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Hipstamatic app relaunches as a social network, but only for iOS

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Remember that cool app from years ago that was, like, the hippest thing on your iPhone 3Gs? Yes, that’s right! It was Hipstamatic, and I, among many, spent hours playing around with different looks. back then, it was a rival to apps like Snapseed and even Instagram. But then, it sort of just went away.

But now it’s back, stronger than ever, and is relaunching this week as a social media network. And not just any social network clone either, this is the one that possibly all of us photographers have been waiting for since the demise of Instagram.

NoFilter is a free app that helps you find the best photo spots while you travel

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When you go on vacation or even a short getaway, you probably want to find the best spots for taking photos. I know I do. Well, there’s now an app that helps you do it no matter where in the world you are.

NoFilter is a new app that helps photographers and travelers to discover the best photo locations, whether they’re across the world or even just in their neighborhood. It merges Google Maps, photography, and social networking, and it’s a pretty interesting concept.

Apple to patent “Synthetic Selfie” app for making fake group selfies

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Because selfie sticks are so 2014, Apple is now turning to computational imaging for taking group selfies. Actually, for making them, since they will be composed out of individual selfies from different phones. Apple has filed a patent for an app that will allow everyone from the group to take a selfie they’re satisfied with, compose them into a single photo, and then add a background of choice. And if I may add – take “fake” to a whole new level.

These are five free and simple mobile apps every landscape photographer should install

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A smartphone can be a great companion when you’re shooting landscape photos, and it’s not just because of its camera. There are some apps that can help you plan ahead and make the best of your photos. However, some of them are not user-friendly or they offer you too much unnecessary information.

So, in this video, Mark Denney suggests five apps that landscape photographers should have on their phones. They are simple, easy to use, and accurate. And almost all of them are free. Do you already use some of them?

Google pulled 29 photo apps from the Play Store that stole photos and promoted scams

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Android’s openness is something of a double-edged sword. On the one hand, it allows just about anybody to (relatively) easily write and publish mobile apps through the Play Store. But it also allows anybody to write and publish apps through the play store. And the checks to get apps approved aren’t quite as stringent as those found in Apple’s App Store.

But Google is doing something about it. They’ve just pulled 29 camera and photo apps from the Play Store after they were reportedly pushing intrusive ads, promoting porn, scamming users via phishing and even stealing content. But these apps have already been downloaded millions of times.

Best apps for landscape photography – my top 16 favorite apps

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The time to write down my personal list of the Best Apps for Landscape Photography has come. The group of my top 16 favorite apps which I use almost every time I have to plan a photography session, a photo trip, or a complex spot with a long hike in the mountain to get there.

What is one thing almost every photographer has on their person every time they shoot? A smartphone. Smartphones can act as fully-featured photography assistants that are capable of helping you capture the best possible shots with your dedicated camera. This post isn’t an in-depth review or a guide of every single app. I just wanted to make a list of the apps that I use the most for all sorts of situations, from editing photos to performing in-depth location scouting and calculations in the field.

Here’s how iPhone apps can spy on you if they have camera permission

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Do you think before you grant your apps permission to access the camera? According to a software engineer Felix Krause, you should. He recently even published a demonstration app on GitHub to show what an app could do if you give it an access to the phone’s camera. And it sounds like an episode of Black Mirror.

This hack lets you shoot the Hyperlapse app at 1080p (+3 more hacks)

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I love hyperlapses, and I was really into the Hyperlapse app for iOS when Instagram first released it. But, it always annoyed me that it would only shoot 720p footage. There aren’t exactly many options within the app itself besides the playback speed. Now, this is probably a hack that the rest of the world have known about for years already, but it’s new to me.

And along with this tip, photographer Matthew Rycroft brings along three more. One is a similar hack for Instagram’s Boomerang app which opens up some cool creative possibilities. There’s also a blacklight hack, and a 3D hologram thingy.

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