Instagram Prints Available Now At Walgreens Direct From iPhone/iPad

New Haven, Connecticut – Leading app developer MEA Mobile announces the immediate release of its photo assistant app, Printicular 1.1.1, with Instagram support for iPhone and iPad. The free app allows people to select pictures from their phone’s camera and Instagram and upload the pics to a local Walgreens store. Prints are ready to be picked up in about an hour.

“Instagram’s iconic 4×4 format can now be easily cherished in print,” says Bruce Seymour, Managing Director of MEA Mobile. “Walgreens are reinventing nostalgia with the 4×4 dimension and Printicular makes it easy for you to upload the pics.”

For a limited time, users of Printicular can get a significant discount on printing pictures uploaded using the app. “Printicular’s success lies in its simplicity” adds Seymour “There’s no syncing, cables or even account registration. Just open the app and start printing your favorite photos.”

* The Printicular app is free and allows you to send Instagram pics to Walgreens
* Available to Download Now for iPhone and iPad
* 4×4 prints can be available in about an hour in most locations

Also available on Android, MEA Mobile is proud to have partnered with Walgreens to release the world’s first photo assistant app, Printicular to upload photos directly from your Instagram to Walgreens stores. “Just in time to capture the holidays, Printicular lets you effortlessly print your camera and Instagram photos” adds Seymour. Available print sizes include Instagram’s 4×4 print size along with 4×6, 5×7 and 8×10 options.

Device Requirements:
* iPhone 3GS/4/4S/5, iPod touch (3rd/4th/5th generation), and iPad
* Requires iOS 5.0 or later
* Universal app optimized for display on all iOS devices
* 6.2 MB

Pricing and Availability:
Printicular 1.1.1 is free and available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Photo & Video category.

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MEA Mobile makes apps. Best known for advanced video processing algorithms as showcased in iSupr8, CineBleach and Part. MEA Mobile also makes iGloLEDset: WiFi controllable color LED lights. The company offers contract development services for iOS, Android and Windows 8 in addition to backend development, and mobile web. The company is actively expanding with offices in Auckland and Hamilton, New Zealand and New Haven, Connecticut. Copyright (C) 2012 MEA Mobile. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone, iPod and iPad are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries. All other trademarks and trade names are the property of their respective owners.

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Instagram Prints Available Now At Walgreens Direct From iPhone/iPad

New Haven, Connecticut – Leading app developer MEA Mobile announces the immediate release of its photo assistant app, Printicular 1.1.1, with Instagram support for iPhone and iPad. The free app allows people to select pictures from their phone’s camera and Instagram and upload the pics to a local Walgreens store. Prints are ready to be picked up in about an hour.

“Instagram’s iconic 4×4 format can now be easily cherished in print,” says Bruce Seymour, Managing Director of MEA Mobile. “Walgreens are reinventing nostalgia with the 4×4 dimension and Printicular makes it easy for you to upload the pics.”

For a limited time, users of Printicular can get a significant discount on printing pictures uploaded using the app. “Printicular’s success lies in its simplicity” adds Seymour “There’s no syncing, cables or even account registration. Just open the app and start printing your favorite photos.”

* The Printicular app is free and allows you to send Instagram pics to Walgreens
* Available to Download Now for iPhone and iPad
* 4×4 prints can be available in about an hour in most locations

Also available on Android, MEA Mobile is proud to have partnered with Walgreens to release the world’s first photo assistant app, Printicular to upload photos directly from your Instagram to Walgreens stores. “Just in time to capture the holidays, Printicular lets you effortlessly print your camera and Instagram photos” adds Seymour. Available print sizes include Instagram’s 4×4 print size along with 4×6, 5×7 and 8×10 options.

Device Requirements:
* iPhone 3GS/4/4S/5, iPod touch (3rd/4th/5th generation), and iPad
* Requires iOS 5.0 or later
* Universal app optimized for display on all iOS devices
* 6.2 MB

Pricing and Availability:
Printicular 1.1.1 is free and available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Photo & Video category.

MEA Mobile
Printicular 1.1.1
YouTube Video
Screenshot 1
Screenshot 2
App Icon

MEA Mobile makes apps. Best known for advanced video processing algorithms as showcased in iSupr8, CineBleach and Part. MEA Mobile also makes iGloLEDset: WiFi controllable color LED lights. The company offers contract development services for iOS, Android and Windows 8 in addition to backend development, and mobile web. The company is actively expanding with offices in Auckland and Hamilton, New Zealand and New Haven, Connecticut. Copyright (C) 2012 MEA Mobile. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone, iPod and iPad are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries. All other trademarks and trade names are the property of their respective owners.

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Instagram furor triggers first class action lawsuit

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook's Instagram photo sharing service has been hit with what appears to be the first civil lawsuit to result from changed service terms that prompted howls of protest last week.

In a proposed class action lawsuit filed in San Francisco federal court on Friday, a California Instagram user leveled breach of contract and other claims against the company.

"We believe this complaint is without merit and we will fight it vigorously," Facebook spokesman Andrew Noyes said in an e-mail.

