Facebook is joining the grossly overexposed crowd of iOS camera apps. The company on Thursday announced a new application called Facebook Camera, which “puts photos [at] the center of the [Facebook] experience.” Oh, and it offers 15 filters. Just don’t call it Instagram! Basically, Facebook Camera lets you capture, edit and upload photos to the

The powers that be at Facebook seem to think that photo sharing is the bee’s knees. After spending $1 billion on Instagram, the house that Zuckerberg built is bringing the staff responsible for Lightbox into the fold. Co-founders Thai Tran and Nilesh Patel will be lending their HTML5 friendly skills to the social network in roles

Facetagram or Instabook or the worst acquisition ever is reportedly being investigated by the Federal Trade Commission. According to the Financial Times, “people familiar with the matter” say the FTC is currently collecting a treasure trove of info from Facebook’s competitors, which could potentially stall the merger for up to a year. Just because the

Have you ever wanted to make your Instagram application icon come to life? The folks at ADR Studio have come up with the Instagram Socialcam concept, which resembles a life size Instagram icon that is capable of much more than just capturing artsy images for hipsters far and wide to swoon over. This camera could

Facebook may have had a bad quarter, but it’s not exactly a fail by any yardstick. It boasts 901 million users and $1.058 billion in revenue, making it the web’s most popular social network. TechCrunch did some math on this and figured out, if the network keeps its popularity and revenue up, it would make

After Facebook agreed to pay $1 billion for Instagram, Twitter turned its attentions to the popular iPhone app Camera+. Bloomberg recently reported that Twitter executives met with the app’s developer  Tap Tap Tap in hopes of acquiring the company. However, the idea fell apart before Twitter could make an offer due to the developer not wanting

It’s only been a few weeks since Instagram was introduced to Android users, but reports are beginning to surface suggesting a fake malware-spreading version of the app has been floating around unofficial app stores. The news is not unlike what we saw with Angry Birds Space a week ago. According to security research firm Sophos,

Scrabble Coasters If you haven’t figured it out already, I’m a pretty big fan of Scrabble — I even highlighted the Typography Edition in a previous Buffalo Gear post. So why not encourage our inner-word nerds even more with this Scrabble coaster set? Styled after the iconic board game, the set of 54 recycled double-sided

A developer recently revealed that Instagram has added 10 million new users in just 10 days, pushing its overall user base past 40 million people. That’s impressive growth and it’s no doubt a result of the hype around Facebook’s recent $1 billion acquisition of the company and the launch of its first Android client. The

Instagram passed a new milestone on Wednesday: For the first time ever it is now the number one most downloaded free application in Apple’s iTunes App Store. Of course, the company announced an even bigger milestone earlier this week when it was acquired by Facebook for $1 billion — or about $77 million per employee

When news broke about Facebook buying Instagram, the webs alighted with concerns. Instagram’s popularity is huge, and many users wondered if their privacy would run amuck with this or if anti-Facebookers would suddenly need to register a social profile to continue using the vintage-inspired camera app. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg assures users that Instagram will

Instagram for Android has been a runaway success: Just 24 hours after its release, the app had already been downloaded one million times. Now, the popular photo sharing application can chalk up another milestone. As of Tuesday, Instagram for Android has been downloaded a total of 5 million times. That’s 5 million downloads in the six days

Facebook just announced that it will acquire the popular photo-sharing social network Instagram. “For years, we’ve focused on building the best experience for sharing photos with your friends and family,” Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a post Monday. “Now, we’ll be able to work even more closely with the Instagram team to also offer

After an incredibly lengthy wait, Instagram made its debut on Android yesterday, and it seems Android users couldn’t wait to snap it up. The photo sharing application saw an impressive 1 million downloads in less that 24 hours on Google Play. Instagram began taking registrations for its Android variant back on March 24, allowing users

Instagram has to be one of my top 10 favorite apps. (And if you only knew how many apps I have, you’d realize how huge a deal this is.) Whoever created those filters did an amazing job. I’m a horrible photographer, and Instagram somehow manages to give my lousy shots a rather artsy flair. They’re

Instagram, the insanely popular photo-centric social network on iOS, is finally available for Android smartphones. Instagram offers several photo filters and allows users to share, comment and “heart” photos. Instagram for Android is supported on “any camera phone with Android 2.2 or above with support for OpenGL ES 2*.” The download is free and is available from

Instagram confirmed earlier this month that its popular photo sharing service, which has become a smash hit on iOS, is making its way to Android. If you can’t wait to get your hands on it, you can sign up now to be one of the “first in line.” During a recent interview with TechCrunch, Instagram co-founder Kevin

Photo sharing service Instagram has become incredibly popular on iOS, with over 27 million people now signed up to the service. But that number is set to receive a huge boost when Instagram finally makes its way to Android. In a recent interview with TechCrunch, Instagram co-founder Kevin Systrom said that Instagram is currently seeing

So how do you explain social media to someone who doesn’t use Facebook and thinks the word “Twitter” is just sexual innuendo? If you find yourself having to explain the various services to people often, here’s something that might make life a little easier — an Instagram pic that breaks it all down using the

It’s been another blockbuster year for the seminal iPhone. Even after enduring a longer than normal product cycle, demand for the device is still at an all time high. According to Reuters, Apple was on pace to sell around 28 million iPhones during 2011′s final quarter alone – a 70 percent jump from a year ago. Whether

So what can we learn from 2011? Well for one, according to this infographic, it seems people en masse absolutely do not like being hardwired. On the contrary, our affinity for sharing, streaming and being mobile has become a full-blown obsession. And why not? The tools we use are becoming increasingly powerful, after all. But

Who would have thought that a camera application would be the #1 iPhone application of 2011. Instagram soared to the top in Apple’s App Store Rewind 2011 list, beating out Facebook, Pandora and Words With Friends. It’s worth mentioning here that Apple chose the best apps of 2011 rather than adhering to download and revenue

I much prefer Twitter to Facebook when I want to get all social, but there’s one advantage to using Zuckerberg’s service, and that’s having all your photos in one place. When you upload a photo to Twitter, it easily gets lost and becomes hard to find after a while. But not anymore! Twitter has unveiled