Instagram reportedly quietly rolled out an in-app pop-up over the past year that has been encouraging users to “try a new account,” likely because it makes more money on new accounts than on older ones. As reported by the Wall Street Journal, Instagram’s pop-up has been appearing for single-account users when they long-press the profile… Continue reading Instagram Has Quietly Been Asking Users to Set Up Multiple Accounts
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Apple Sues the Company That Let Governments Steal Journalists’ Photos
Apple has filed a lawsuit against NSO Group, an Israeli surveillance company, that developed and distributed spyware called Pegasus. It was used by some governments to access the iPhones of journalists and activists and steal their photos. In July, it became known that more than 50,000 phone numbers that were mostly owned by journalists, activists,… Continue reading Apple Sues the Company That Let Governments Steal Journalists’ Photos
MotionCam App is the First to Enable RAW Video on Android Devices
Advanced Mobile Video Recording (AMVR) has shared the first RAW video footage taken on a smartphone using an open-source camera app. AMVR has taken mobile video recording to the next level, at least for Android users. The latest update to the open-source camera app, MotionCam, lets users shoot 10-Bit CinemaDNG RAW video using an Android… Continue reading MotionCam App is the First to Enable RAW Video on Android Devices
How to Easily Create More Engaging Instagram Posts
I want to show you an iOS app called SCRL that I use to easily create those fun, swipe-able panoramic posts on Instagram using an iPhone. I know, I know. You’re probably rolling your eyes, thinking that this is yet another post to help you game the Instagram algorithms and get you “all the likes”… Continue reading How to Easily Create More Engaging Instagram Posts
How Smartphones Can Improve Your Photography
Smartphones have been around for over a decade now. In this time, although there have been great technological advances, such as longer battery life and larger screens, the most important one to photographers is better image quality. [ Read More ]
I Brought a vivo X70 Pro+ to a Photoshoot, Check Out the Surprising Results
Have you ever considered using a phone for a professional project? I hadn’t but I was pleasantly surprised by what the vivo X70 Pro+ phone was capable of. Sure, it has all the technical specs with an imaging system co-engineered with ZEISS and their color correction technology built-in, but what was it like to shoot… Continue reading I Brought a vivo X70 Pro+ to a Photoshoot, Check Out the Surprising Results
Qualcomm Unveils the Snapdragon 8, Featuring World’s First 18-Bit ISP
Qualcomm has announced its latest generation processor, the Snapdragon 8, Generation 1. It features a host of firsts, including the first 18-bit image signal processor (ISP) made for mobile devices. The Snapdragon 8 features Qualcomm’s seventh-generation AI engine for what it promises is the fastest and most advanced ever. The company touts it as able… Continue reading Qualcomm Unveils the Snapdragon 8, Featuring World’s First 18-Bit ISP