Instagram Adds Tag Feature

3 May

Instagram has pulled a Facebook with their latest update which allows users to tag their Instagram friends in photos.

This applies to past photos they have taken as well.

Since Facebook’s acquisition of Instagram was made final back in September 2012, the app has undergone several changes including the addition of new filters and a fully functioning web version.

With each update, the app continues to improve. Tagging photos will undoubtedly add a great deal of value to the user experience, making the popular photo app even better than it already was.

When sharing photos to Twitter, tagged individuals in the Instagram photo will also receive an at-mention (@username) seamlessly. I have yet to see how mentions work when the photo is shared to Facebook, but I would assume it will mention the person by their Facebook account. Afterall, Facebook does own Instagram now.

Click below to see screenshots.

 

Instagram wrote a more detailed blog post about the latest update which includes a really great video that depicts people tagging their friends and family in real life situations.

Check it out below.

 

If you haven’t downloaded the number one photo app on the market, get to it. I promise you won’t be disappointed.

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Don’t Google it, Gizoogle it!

25 Mar

Variations of the phrase “Google it,” have become part of our everyday vocabulary. When a friend asks a question, rather than trying to provide an answer, in frustration you often shoot back, “Why don’t you just Google it?!”

How about next time you get the urge to say, “Google it,” instead, comeback with “Gizoogle it.”

Gizoogle

Gizoogle is a website that translates the text from a webpage into gangsta lingo. Go to gizoogle.net and past the URL of the webpage you want to translate; then hit the “Gizoogle Dis Shiznit” button to begin the transcription.

I can promise you, the results you get back will not provide any solutions to your questions, but they will provide plenty of laughter.

For most hilarious results, start by Gizoogling your company bio. Below is my personal bio on my company’s website before and after the Gizoogle machine translation.

Before Gizoogle

Ben believes that if you don’t have an online presence, you don’t exist.

He loves social media and the web like Brick from Anchorman loves lamps. Using these channels to strengthen his personal brand and our clients’ brands is more than just a hobby, it’s a passion.

Ben enjoys coffee, music, food and traveling. His favorite social media site is foursquare, which he uses to check-in everywhere.

After Gizoogle

Ben believes dat if you aint gots a online presence, you don’t exist.

Dude loves hood media n’ tha wizzy like Brick from Anchorman loves lamps. Usin these channels ta strengthen his thugged-out lil’ underground brand n’ our clients’ brandz is mo’ than just a hobby, itz a passion.

Ben enjoys coffee, beatz, chicken n’ travelin yo. His straight-up hood media joint is foursquare, which he uses ta check-in all over dis biiiatch.

And that’s Gizoogle for ya—you’re welcome.

360 Panorama app outperforms iPhone panoramic camera function

22 Mar

Not too long ago, Apple released its iOS 6 update. Among many new and improved features brought with the update were improvements to the camera.

360 Panorama app

Now, with the iPhone’s built-in function allowing for 180 degree panoramic photos, many third party apps are wondering about their future, and whether or not iPhoneographers will still find their apps relevant.

I’m here to tell you, there are still other apps with relevance; one of them being 360 Panorama, an app that goes beyond the 180 degree limitation of the iPhone, allowing for full 360 degree panoramic views.

Benefits of 360 Panorama are many. One, you can easily share them across social platforms and email. But most importantly, you get a fullscreen view of the panorama with the ability to rotate left and right with your mouse as you please.

See example shots that I have personally taken with 360 Panorama by clicking the links below.

>> Mount Rushmore National Memorial

>> Lake Pactola in the Black Hills of South Dakota

>> Badlands National Park

With iOS camera, your panoramic shot is compressed into a flat image. If all you need to do is add a little dimension to your photo, then iOS can certainly get the job done. See an example taken by JL Beer of Sioux Falls. Keep in mind, with 360 Panormama app, you also have the ability to take less than 360 degree images and flatten them. So really, you don’t need to mess around with the iOS 6 camera feature at all. That is, unless you don’t want to pay for “the real deal,” 360 Panorma app.

360 Panorama is available on iOS and Android devices. Sure, it’s not free. But really, what’s a 99 cent purchase to you, anyways? I can promise, if take as many photos with your camera as I do, that it’s worth the investment.

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