Travel, then, is a voyage into that famously subjective zone, the imagination, and what the traveler brings back is — and has to be — an ineffable compound of himself...

Read More: Gogobot releases its first iOS travel app, with discovery tools and photo filters

In less than a year, Instagram has gathered a community of more than 10 million iPhone using people. With such success on a single platform and a core team that can be counted on the fingers of two hands with fingers to spare, it isn't surprising that they have not tried to conquer Android too. This left a vacuum that Flickr, the original social photo site, is trying to fill.


Read More: Official Flickr Android App Available with Photo Filters & Sharing

Mastergram is a new Tumblr blog that looks at how much emotion can be squeezed out of classic photos when they're rendered with Instagram filters. Already some of the most recognizable photos of the 20th century, such as Loyalist Militia Man at the Moment of Death, Cerro Muriano by Robert Capa, Mastergram is arguably modifying photos that don't need any help. Creator Andrew Emond admits, as much, saying that some photos may get better, and some worse as a result. You can judge for yourself, tho [...]

Read More: Mastergram uses Instagram filters on classic photos for even more iconic effect

Facebook is dumping Facebook Places and conceding defeat to Foursquare, Gowalls and other check-in services. With Places demoted to tagging locations, what is Facebook setting its sights on now? Messaging, as evidenced by the release of Facebook Messenger for iPhone, is one. Another target appears to be Instagram and other photo filter apps and services. The New York Times reports that:Facebook Targets Instagram With Photo FiltersFacebook wants to own your photos instead of merely being the reci [...]

Read More: Can Just Adding Photo Filters to the Facebook App Get Instagram’s Action?

According to Nick Bilton of The New York Times, Facebook plans to add a series of photo filters to the next version of its mobile app, going head to head with Instagram, the darling of iPhone filter-photo-sharing applications.Bilton states that "Facebook will introduce almost a dozen photo filters, including some that are similar to Instagram like old-style camera lenses and grainy film. Facebook will also try to introduce new styles of filters with the hopes of drawing users away from other pho [...]

Read More: Facebook couldn't acquire Instagram, so it's making its own filters