Incredimail for iPad was released to the app store yesterday, March 7th, 2013.

Simply put: Incredimail for iPad is a Social Media-Like Email Interface for all of your email inboxes. And we think moms and bloggers will love it.

I’ve included a few snippets from the formal press release below.

Incredimail Recreates the Email Experience

Beginning with the iPad, Incredimail gives you your inbox with a better view.

TEL AVIV, Israel & SEATTLE–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Perion Network Ltd. (NASDAQ: PERI), developer of the leading email client Incredimail, today debuted its latest version of Incredimail, forever changing the email experience for iPad owners. Incredimail for the iPad is the first email application truly adapted for the touch-screen, and is the first major redesign of email in over 20 years. It redesigns the inbox, unifies multiple email accounts, creates a photo inbox from your friends and family Facebook photos, and elevates messages so their contents can easily be seen by users at a glance, in an intuitive "magazine-by-touch" format.

"The team has been focused on the vision of bringing a new look to email and we’re proud to deliver some exciting new tweaks to the best of traditional email."

"We love email and believe it is, and will remain, a vital form of communication for years to come. But the new Incredimail is more than that. It is both a unified messaging application, including a photo inbox, as well as a bold new step in recreating the experience as needed for a multi-screen world, especially for newer mobile formats that have seen explosive growth," said Josef Mandelbaum, CEO of Perion. "We think users, especially our users, are going to love Incredimail for the iPad. It changes the entire email experience, tailored just for devices like the iPad. We look forward to extending this quality experience to the iPhone, Android and other devices later this year and eventually even bring this exciting new email to the desktop."

*Incredimail is available for free download in the App Store. *

Incredimail for iPad Highlights

A Unified Inbox: Add as many email accounts as you want and view them in a unified inbox, or view each account separately. Incredimail currently supports Gmail, Yahoo!, AOL, and any other IMAP account. POP3 is not supported in the current release, but should be in future updates.

Pinterest Style Peeks: Just like Pinterest, you get a quick preview of emails directly from the inbox, without having to open them.

Facebook Photo Inbox: In addition to the regular email inbox, enjoy a photo inbox that features photos from friends and family, keeping you fully up to date with the people that matter most (starting with Facebook photos, others will be added soon).

Link Previews (a.k.a. Snippets): All links sent to you including photos, videos and articles, are presented as a preview within the email for a pleasant and uninterrupted email experience. Links you send are also viewed as previews by the email recipient.

Social Media Integration & Sharing Is Coming

POP3 email support, other social platforms like Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn, and more photo integration with Picasa Web, Flickr and Instagram.

Incredimail Highlight Release Reel Targets Mommies and Bloggers

Incredimail thinks mommies, bloggers, and users of both demographics will find Incredimail to be incredibly easy to use, and I agree. Check out the highlight release reel below!

http://player.vimeo.com/video/61252743

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A few days after blocking Twitter’s Vine, Facebook’s response to Twitter’s Vine App is an update of their *own* iOS app – which includes….video.

Ha!

How’s **that** for motivation?
#dead

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Instagram (iOS) Version 3.4.1 update came out yesterday, December 21st, 2012.

Read the Instagram (iOS) Version 3.4.1 update notes and you might find something interesting.

Fixed inaccurate display of privacy toggle switch.

I haven’t seen the privacy toggle switch since a few versions ago, but if you saw any errors, let me know. It sounds as though the toggle switch error was a visual user interface (UI) issue, and not necessarily a functionality issue. I hope.

However…

Whether you set your Instagram profile to private from the Instagram app, or from a desktop / laptop browser, it’s not a bad idea to double – even triple – check your Instagram privacy settings from a desktop or laptop… just in case.

Check out this post to learn how to change your Instagram privacy.

This update arrives after recent social media uproar regarding Instagram’s new user policy which allows Instagram to sell user’s photos without user’s permission and knowledge.

 

 

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Here’s how to backup Instagram Photos.

There are two services you can use for this, both of which make it easy to retrieve all of your Instagram photos.

Backup Your Instagram Photos With Instaport

All you have to do is head over to Instaport.me and sign in with your Instagram account. You can then choose whether you want to download your photos directly onto your computer in a .zip file or simply export them to Flickr, another very popular photo sharing service that Instagram leavers are turning to.

If Instaport is offline, use GramGrab. Instaport is currently being overloaded with users who are unhappy with the Instagram Terms of Use.

Backup Your Instagram Photos With GramGrab

The alternative to Instaport is Gramgrab, which lets you browse through your photos, view details about them and download them to your computer.

If you’re still using Firefox, install the “Download All Images” add-on to download all of the images on the page that GramGrab gives you.

If you’re awesome and using Google Chrome, you can use the “Image Downloader” Google Chrome Extension to download all of the images that GramGrab gives you.

