. Instead of just taking a panorama photo, why not take a complete 360 degree view from all directions. Photo Sphere might not be perfect, but it's one of our favorite features of Android Jelly Bean.

Instagram launches a real website, brings your photo feed to the web

By Cory Gunther
on 5 Feb, 2013

After being available for nearly two years now, Instagram has finally released a real website for everyone to enjoy photos and 'art' uploaded from all their friends. Previously we haven't had a full web experience like the mobile app for Android and iOS offered, but today that all changes. Instagram has just announced their official webpage.