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iPhone 4S is the second most popular camera on Flickr

Shane McGlaun, Nov 22nd 2011 Discuss [5]

I think we all knew that the iPhone 4S was going to be a seriously popular device when it finally launched after all of the rumors and frenzy surround the device leading up to that launch day. Flickr has a camera finder page that keeps track of the most popular cameras used on the service are. It's no surprise that before the iPhone 4S launched, the iPhone 4 was the most popular camera. Read The Full Story

Flickr launches Android app, iOS Photo Sessions

Rue Liu, Sep 28th 2011 Discuss [0]

Popular photo-sharing service Flickr has finally released its first official Android app, two years after it launched its iOS app. Android users who've had to resort to third-party alternatives will now get a slick new Flickr app that allows them to easily upload and share images taken with the in-app camera and enhanced with various filters. Along with the Android app, Flickr is also releasing a new Photo Sessions feature for its iPhone and iPad app. Read The Full Story

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iPhone Overtakes Flickr as Most Popular Camera

Chris Burns, Jun 22nd 2011 Discuss [12]

There are certain statistics every good camera or camera-toting device group pays attention to, one of the more unassumingly important set of these being on Flickr’s own most popular cameras page. This page is an extremely simplistic look at which devices are attached to photos the most often in the Flickr community, graphs broken down into Point & Shoot, Cameraphones, and the cross-breed Most Popular Cameras overall over the past year of Flickr action. What we’re seeing today is that longstanding king of Flicker photos, the Nikon D90, has been ousted and replaced by the rapidly growing iPhone.

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iPad 2 Camera Not Popular Says Flickr

Rue Liu, May 13th 2011 Discuss [7]

Appeasing complaints of not having a camera on the original iPad and trying to keep pace with rising competition, Apple slapped on both front-facing and back-facing cameras to their iPad 2s. But how many people actually use the iPad 2 for taking pictures? Read The Full Story

BlackBerry Roadmap Leaked [Feb 2011 Through Dec 2012] [Software] [BB OS 7.0!]

Chris Burns, Mar 5th 2011 Discuss [6]

Well would you take a look at that! What we've got here is nothing less than a full roadmap of the more important software updates planned by RIM for their BlackBerry platform. Inside you'll see several versions of Facebook, Social Feeds, Flickr, Twitter, and even the next big fat version of BlackBerry OS: QNX, more than likely OS 7.0! In addition to the roadmap you see directly below this paragraph, we've got a few more one-sheets including a "BlackBerry News," one for Ticketmaster v2.0, and another for Social Feeds. All of these items come courtesy of our friends at n4bb. Read The Full Story

Google Updates Social Search, Your Friends Opinions May Now Affect Your Search Results

Rue Liu, Feb 17th 2011 Discuss [0]

Google announced today an update to their Google Social Search feature that will more fully integrate the social search results into normal search results. Now when you view a search results page, you might also see little annotations under the results that have either been shared or liked by your friends. In fact, your friends' sharing and linking activities may actually affect your search results. Read The Full Story

RIM To Discontinue Flickr For BlackBerry

Rue Liu, Feb 8th 2011 Discuss [4]

Research In Motion (RIM) just announced on their website today that they would be discontinuing support for the Flickr Uploader on their BlackBerry smartphones starting on March 1, 2011. The app allowed users to wirelessly upload images taken from their BlackBerry smartphone direct to their Flickr account. Read The Full Story

Vudu brings hundreds of apps to HDTVs and Blu-Ray Players

Paul Fang, Jan 6th 2010 Discuss [1]

Vudu (of Vudu Box fame) introduced Vudu Apps today, a platform delivering hundreds of internet applications and services to HDTVs by Mitsubishi, Sanyo, Sharp, and Toshiba. Toshiba will also integrate Vudu Apps in to their line of internet-capable Blu-Ray players. Read The Full Story

FON Fonera 2.0n WiFi-n sharing router on sale now

Chris Davies, Sep 24th 2009 Discuss [1]

WiFi-sharing enthusiasts FON have released their latest router, the Fonera 2.0n. As the name suggests, the Fonera 2.0n packs 802.11n support, but they've also packed it with social networking integration, hard-drive sharing, Twitter status updates (for when someone connects to your router), BitTorrent downloading and webcam hosting. Read The Full Story

Toshiba JournE Tablet Gets Hands-On Treatment

Evan Selleck, Sep 4th 2009 Discuss [0]

We just talked about the JournE, the new Mobile Internet Device (MID) from Toshiba. We still have a relative lack of information regarding the details of the device, but if the media playback of HD videos, plus an emphasis on streaming online videos via sites like YouTube isn't enough to get you excited, we don't know what will. Truth be told, the MID-range of devices is pretty, well, mid-range, but from what we are seeing now, especially by the excitement displayed in the video after the break, we can't help but get even more excited. Read The Full Story

Mitsubishi’s VUDU Integrated 1080p Flat Panel Diamond Unisen LCDs Begin Shipping

Evan Selleck, Sep 3rd 2009 Discuss [0]

Mitsubishi Digital Electronics America has announced today that they've begun to ship their VUDU Integrated, 1080p Flat Panel LCD TVs today, all of which incorporate their Diamond models of Unisen Immersive Sound. These TVs will provide the ability for the customer to seamlessly deliver high definition (HD) movies and television shows to their sets on demand, whenever they want. Read The Full Story

Toshiba’s JounE Touch Is a High-End MID Announced Today

Evan Selleck, Sep 3rd 2009 Discuss [0]

The way of the tablet has been a rocky road, but it looks like all of that is beginning to change. Sure, Apple's anticipated launch into the tablet market is helping to stroke the flames, but as long as it keeps promoting other companies to create things like Toshiba's JounE, let's just call it a win-win for everybody. Read The Full Story