Synaptic Wave's Photo Guard keeps pictures in iOS devices private, now for free

Synaptic Wave's Photo Guard keeps photos private and hidden from prying yes, the app is free for a limited time. The major benefits of Photo Guard include pattern lock, break-in attempts logging and batch photo import. But the Rapid shot mode is the killer feature which no other app has. So Photo Guard will turn iPhone into a secure point-and-shoot camera. In addition, you will get a powerful tool to manage your photo library.

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SlideShow: Photos taken with the Apple iPhone 4S Camera

Text and photos by Gadjo C. Sevilla

We've had about 24 hours with the iPhone 4S and while our initial interactions with Siri were gratifiying and the faster speed and features of iOS5 and iCloud have changed the way we user our iPhone, it is the camera that's really impressed us. Here are some unedited photos we have taken with the iPhone 4S. That 8MP camera is just superb, arguably the best on any mobile device we've tested. We will pit it against some point-and-shoot cameras  soon to see how it fares against dedicated cameras. 

Adobe's Carousel puts Lightroom in the Cloud for Mac and iOS users

You can't say Adobe isn't looking out for Apple or its users. The new Adobe Carousel service, revealed today at Photoshop World in Las Vegas. Carousel promises to put iOS and Mac user's entire photo collection from all their devices onlne in a single repository that is easily accessible, shareable and editable for a yearly fee of US $60 a year of $5 monthly. Boy, am I glad my Flickr Pro account expires tomorrow.

The Apple Beat: iOS 5 grows up, raises the bar even higher

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Monday's WWDC Keynote was such a flurry of announcements that it was all to easy to miss the magnitude of the revelations for current iOS users. Apple clearly put the user experience front and centre and aside from the usual performance and functionality enhancements we've come to expect from an iOS update, there are a number of upcoming features that stood out.

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