Alan Schaller Launches Social Media Network for Photographers Called Irys

Photographer Alan Schaller has announced Irys, a new social media network geared toward photographers that has been set up as a response to big tech firms burying photos in their algorithms. [Read More]

Instagram Finally Adds Support for 3:4 Aspect Ratio Photos

Instagram now natively supports 3:4 aspect ratio photos, an extremely common smartphone image format.

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Kim Kardashian Sued for Posting Photo of Wrong Man on Instagram

Kim Kardashian has been sued for posting a photo of the wrong man in an appeal to her 370 million Instagram followers last year. [Read More]

Bluesky Photo App Flashes Launches on the App Store

Photographers rejoice: a new photo-sharing app is now available on the App Store and it has nothing to do with Meta or the head of Doge. [Read More]

Photo App Lets Parents Share Their Kid’s Images Safely Online

A new photo app called "Firsties" is designed to help parents safely share their kids' photos amid rising child privacy concerns on social media. [Read More]

Flashes is a New Photo Sharing App Powered by Bluesky

A new photo sharing app called Flashes is about to be rolled out and it is closely linked with the Twitter alternative Bluesky. [Read More]

Open-Source App Pixelfed Aims to Recapture What Made Instagram Fun

Instagram alternative Pixelfed launched a mobile app last week on Android and landed on iOS today. The decentralized, ad-free, and open-source platform, which aims to offer "a fresh take on photo sharing," has surged in popularity and even run afoul of Meta moderation. [Read More]