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  • 500px takes on Flickr and Instagram with 'Awesome' offer In the wake of Instagram's terms of service fallout and Flickr's three free months offer of Flickr Pro, 500px has followed suit with a great offer of its own. Darren McCarra No responses 26th December 2012
  • Native Google Maps app for iPhone to be released soon Google is preparing its new native maps app for release on the iPhone and iPad soon reports the Wall Street Journal citing a "person with direct knowledge of the matter". Darren McCarra 2 responses 16th November 2012
  • Google taking full advantage of Apple Maps debacle, Street View mobile web app arriving tomorrow Google is taking full advantage of Apple's recent Maps app debacle (yes, the one that gifted south Dublin a shiny new airport), and rightly so. While there's still no announcement to be made regarding a native Google Maps app for iOS yet, its browser app is excelling ahead with the introduction of Street View tomorrow. Darren McCarra One response 3rd October 2012
  • Fruity: Not quite the iPhone 5 you'd expect One of Europe's largest distributors of fruit, Top Fruit, isn't exactly the kind of company you'd expect to be taking advantage of marketing opportunities around Apple's iPhone 5 launch. But they did, and here it is. Darren McCarra No responses 13th September 2012
  • Sky Sports TV app arrives on Android as Premier League season kicks off In a bid to tackle the proliferation of illegal streaming of the English Premier League, Sky has released its Sky Sports TV app for Android. Like its current iPhone counterpart, it's subscription-based and designed for viewers who do not have a traditional subscription with Sky but want to enjoy sports coverage on mobile. Darren McCarra No responses 18th August 2012
  • Standby for Twitter's updated iPhone app Leaked release notes of Twitter's official iOS app suggest that a major update is on its way. It's thought that the update will be released in the "coming days", according to 9to5Mac. Darren McCarra No responses 9th July 2012
  • Facebook introduces Camera, a standalone photo sharing app Facebook is increasingly being used solely as a photo sharing service by a lot of its users and today Facebook has somewhat proved this to be true by releasing a standalone photo sharing app known as Camera. Darren McCarra No responses 24th May 2012
  • Separate news from noise with Storyful's new iPhone app Storyful, a service that separates news from the noise of the real-time web, has released an iPhone application. Last month, Storyful released Storyful Direct for iPhone, an application that allows citizen journalists to easily submit media content to Storyful for verification. Darren McCarra No responses 15th April 2012
  • iPhone photography tips and tricks from Jack Hollingsworth [Video] Jack Hollingsworth, renowned world photographer, shares some iPhone photography tips and tricks. Jack is a recent Apple convert and describes iPhone photography, or iPhoneography, as the "most powerful work of his career". Darren McCarra No responses 14th March 2012
  • Now you can continue your recent Google search on Android and iPhone Google has added a new Recent icon to Google.com on Android and iPhone, conveniently placing recent searches only a tap away. Darren McCarra No responses 6th March 2012

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