Instagram, which allows people to add filters and effects to photos and share them easily on the Internet, was acquired by Facebook earlier this year for $715 million.

In announcing revised terms of service last week, Instagram spurred suspicions that it would sell user photos without compensation. It also announced a mandatory arbitration clause, forcing users to waive their rights to participate in a class action lawsuit except under very limited circumstances.

The current terms of service, in effect through mid-January, contain no such liability shield.

The backlash prompted Instagram founder and CEO Kevin Systrom to retreat partially a few days later, deleting language about displaying photos without compensation.

However, Instagram kept language that gave it the ability to place ads in conjunction with user content, and saying "that we may not always identify paid services, sponsored content, or commercial communications as such." It also kept the mandatory arbitration clause.

The lawsuit, filed by San Diego-based law firm Finkelstein & Krinsk, says customers who do not agree with Instagram's terms can cancel their profile but then forfeit rights to photos they had previously shared on the service.

"In short, Instagram declares that 'possession is nine-tenths of the law and if you don't like it, you can't stop us,'" the lawsuit says.

Kurt Opsahl, a senior staff attorney with the Electronic Frontier Foundation who had criticized Instagram, said he was pleased that the company rolled back some of the advertising terms and agreed to better explain their plans in the future.

However, he said the new terms no longer contain language which had explicitly promised that private photos would remain private. Facebook had engendered criticism in the past, Opsahl said, for changing settings so that the ability to keep some information private was no longer available.

"Hopefully, Instagram will learn from that experience and refrain from removing privacy settings," Opsahl said.

The civil lawsuit in U.S. District Court, Northern District of California, is Lucy Funes, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated vs. Instagram Inc., 12-cv-6482.

(Reporting by Dan Levine; Editing by Dan Grebler)

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Padgram 3.0 for iPad: Powerful Instagram Viewer is U.S. Top 15 Photo App

Wuhan, China – Pinssible Labs today is pleased to announce Padgram – Instagram Viewer for iPad 3.0, a major update to its photo app, which has become the preferred Instagram viewer for iPad. Listed in the Top 25 Photo & Video apps in the U.S. App Store, Padgram offers fast and simple tagging, browsing, and interaction with other users for a better social experience, plus spam-free Shoutouts. The update includes support for both portrait and landscape orientation and browsing by category as well as popularity, including: Nature, Pets, Girls, Kids, Food, Fashion, Cars, and Architecture.

The most important new feature in this update of Padgram is a redesigned browsing system based on categories in addition to popularity. Although browsing based on number of followers is common in Instagram and Instagram viewers, results are often skewed towards celebrities and businesses. Instead of browsing the most popular photos, users instead are browsing the photos of the most popular people or companies posting photos. With the addition of browsing by categories, Padgram can now more accurately reflect the interest in photos posted by a broad spectrum of typical Instagram users. Each category contains 100 users of the service, chosen by experts at Padgram. Users can contact Padgram to apply for inclusion in a category, and new categories will be added over time.

Previous versions of Padgram included support for operation in landscape orientation only. Receiving many user requests for the addition of portrait orientation, version 3.0 now incorporates this feature. Portrait mode is particularly valuable for iPad mini users, who typically hold their iDevice in portrait orientation.

Padgram Feature Highlights:

Explore Interesting Photos
* NEW browse photos by Category: Nature, Pets, Girls, Kids, Food, Fashion, Cars, and Architecture
* Browse the photos you followed or liked
* Browse in a Map View, check out photos around the world
* Swiping Mode is enabled when viewing photos in full size, allowing users to easily swipe from one photo to another
* Search by tag or user name; contextual suggestions are given as you type
* Subscribe to any tag you are interested in

Vivid Liking and Commenting
* 1-tap or 2-tap to like photos
* 1-tap to tag a photo with a batch of popular tags
* Integrated Emoji keyboard with over 500 Emoji symbols
* Type any user’s name in comments can immediately @ the user and start replying
* Tap on any comment to copy or delete it

Extensive Sharing Options
* Share photos to Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Pocket and Sina Weibo
* Send photos via email or save to Camera Roll
* Print and send a photo as postcard

Check and Promote Profiles
* 1-tap to check out a user’s photos, following’s and followed-by info
* Follow or unfollow people
* Promote yourself or others with a beautiful collage, which is made of user’s most liked photos

Beautiful Layout and Blistering Speed
* NEW support for both portrait and landscape orientation
* Optimized for Retina display
* Stacked layout makes it easy to return to where you were
* Named “the fastest Instagram iPad app” by users

Padgram 3.0 augments the social experience of Instagram viewing on the iPad. The user is presented with a grid of photos in whichever group he or she searches, whether it be Followed, Subscriptions, Likes, or Popular photos. The grid uses the entirety of the iPad’s large screen, allowing for clear and vivid shots of each picture sized reasonably. To view just one picture, the user simply taps on the desired photo. A screen will then slide over, showing the photo’s description, comments, and likes.

