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Use an iPhone to magnify small print
It’s no ordinary magnifier: the EyeReader app utilizes an iPhone’s 3.5-inch display to give users the ability to zoom in and out up to 5X, and efficiently uses the phone’s LED light to illuminate any...
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iPhone navigation app adds AR to “scan reality”
Hamburg, Germany-based mobile navigation provider Navigon calls its MobileNavigator iPhone app “the most feature-rich navigation solution on the iOS platform” and says it “not only provides accurate...
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SendQic Photo from AlKal Media Group automatically sends photos as they are taken on an iPhone. “Why go through eight or ten steps to take and email a photo when it can be done so much faster?” the...
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Microsoft app captures Photosynth panoramas on iPhone
They’re many places “you would love to capture and share, but a single photograph just won’t do,” Microsoft says. The Photosynth app “makes capturing panoramas fun and engaging.” Photosynth lets you...
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Photobucket snaps for Mobile users
Mobile uploads have increased more than 600 percent over the last year, says photo sharing service Photobucket, with users uploading more than 20 million photos and videos to Photobucket.com every...
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Automatic photo organization and sharing
For years we have described the smart phone as the potentially perfect photo tagging and organizing device: one that has access to your contacts and calendar — not just GPS and face recognition — to...
View ArticleGeotag camera images with an iPhone
Most smart phones now tag photos with data describing where they were shot. Geo-tagging functions are now in many new cameras as well. But what if you don’t want to shoot with a phone, and your current...
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Collaborative mobile video production
Apptopus says its CollabraCam for iOS is the first multi-camera video production app with live editing and director-to-camera communication, to “provide real-life collaborative storytelling, and make...
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Joby captures Frame X Frame
GorillaPod maker Joby offers a second free iPhone 4 camera app: Frame X Frame captures stop motion videos — which of course benefit greatly from the use of a tripod, gorilla or otherwise. Frame X Frame...
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Flare Shoots “HDR” video on iPhone
Flare for the iPhone shoots video with a simulated HDR appearance, applying its filtering effects in real time. The software does not actually capture and combine three exposures, as in actual high...
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“Plastic camera” pics projected on the big screen
iPhone app-maker Hipstamatic says its stylized photos will be featured in upcoming “Life in a Day” screenings in theaters. The $2 iPhone and iPod touch application emulates photography from a retro...
View ArticleGlmps captures, combines video and still
It’s more than a photo, but not quite a full-length video. That’s the description of the image format used by Glmps, which the developer calls “a magical way to share life” that “combines the ease of...
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Faster iPhone panorama capture
DerManDar for iOS captures and develops full 360-degree panoramas in seconds, the developer claims: Blazing fast stitching lets you “see the results in no time.” Users of the free app can share a link...
View ArticlePhoto app builds new social connections
The free photo sharing app EyeEm “learns what you love and recommends photos from like-minded people around the world,” the developer says. Using GPS and other data, the application guesses locations...
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Camera phones can read credit cards
Jumio claims it offers “the first all-in-one payment solution available on the market that is utilizing the built-in camera to scan credit cards.” With the new Netswipe service, a phone’s camera “is...
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Snapily takes 3D shots on iPhones
The iPhone can take actual 3D pictures with a new 3D app from Snapily. The software, which also works on the iPad 2, yields “true stereoscopic 3D pictures,” the company says. The 3D image can even be...
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Boosting exposure on the iPhone and iPad 2
Some of the most popular cameras out there don’t allow much control over the basics of exposure that photographers expect: the iPhone and iPad have locked-in automatic settings that the device’s...
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Hipstamatic iPhone app does… disposable?
Billed as “the world’s first social camera,” a new camera phone app comes with virtual rolls of film — but rather than the old standard 24 exposures, the app instead connects up to 24 people on a...
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Customizable iPhone camera app: TapShot
“Touch screens have completely redefined the user interface,” asks developer Two Teeth Technologies. “Isn’t it about time someone rethought the camera?” TapShot does just that, the company claim: it...
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Animoto updates app on iPhone
“Creating videos on the go just got easier,” says imaging developer Animoto. “We have a new mobile app that lets you create professional quality videos, share with your family and friends, and watch...
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ProCamera app adds QR code reading
The new Codescanner feature in ProCamera 3.5 will scan bar-codes, QR-codes and DataMatrix codes to retrieve detailed product or service information on an iPhone. “We have no doubt that, very soon, the...
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SmugMug makes iPhone camera “Awesome”
Online photo sharing site SmugMug says its free “Camera Awesome” iPhone app brings “faster shooting and sharper, better-exposed shots” — as well as features even expensive cameras lack, such as a...
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Camera+ sells 7 million, adds new features
Developer tap tap tap says its Camera+ app for the iPhone has sold more than 7 million copies — and now it’s offering new features such as individual touch control of exposure and focus, and a 6×...
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27 million Instagram users; Android app awaits
The photo-sharing app Instagram claims 27 million registered users, reports TechCrunch. The upcoming Android version of the app was also briefly unveiled at the SXSW conference. The free app has no...
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Klik uses real-time face recognition to tag friends
“Fire up Klik and watch as your friends’ names instantly appear next to their faces before or after you snap a photo,” says developer Face.com. The free iPhone app ties your phone into your Facebook...
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Cloud Photos auto-uploads images to Dropbox
The Cloud Photos photography app for the iPhone will, as the name implies, capture, control and share photos in the cloud. The $2 app also provides image and album management functions, and shares...
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Adobe revs Revel photo cloud for Retina
Adobe updated its Revel cloud-based photo sync service: version 1.2 adds support for the Retina Display on the new iPad, and faster image editing on the iPad and iPhone. Also new are the ability to...
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Kodak App prints to CVS, Target
Kodak says that with its improved Gallery app, you can “order prints using the one thing you always carry with you: your iPhone” for same-day pickup at a CVS or Target stores. The Gallery app lets...
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Cooliris revamps LiveShare messaging
Instead of keeping text messaging, photo sharing and other communication features separate, Cooliris says its completely redesigned LiveShare is “a paradigm shift in mobile communication” that...
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Smarter shrinkage: Accusoft offers improved iPhone imaging
The iPhone’s resolution reduction got you down? Imaging developer Accusoft says its ThinPic for iOS will maintain your original image size, while reducing the file size for easier uploading. The...
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