Save Your Favorite Instagram Photos With StickyGram

If you’re not concerned about saving all of your Instagram photos, and you’d only like to save your favorites, try StickyGram.

StickyGram will turn your favorite Instagram Photos into magnets for you to save and look at daily!

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Want to learn how to delete your Instagram Account?

All you have to do is go to Instagram’s accounts removal page here, enter your account information and send off your request.

Once you do this, everything you had on Instagram will be lost forever.

If you have any concerns or questions about the new policy changes and are hesitant about deleting your account, Instagram has posted a link to their latest blog post to explain themselves (read: sway you from deleting your account).

If that doesn’t work, simply hit the back button. They conveniently forgot to open their new explanatory blog post in a new window – hoping you’d get distracted and forget about deleting.

So if you haven’t backed up anything, I highly recommend you learn how to backup your Instagram photos.

Something that you think you don’t need now could just be really important to you in the future.

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Instagram shocked users with an update to its terms of service that will let the company sell users’ photos to other companies.

Instagram’s New Terms of Use

The new terms of use, effective January 16, includes a controversial change in users’ rights section.

“A business or other entity may pay” Instagram to display users’ photos and other details “in connection with paid or sponsored content or promotions, without any compensation to you.”

Yes, you read that correctly.

Based on the written terms, as of January 16th, 2013, Instagram can sell your {read: our} photos to companies, and not pay us a dime.

Can You Opt-Out of The New Instagram Terms?

No.

If the terms are not changed, effective January 16th, 2013, if you have not deleted your Instagram account, you are giving Instagram permission to sell your photos to companies, and they will not be required to pay you a dime. You will be granting Instagram a “limited license” for use of your content.

If the terms are not changed by January 16th, 2013, and you continue to post your photos to Instagram, you are accepting these new terms of usage.

Can I Somehow Bypass the New Instagram Terms?

The only way to effectively “opt-out” of these new terms is to delete your Instagram account.

Further, the new terms state that you will waive your rights to a class-action lawsuit or class-wide arbitration. In this, Facebook is protecting itself from your having an issue with these terms and suing them, as a group. As a group, individuals can pool their financial and legal resources to make a larger impact. In most cases, if you sue as a group and win, Facebook will have to pay every Instagram user who falls within the class who is suing. Instead, the terms require that if you have a problem with the execution of these new terms, you must file a lawsuit – as an individual. Based on this, it would be much easier for Facebook to “take you down” by having your case dismissed as an individual who “agreed to the terms of usage”.

 

Do The New Terms Apply to The Photos of Minors?

Yep.

“If you are under the age of eighteen… you represent that at least one of your parents or legal guardians has also agreed to this provision.”

Let’s see how many parents actually say, “Yes”.
And when you think about the number of parents who would actually saying “Yes” to this, think about the number of children under the age of eighteen who would actually ask.
Yeah. Think about that.

What If My Instagram Account Is Private?

Well, that sort of matters…

“Instagram does not claim ownership of any Content that you post on or through the Service. Instead, you hereby grant to Instagram a non-exclusive, fully paid and royalty-free, transferable, sub-licensable, worldwide license to use the Content that you post on or through the Service, except that you can control who can view certain of your Content and activities on the Service as described in the Service’s Privacy Policy, available here:http://instagram.com/legal/privacy/.

Fine. I’ll Make My Instagram Account Private. Duh.

That’s good for you.
But…

Except as otherwise described in the Service’s Privacy Policy, available at http://instagram.com/legal/privacy/, as between you and Instagram, any Content will be non-confidential and non-proprietary and we will not be liable for any use or disclosure of Content. You acknowledge and agree that your relationship with Instagram is not a confidential, fiduciary, or other type of special relationship, and that your decision to submit any Content does not place Instagram in a position that is any different from the position held by members of the general public, including with regard to your Content. None of your Content will be subject to any obligation of confidence on the part of Instagram, and Instagram will not be liable for any use or disclosure of any Content you provide.

And should Instagram find an “issue” with anything you’ve posted, based on their own definition of whatever that “issue” might be… according to their terms… on any given date or time, they can terminate your account.

Violation of these Terms of Use may, in Instagram’s sole discretion, result in termination of your Instagram account.

Where things get interesting is that, even if Instagram terminates your account, they can do what they want with your content. The rights they granted to you, are no longer your rights.

Upon termination, all licenses and other rights granted to you in these Terms of Use will immediately cease.

Give It To Me Straight. I Don’t Like To Read.

Well, if Instagram really wanted to use your content, whether or not your account is private or not, they could. They could simply terminate your account at any time, and keep the content that exists, and use that content as they please.

Oh. And you could only gain access your content with a court order.

Hey! Don’t shoot the messenger.

Will The New Instagram Terms Be Changed Before January 16th?

