Vine today received a little update that should make sharing just a touch easier… literally. With a new share screen, Vine users can choose to send a specific Vine to Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, or revine the original video – all at the same time. The update arrives today on iOS, with Android support to follow. To celebrate the update, Vine also announced its official Tumblr blog – it’s a good example of how loops can be showcased on the blogging platform. ➤ Sharing Vines is now easier

Voice calling on WhatsApp finally arrived on Android late last month. iOS users were left waiting for the feature, however – until today. A new version of the messenger is now live in the App Store, calling support included. It seems the feature isn’t actually active for everyone just yet, however. Aside from software updates, WhatsApp tends to roll out features by flipping a switch on their servers. As the changelog notes, support will arrive in waves over the next several weeks. As with Android, the calls are free, running on data connection or Wi-Fi. Developing….

Nishith Sharma is the co-founder of frrole, a social intelligence startup. Raw data is boring and it’s difficult to make sense of it in its natural form. Add visualization to it and you get something that everybody can easily digest. Not only you can make sense of it faster, but you can also observe interesting patterns that wouldn’t be apparent from looking only at stats. To make the tedious task of making beautiful charts and maps easier, I’ve made the list of best tools available for the job. I’ve divided the list into two parts; first covers the tools that…
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Beginning where a lot of great ideas arise – on the couch with friends – Heaps is an app that addresses how we socialize as groups. Designed by five young Danish entrepreneurs, it is sort of like Tinder for friends – the app organizes groups of friends to match and meet up with other groups in the area. So for example, if it’s Friday night cocktails, or you’re going to watch a match, you can check in on Heaps and discover other groups of friends in the area doing the same thing then connect and arrange that you all go together. Alternatively,…
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Adobe has launched a major upgrade to Adobe Photoshop Lightroom, its desktop photo management and editing app, alongside updates to its analogous mobile apps on iOS and Android. The app is now available — for the first time — on Android tablets This overhaul spans the entire Creative Cloud Photography Plan with a core concentration on Lightroom and its accelerating focus on integrating mobile workflows throughout the Creative Cloud subscription program. “We see the connected workflow as the future of photography,” Sharad Mangalick, Adobe’s digital imaging product manager told TNW. “You need your photos everywhere you are so you can do meaningful work…
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