Apple Introduces iPad Air 2—The Thinnest, Most Powerful iPad Ever
Apple today introduced iPad Air 2, the thinnest and most powerful iPad ever. Now just 6.1 mm thin and weighing less than a pound, iPad Air 2 features an improved Retina display for enhanced contrast and richer, more vibrant colours, and better cameras for taking stunning photos and videos. Available in gold, silver and space grey, the new iPad Air 2 and iPad mini 3 offer Touch ID so users can unlock their iPad with just the touch of a finger and make purchases easily and securely within apps using Apple Pay.¹ “iPad is a magical piece of glass that runs more than 675,000 apps specifically designed for it, and…
OS X Yosemite Available Today as a Free Upgrade
Apple today announced that OS X Yosemite, the latest major release of the world’s most advanced desktop operating system, is available as a free upgrade for Mac users from the Mac App Store. Yosemite delivers a fresh, modern look and introduces Continuity features that make it easy to hand off activities between Mac and iOS devices and even make and receive iPhone calls from your Mac. Yosemite also includes a new Today view, a redesigned Spotlight and updated versions of Safari, Mail, Messages and iTunes. “OS X Yosemite is the most advanced version of OS X we’ve ever built, with a brand new design, amazing Continuity features and powerful versions…
‘It’s been way too long’ – Apple Event Live Coverage coming soon! Refresh This Page
#AppleEvent – NEW Mac Mini – 4th gen intel core processor – starts now at $499 – $100 less than previous model #AppleEvent New iMac – 3.5 GHz quad core, Thunderbolt 2, shipping today – starts at $2,499 #AppleEvent – new iMac 5mm thick/thin! #AppleEvent new iMac with retina display It’s a 27-inch display with 5,120 x 2,880 display. "Retina 5K." #AppleEvent – NEW iMac with Retina Display ‘there’s never been a desktop like this’ #AppleEvent iPadAir 2 and iPad Mini 3 pre-orders open tomorrow #AppleEvent – new iPad Mini 3 with touch ID – $399, $499 and $599, for 16GB/64GB/128GB #AppleEvent #Replay a video editing app – demonstrating now…
Another iOS Photography App Giveaway – A+ Signature – The Photo Annotator
We mentioned the huge update to this very popular watermarking iOS app yesterday, see here. Today, we are excited to have a selection of free codes to share amongst our loyal readers. A+ Signature retails for $1.99/£1.49 but if you would like to be in with chance to win a promo code, all we ask is for you to reply to this post telling us what you love most about theappwhisperer.com (we know how hard it is to narrow it down to one thing and also retweet or FB this post). That’s it, we’ll enter your details into our magic hat and if you’re a winner, a code will soon…
‘Building Mobile Bridges With Instagram’ – Michael Christopher Brown
We’re are delighted to publish our second article to our brand new section to TheAppWhisperer.com today, entitled, ‘Building Mobile Bridges with Instagram‘. Within this section we profile specific mobile photographers that have caught our eye, demonstrating their talent via their Instagram feed. We view so many talented feeds everyday and we wanted to make sure we highlighted these photographers to help them raise their profiles. Previously we looked at street photographer Hannibal Renberg, if you missed that, please go here. Today, we are taking a look at Michael Christopher Brown. Michael was raised in the Skagit Valley, a farming community in Washington State. Often using a camera phone as a primary…
iPhone Photography/Art App – iColorama S – On Sale Today
iColorama S is a very popular app for iPhone photo and art editing. The developers are hugely attentive and this is clearly apparent in the capabilities of the app. We have published many tutorials to help you gain the most from it, if you have missed those, please go here. Usually iColorama S retails for $2.99/£1.99 but today it is available for $0.99/£0.69. Click here to download.
iOS Watermarking App – A+ Signature – The Photo Annotator – Huge Update
A+ Signature – The photo annotator is a very popular app for watermarking and adding other items to your iOS images. There’s a free lite version which contains less features from the full version that costs $1.99/£1.49. This update includes the facility to add unlimited texts or drawn items on to images, more fonts and lots more, all the details are below. To download the lite version, go here To download the full version, go here
Advertising Assignments and Instagram Success
A very interesting article in PDN last week talks about advertising assignments and success for mobile photographers. They interview Lauren Randolph a very successful photographer, more commonly known by her Instagram title of Lauren Lemon and discuss the continued rise of her career. Only five years out from college, she has attracted more than 230,000 Instagram followers. It’s a great read, go here to read more.
Flickr Group Showcase – TheAppWhisperer (TAW) – 12 October 2014
Oh yes! It’s another incredibly fabulous week for mobile photography and art – check out this showcase! It’s incredible and packed to the brim with hugely strong work from all around the world. If you would like to be considered for our weekly Flickr Group Showcase, please upload your images to our dedicated Flickr group, for this section, here With many thanks to our Flickr Group Showcase Sponsors – Olloclip.com Each image can be viewed on Flickr by clicking on the relevant artist below: Shel Serkin, Cattis C, Geri Centonze, Cattis C, Cathrine Halsor, livenotonevil, mutablend, JeSaFoto, Erika Brothers, Jeffrey Simpson, borisbschulz2009, Roger Guetta, Federica Corbelli, Susanne, Riel Noir, Petyr…
Mobile Camera Club, Paris – Presents New Mobile Photography Exhibition
Many thanks to Lynette Jackson, who we just interviewed in our latest Day in the Life Interview series, see here, for letting us know about this new exhibition by the Mobile Camera Club in Paris opening next week. “One century after the futurist, constructivist and vortices’ movements, six photographers coming from different countries and backgrounds, equipped with their smartphones, question the reality and modernity of their urban environment. Sharing the same fascination as their predecessors for the graphic and geometric imagination that shaped our megalopolises, they use framing, perspective, photomontage or typography to show a world between visible and invisible, real and virtual. These “image builders” intend to show us…
