mobile noise archives (72 posts)


Instagram responds to criticism about use of pictures, falls on sword, claims misinterpretation, December 18, 2012
Yesterday there was a big kerfuffle on the internets about Facebook-controlled Instagram's new terms of service that included language about the use of user photos in sponsored promotions. With the weight of the digital world on their back, one of... Continue

Near-instant video uploads with new YouTube Capture app (iOS only for now), December 17, 2012
The ever-increasing power of mobile devices and speed of networks has enabled yet another new development in the world of recording. YouTube has launched the YouTube Capture app (iOS) that allows you to record a video and then upload it... Continue

New Instagram terms of service, they can use your pictures in advertisments without consent or compensation [updated], December 17, 2012
The Facebook data-hoarders apparently wrote the new terms of service for Instagram. The New York Times Bits blog spotlights some of the more important sections. The new terms suggest that Facebook/Instagram can use your pictures in advertisements without your consent... Continue

Mobile Noise Part #2: The Photo Filter Wars, Gear Reviews, and more, December 13, 2012
A number of new happenings in the world of mobile photography have triggered not one but two impromptu Mobile Noise round-ups. One big headline-grabbing story/non-story are perhaps the developing Photo Filter Wars. Who needs Megapixel Wars when you can have... Continue

Mobile Noise Part #1: Flickr updates iOS app (strangely gets rave reviews), December 13, 2012
Yahoo/Flickr generated a lot of headlines, and strangely enough, there were not complaints. In fact, they even got some raving reviews! What did they do? Yahoo updated the Flickr iPhone app, making it version 2.0, requiring iOS 4.3 or later... Continue

App World: Photo filters coming to Twitter for the Holidays, December 9, 2012
Twitter apparently is planning to put a cyber gift in our cyber socks (that sounds like a phrase from the early 2000s!). They are planning to release photo filters for the official native Twitter apps before the end of this... Continue

Mobile Noise: Free Snapseed for Android 4.0+ (also: Triggertrap, iPad Mini, Photo Apps, etc), December 6, 2012
New developments have triggered a new edition of the Mobile Noise! And they are of the FREE variety! As you may recall recalling, one of the high profile mobile photography developments of the year was "The Google" purchasing the Nik... Continue

Newsbytes: Ilford b+w disposable film cameras, Fuji 14/2.8 XF delayed, Serif, Dxo, Divorce, new Canon printers, sensors, etc, December 5, 2012
Our newsy buffers filled up. Time to empty them with a new Newsbytes round-up... While we try to cover a variety of topics, these are not intended to be comprehensive coverage of everything about everything all the time :)... New... Continue

Mobile Noise: DxoMark goes crazy, reviews the iPhone 5, 4S, 4, iPad, Galaxy S3, S2, PureView 808, December 5, 2012
Apparently the people at Dxomark replaced their water intake with coffee because they published seven mobile camera reviews in just four days. They reviewed the iPhone 5, 4S and 4, the "new" iPad, the Samsung Galaxy S III and II,... Continue

Adobe Photoshop Touch 1.4 launches on the Amazon Android-y App Store, November 16, 2012
While a number of photographers may have complaints about Adobe's pricing of their Photoshop and CS software suites, the complaints are much rarer on the pricing of their mobile flagship imaging product, Adobe Photoshop Touch. Granted, it is nowhere near... Continue

Mobile Noise: iPhone 5, Samsung Galaxy S3, HTC One X, App Reviews, etc, November 12, 2012
Photography keeps getting mobiler and mobiler (for lack of a better word), so now that there is a break in the action, this is a good time for a new Mobile Noise round-up. Please note these are intended to be... Continue

Instagram expands to the web with Instagram Profiles, November 5, 2012
If you stay quiet long enough, you may hear the collective groan of the various online photo sharing services as popular mobile photo sharing service Instagram [insert Hipster joke here] is now expanding to the "proper internet" with Instagram Profiles.... Continue

Hipster News: Photo Filters coming to Twitter, November 2, 2012
Smartphones have introduced photography to millions (if not billions) of more people. This is a double-edged sword, it can get more people interested in learning about photography but it can also cause a stampede of proudly misinformed neo-photographers distorting expectations... Continue

Curiosity factor: the camera of the LG Google Nexus 4, November 2, 2012
The review embargo has been lifted for the LG Google Nexus 4 Android smartphone, and various technology websites have published their review findings using advance units of the phone that sports an 8mp camera with a flash, and Android 4.2... Continue

Amazon and AT&T launch separate Cloud Photo services with 5GB free each, November 1, 2012
Neil Gaiman brought the wars of the Gods from the clouds down to the Earth, but the big technology giants are moving their territorial wars to the cloud! With that as a probably unnecessary preface, two big companies have launched... Continue

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