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This week the folks behind the massively popular photography app for iOS and Android called Instagram are updating both Android and iOS environments to include a function called Photo Mapping. This makes the company’s purchase by Facebook seem all the sweeter as Facebook’s own geo-location tagging is alive and well, but has little use other than to make note of where each of a person’s posts have been made. With Photo Mapping, Instagram is able to show you where you’ve been and what you were doing when you were there!

You’ll be given the option when you first update to version 3.0 of Instagram which photos you want included in your Photo Mapping and which you do not. If you’re not a fan of having all of the photos you took at your house marked with an easy-to-follow map right to your doorstep, you’re free to skip including those. Likewise you are able to essentially opt out of Photo Mapping altogether just as you’re not required to tag your location on any photo in the first place.

This update also lets everyone know that Instagram wants to be part of the special event universe, though your ability to see the Photo Mapping of the world based on date does not yet exist. We’re expecting that eventually Instagram – and Facebook – will have an interface which can not only show all sorts of photos in clusters around locations, but clusters based on time as well, with much more massive groups appearing at a concert location when that concert took place, emptying out as the land is once again left empty.

This Instagram 3.0 software update will be going live for everyone sometime today, August 16th, 2012, and you’ll be able to simply update via the iTunes app store or the Google Play app store as you normally would – click and go! Also have a peek at our timeline below to keep up to date on everything Instagram that’s happened very recently. This app will just not stop growing in popularity!

Instagram 3.0 update brings Photo Mapping history is written by Chris Burns & originally posted on SlashGear.
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It doesn’t change the fact that you should be careful what pics you post online, but Facebook is no longer saving your photos on its servers after you’ve deleted them. Finally! More »

The week is halfway over folks – just two more work days to go and the weekend is here again. Today brought a wealth of Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 stories, with the company officially unveiling it for the US today. We were right there with a review of it, and we also compared Samsung’s new flagship tablet to the 3rd generation iPad, just in case you were curious as to how the Galaxy Note 10.1 stands up. A little bit later in the day, Samsung announced the price of Galaxy Note 10.1 and also revealed some accessories, so if you’re planning to pick one up, be sure to check that out.

Speaking of Samsung devices, we may have received our first glimpse at the front panel of the Samsung Galaxy Note II today, and a video of the Jelly Bean update for the Samsung Galaxy S III surfaced today as well. Looking at Samsung’s current court battle with Apple for a moment, Samsung delivered the argument many on its side were waiting for, saying that the iPhone’s design is “obvious.” HTC rallied employees today by saying that it’s coming back, Amazon might have a new Kindle Fire in the works, and we were treated to a mock up of what the rumored iPad Mini might look like if it, you know… existed.

Verizon will begin offering an LTE-enabled version of the Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 later this week, and a new SwiftKey update brings Google Voice recognition with it. Facebook is in trouble with data protection officials in Germany again, a reported iPad Mini dock connector surfaced today, and we happened upon some specs for the Motorola RAZR HD. Anonymous claimed today that it had hacked the PlayStation Network, but Sony was right there to say that it was all a hoax. Microsoft detailed the problems it’s currently having with the Windows Phone marketplace, and Pinterest revealed new apps for both Android and iOS, and if you’re planning to pick up, be sure to have a look at our review first.

LG announced that it has sold 5 million smartphones worldwide, and Netflix is about to roll out to Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Finland. Nokia has reiterated its commitment to Windows Phone, and the Windows 8 RTM software build is now available. Finally tonight, the Waverider hypersonic aircraft has crashed during an Air Force test flight, and the Humble Indie Bundle for Android 3 is now available, so if you’re in need of some games, be sure to check that out!

That does it for the evening wrap-up everyone, so go and enjoy what’s left of Wednesday!

SlashGear Evening Wrap-Up: August 15, 2012 is written by Eric Abent & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Remember Airtime, the Facebook-integrated video calling / media sharing service with a Chatroulette flavor? Well if not, we don’t blame you — usage stats suggest it hasn’t quite taken off, but maybe the new features it’s testing will secure a few more fans. No longer is the service restricted to the here and now, as the major change is all about video posts. Use Airtime to record a message and you can post it to Facebook, Twitter, YouTube or via a traditional email to get the conversation started. Friends can then reply to your message through Airtime with a video post of their own, and so on. Its buddy list has also been given a little love, so now it shows friends as online, idle or offline, and details your interaction timeline. Whether the features are enough to inspire wider uptake is questionable, but for the few that actively use Airtime, the updates are out in the wild now on a “limited public release.”

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Facebook has received its fair share of brickbats when it comes to the Timeline interface, but the social network giant chugs forward without paying too much attention to those as it is too late to stop the machine’s cogs from turning now. Well, early last month we saw how Facebook introduced the Same Sex Marriage icon in Timeline, and here we are with another addition – with the Live Event known as “Expecting a Baby”.

Basically, since a picture speaks a thousand words, and an icon does qualify as a picture somewhat, Life Events makes it easy for you to express those joyful moments in your life, such as when you have the stork knocking on your door. Watch the number of likes as well as congratulatory messages start to flow in on your Facebook account once you have updated your Live Event to “Expecting a Baby”! Not only that, you too, are able to view when your friends are expecting a baby right from the comfort of your Celebrations section on your homepage.

By Ubergizmo. Related articles: All Facebook users to receive timeline this fall, Facebook reportedly rolling out Timeline for pages on mobile devices,