Probably.
Based on the news and social media attention these new Instagram user terms are getting, they’ll probably change them just enough to make users feel comfortable, by removing the more drastic of the terms, which includes those photos belonging to minors and / or containing minors.

How Do I Delete My Instagram Account?

Learn How To Delete Your Instagram Account.

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I’m actually a fan of sending and receiving Holiday Cards through snail mail.

Snail Mail Holiday Cards add a personal touch to a Holiday that is now filled with online shopping!

Here are some words of Social Media Advice on Sending Holiday Cards from Baratunde Thurston, former digital director at The Onion and author of the book “How to Be Black,” and Deanna Zandt, the author of “Share This: How You Will Change the World with Social Networking.”¹

ZANDT: …I’m just not a fan of eCards because it’s so easy to send an eCard that it just doesn’t mean anything.

THURSTON: And it’s so hard to receive mail…

(LAUGHTER)

THURSTON: …that it means too much to me.

ZANDT: Yeah. (Singing) You say tomato and I say…

THURSTON: And I say banana.

Read and Listen to the entire conversation here: Social Media Advice: Sending Holiday Cards

As funny as it is, this interview offers two perspectives of sending Holiday Cards.

How do you feel about sending Holiday Cards? Do you prefer eCards? Or do you prefer snail mail Holiday Cards?

1. http://nhpr.org/post/social-media-advice-sending-holiday-cards {↩}

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I love looking at great social media icon design inspirations. I know; I’m a geek.

But there’s something about a beautifully designed icon that gets me all excited. Sometimes, iOS app developers will hold app icon design challenges to get designers and others talking about their app, and to get a cool looking icon for their app in return.

And some designers will see a social media icon and think, “I can make this better”, so they will remix the icon for fun and to show off their skills. And this is why there are so many social media ions floating around.

It’s hard not to spend all day on dribbble. But it’s a site full of awesome designers who like to showcase their work.

Dribbble is show and tell for designers, who share shots — small screenshots of the designs and applications they’re working on.

So I’ve put together a list of 5 great social media icon design inspirations that I’ve seen this week. Enjoy!

Google+ iOS Icon
By: Alvin Thong

Birdies
By: Mark Jardine

Dribbble App Icon
By: Ramotion

Path & Facebook Icons
By: Jackie Tran

My Favorite Social Media Icon Design Inspiration

the back of the Instagram icon.
By: Cole Rise

This is by far one of my favorite social media icon design inspirations because it gives you an idea of what the back of an icon would look like, as opposed to a different view of the front.

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Use Jetpack 2.0 Plugin for WordPress for automatic sharing to Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Tumblr.

Jetpack 2.0 for WordPress was updated and jam packed with new features for WordPress users.

The plugin now includes Auto-Publishing to Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Tumblr. When you publish your blog post, you can automatically submit a title and link to your post, directly to your followers – in your social networks.

Prior to the Jetpack 2.0 update, you had to install additional plugins to

How to activate Auto-Publishing in Jetpack 2.0

1. Install or update the Jetpack 2.0plugin
   • Note: If you’re using WordPress.com, Jetpack is already enabled for you!
2. Go to the main Jetpack page in your admin panel.

1. Click “Activate” on the “Publicize” module.
   • Note: This may already be active.
2. Go to Settings –>; Sharing in your admin navigation.
3. “Publicize” should appear at the top of your “Sharing” page.
4. Select the social networks you would like to auto-publish to.

Alternatives to Jetpack 2.0 Auto-Publishing

Part of the reason Jetpack 2.0 is so great is because it allows you to connect to and auto publish to your networks without having to create developer keys, or apps to connect to APIs. But if you prefer to jump through the extra hoops, or if you’d rather not install Jetpack 2.0, here are a few alternatives for adding auto-publishing of your self-hosted WordPress blog to Facebook and Twitter.

• WP to Twitter
• Facebook Page Publish

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The default privacy setting for Instagram profiles and photos is turned OFF. Today, I’ll show you how to change your Instagram privacy.

Much like its predecessor and now owner Facebook, Instagram will be rolling out quite a few changes over the next few months that will allow more Instagram profiles and photos to show up in Google Search results based on the hashtags that users have set on their photos.

But if your Instagram is just a way to share cherished memories with family members and friends, and you aren’t particularly concerned with learning how to tag your Instagram photos with specific keywords for search engines, then you might want to change your Instagram privacy setting to private, if you have not done so already.

Here’s how to change your Instagram Privacy:

1. Login to your Instagram account from your mobile device.
2. Click the “Profile” icon located at the bottom far right hand corner of your Instagram app.
3. Click on the round wheel “Settings” icon located at the top far right hand corner of your Instagram app.
4. In the “Account” section, look for “Photos Are Private” and toggle this to “ON” or “OFF” based on your preference.
5. Make sure you select the appropriate response “Yes, I’m sure!” on the “Are You Sure” popup screen.
6. That’s it!

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