Instagram is not yet available for Windows Phone users and third party knock-offs continues to populate Windows Phone Store. On Friday, one such app Itsdagram was recently added to the Windows Phone Store. The app was pulled by the Sunday night because of few features that were missing from it. Itsdagram do not offer the filters that allow Instagram users to alter the look of their pictures. Moreover, users do not have their own profile page.  At present, with Itsdagram on the sidelines, Windows Phone users can try recently unveiled Winstagram. This app only uploads your pictures to the instagram and nothing else. Users have to use another app to see their pictures after uploading them. However, it will cost users $1.99 to download.

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Google has unveiled a content sharing app, named as Snapseed. Google brings Instagram like functions, which help users to edit images and share the same via Google+ or other social networks.
This new app has been developed by a company named as Nik Software, which has been brought by the Google previously. Last year the Snapseed application was even adjusted as the best iPad app, and was available for $4.99 for Apple devices. Although, this app is available for free on both iOS and Android platforms, and will challenge Instagram which was purchased by Facebook for a heavy amount.
As stated by the senior vice president of Google in an official blog post , "Having welcomed Nik to the Google family, we're excited to bring their Snapseed app (last year's iPad app of the year) to Android."
Snapseed has lots of new features like tune, straighten and crop, add creative filters such as drama, black and white, and vintage that users can apply individually or in combination to images. Users can also use one 'Point technology' to selectively enhance their photo-to brighten just a face, for example, or deepen just the sky. Gundotra stated," Google+ also will be adding a new feature called "Communities," which makes the "hangouts" feature of the social network into permanent locations".
He further added, "Google+ has always been a place to crowd around common interests and meet new people. What's been missing, however, are more permanent homes for all the stuff you love: the wonderful, the weird, and yes, even the things that are way out there. With Google+ Communities there's now a gathering place for your passions".

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Instagram, popular image sharing service has unveiled a new update for its iOS app. The new Instagram 3.1 app for iOS has been updated to be compatible with iPhone 5 and iOS 6 software update.
This new application for the iOS and Android platform offers custom image filters and users can share edited images with a large community of members. The developers have updated the application to support the freshly unveiled iOS 6 software update for the Apple products.
The new Instagram is compatible with the iOS 6 as well as the new iPhone 5. The iOS platform users enjoyed the Live Filters that gave them an edge over the Instagram for Android users. Although, the Live Filters are presently not supported on the iPhone 5 and later will be discontinued in future update of the app.
Besides this, the new update brings a new 'registration' to pull in more users on board. Now this new app has also better password recovery options.Very soon Instagram will release the 3.1 version for the Google Android based devices.

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New camera application has been launched by Facebook for the iOS based devices like iPhone and iPad. The new Facebook camera app brings along a host of new features. The users would love to have these features. This application is similar to Instagram application. This Facebook camera app filters for instant touch ups for the photographs. With help of this users can easily become creative with their pictures without the need to have a third party application. In the earlier version you can only upload one photo while in new version you can upload multiple photos at once. All the pictures can be viewed and you can even tag your friends.  Whenever you will install this application it will automatically identify the Facebook accounts already linked with the iPhone (other iOS devices). It will condense the process so that users can start uploading pictures straightaway without any further delays. The users can directly download this application for iTunes App Store with iOS 4.3 and above version.

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Facebook buys Instagram for $1 Billion! We know it’s still April, but this isn’t an April fool’s joke. Instagram, after coming on to the Android platform has been making quite a buzz. Well now there is confirmation that Facebook has taken over Instagram and the deal is worth, wait for it.....$1 billion!

This purchase will help Facebook expand its online photo sharing services. Instagram will continue to be built out independently from Facebook, but will be providing services to the social network.

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