Instagram more popular than Twitter on mobile

Instagram more popular than Twitter on mobile

U.S. smartphone users fired up the photo-sharing app Instagram more than Twitter during the month of August, according to new data from comScore.

As first reported by AllThingsD, Instagram, now owned by Facebook, had an average of 7.3 million smartphone users accessing its service every day in August, comScore said. In comparison, Twitter had 6.868 million daily visitors on mobile devices during the same period.

ComScore's data reflects usage among U.S. smartphone owners aged 18 and older accessing the service on a device running iOS, Android, or RIM operating system via a mobile Web browser or app.

Plus, beyond just visiting Instagram more, mobile users also spent more time on the popular photo-sharing app than they did on Twitter. Users last month spent an average of 257 minutes on Instagram via mobile compared to 169.9 minutes viewing content on Twitter.

Even so, Twitter still reigned supreme when it came to the total number of unique visitors. The micro-blogging service had approximately 29 million unique smartphone visitors during the month, compared to Instagram's 21.9 million. To put this in perspective, the data indicates that Twitter had a greater number of smartphone users visiting its site overall, while Instagram's fans were clicking on the app more frequently and spending more time on it each time they returned.

The data is notable given that Instagram is not even two years old yet, while Twitter has been around since 2006. Remember, Instagram was exclusive to iOS devices until April, when the company released an Android version.

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Camera+ now available on iPad

              Camera+ now available on iPad

The new Camera+ for iPad app has been long awaited and now with the release of iOS 6 and thenew iPad (some time ago), this was the most appropriate moment for the app to hit the iTunes store. The app is as fully featured as its phone counterpart, offering the ability to independently set the exposure values and focusing point, something that the stock camera app in iOS has always lacked. The ability to separate focus and exposure from each other has allowed for the reduction of the number of bum shots taken by the iOS device, especially in conditions where the subject is backlit.

The iPad app utilizes the retina display of the new iPad along with its full real estate. While taking photos with the iPad app is just the same as shooting with the iPhone (save for looking silly), but the real joys of using Camera+ lies in the lightbox and editing section sections.

The lightbox allows the photos to be displayed along with their EXIF data, which is pretty nifty. The editing station has a plethora of effects that can be applied to the image, but the new feature of the app is the ability to layer effects. Earlier, each effect had to be applied one at a time, making the process cumbersome, and often turning people away to other editing apps.

Camera+ is currently on discount in the iTunes store and can be bought for just $0.99.

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