Flickr iOS app gets update with new filters, camera tools; plus pro tools become free

Whether it can be considered keeping up with the mobile photography trends or just catching up, Yahoo! updates its Flickr photo app for iOS devices with new filters and camera tools as well as giving non-pro users access to tools that used to be exclusive to paid accounts.

Aside from adding new filters, Flickr also offers what is called “live” filters that you can use as you take photos and create custom filters with the app. The new camera tools include pinch to zoon, grids, focus lock, and better way to manage exposure points. And the premium features that are now free include photo enhancing, sharpening, cropping, adjusting color and use levels, and vignettes. No word yet if these features are going to be available on their Android app.

Digg for Android is here!

Looks like the team behind Digg are no longer going to be called “lazy idiots” with the official arrival of the Digg app for Android. It allows you to log into Digg Reader; go through Digg’s Top Stories; and Digg, save, and share any story. However, you can’t comment on stories.

A few missing features—such as “Show Only Unread Items;” view, text size, and display mode options; and background updating—are said to be making its appearance soon.

Twitter makes protected tweets searchable

Twitter continues to roll out changes. This time protected tweets are being added to Twitter Search results. But before you complain that this encroaches your privacy, it is important to note that searchable protected tweets are only going to appear to you and your approved followers. It won’t appear on public search engines or be shown to anyone you haven’t approved.

Source: Twitter Support

Twitter revamps conversation interface

Twitter announced its new way of showing conversation to make it easier to follow exchanges. The new user interface has the first tweet of the conversation on top with a blue line between tweets that indicate that the connection between them.

You can view up to three tweets on the home timeline and just choose to expand the thread if you want to read the entire conversation. Conversations can also be emailed for non-Twitter users’ benefit via Twitter.com. Individual tweets can be shared through email with the iPhone and Android apps.