Here, the user is able to comment with just one tap on the “Add Comments” space. Along with the keyboard, Padgram also offers easy symbol use, so the user does not have to switch keyboards to add a common “at” symbol, hashtag, emoticon, etc. While a custom hashtag symbol on its own is available, the app also offers suggestions for popular tags.

Padgram’s Searched feature is especially advanced in its suggestion technology. The app retains the user’s searches, so that a user returning for the same search does not have to retype. The search feature also offers intelligent suggestions for user names or tags as users type, so they may choose one with just one simple click.

Sharing photos is easy with Padgram; it allows users to save and send pictures to email as well as the popular social networking sites Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Pocket, and Sina Weibo. The user’s favorite pictures can be easily printed and sent as postcards.

The Promote (Shoutout) button selects six random photos a member has posted, and the app creates a visually pleasing collage. There are three photos in the top row and three in the bottom row, and each photo is tilted slightly, each overlapping two adjacent photos just a bit. This sophisticated design presents a sampling of the member’s tastes and interests, and serves as a stylish image that is ideal for giving or requesting a Shoutout.

“We are always trying to be responsive to Padgram users’ requests for new features,” commented Paul Yan of Pinssible. “Support for portrait orientation and browsing by categories represent a major step in the evolution of Padgram.”

Language Support:
* English and Chinese

Device Requirements:
* Compatible with iPad
* Requires iOS 4.3 or later
* 7.7 MB

Pricing and Availability:
Padgram – Instagram Viewer for iPad 3.0 is free and available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Photo & Video category.

Based in Wuhan, China, Pinssible Labs was founded by Paul Yan, Pilow Liu, and Wiki Zhao in 2012. Pinssible Labs, the development department of Wuhan Pinssible Netcom Science & Technology Co., Ltd. focuses on making photo apps. Their mission is to bring stunning UX to photo viewing and to help the user edit or socialize photos. Copyright (C) 2012 Wuhan Pinssible Netcom Science & Technology Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone, and iPod are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries. Other trademarks and registered trademarks may be the property of their respective owners.

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InstaRepost 1.0 for iOS – Repost a Photo on Instagram Without a Camera

Saint-Petersburg, Russian Federation – Mobbtech today is pleased to introduce InstaRepost 1.0 for iOS, its new photo app that allows users to instantly repost photos without taking a picture of the screen. The Instagram app and other Instagram viewers do not include a provision for sharing the photos of others, because the ownership rights of every photo on Instagram are retained by the poster. InstaRepost enables users to repost photos they have received in their own photo streams, with the consent of the owner, and it superimposes the user name of the owner on the reposted photo.

Feature Highlights:
* Repost any photo you have received in your Instagram feed
* Search your photos and Unfollow, Like, or Repost
* Share photos from others with a third person
* User name is included with each reposted photo
* InstaRepost Featured Photos that may be reposted

Reposting photos, posting Instagram photos that have already been posted, is discouraged. According to Instagram, “Instagram is a great way to share your life through photos, but we have to ask that you don’t share photos of someone else’s life. Our service is a bit unique because we do not claim ANY ownership over what you post on Instagram. That means you retain the ownership rights to the content you upload. Since users own the rights to the photos they have shared, we ask that that same spirit of copyright ownership is respected by everyone. If you want to express your excitement over a beautiful photo, it’s best to double tap on the image to like it!”

This policy makes it difficult for Instagram users to share a photo they have received from a friend with another friend. The only practical workaround, until now, has been to take a picture of the picture displayed onscreen. It then becomes an original photograph that can be easily shared on Instagram.

InstaRepost eliminates all this work and inconvenience, and also preserves the quality of the photo. The app automatically displays the user’s Instagram feed, which consists of all the photo streams they receive. Each stream can be opened separately and displayed as thumbnails or scrolling, fullscreen photos. Users of InstaRepost have a choice of three buttons for each photo: Unfollow, Like, or Repost. Tapping the Repost button creates an exact duplicate of the photo, which includes a black title bar on the bottom with the owner’s user name supered in white letters. Reposted, the photo is now part of the photo stream being received by the user’s Instagram followers.

“How many times have you wanted to share an amazing Instagram photo with someone, but were not able to do it?” asked Dmitriy Zaretskiy of Mobbtech. “Now, InstaRepost makes it easy to share any streamed photo. And Instarepost allows you to discover interesting and popular photos of different categories depending on your interests: anything from Humor to World News.”

Language Support:
* English and Russian

Device Requirements:
* iPhone 3GS/4/4S/5, iPod touch (3rd/4th/5th generation), and iPad
* Requires iOS 6.0 or later
* 1.8 MB

Pricing and Availability:
InstaRepost 1.0 is free and available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Photo & Video category.

MBT is based in Saint-Petersburg, Russia, and was founded by Dmitriy Zaretskiy in 2012. MBT is a young company that aims to improve competencies in the development, marketing, publishing and operating of mobile applications. MBT is represented by 2 companies: Mobbtech (apps development and publishing) and Mobbnet (marketing within mobile content). InstaRepost is the first application developed by Mobbtech. Copyright (C) 2012 MBT. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone, and iPod are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries. Other trademarks and registered trademarks may be the property of their respective owners.

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