Make a backup of your photos on Instagram

December 21st, 2012 4 Comments

Make a backup of your photos on Instagram

Instagram recently made some changes to its terms of service and privacy policy which caused a lot of uproar among users. The language used was quite vague and the legal terminology did not make much sense to normal users. Some sites even reported that Instagram would have exclusive rights over your photos and would be free to sell them to advertisers and earn revenue. All this prompted  Instagram’s co-founder Kevin Systrom to clarify what the terms actually meant.

“Instagram has no intention of selling your photos, and we never did. We don’t own your photos – you do.”

 The terms of service were duly updated to appease users and can be read here.

Still a large number of users jumped ship to other apps and sites like Flickr. In any case it would be safe to have a backup of all your photos on Instagram. Instaport lets you do just that.

Instaport

Just sign in with your Instagram account and Instaport will pull all your photos from Instagram and make it available for download in a zip file. You can extract this zip file usin winzip or winrar and upload it to other sites or upload it to a cloud storage of your choice. More features will be available in the future including exporting your photos to othe sites like Facebook and Flickr.

Visit Instaport.

In case you are looking for Instagram alternatives you can check out our Top apps roundup for various smartphones and make a choice.

Will you be quitting Instagram and migrating to another service or do you still have faith in it? Let us know your views in the comments.

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New quick privacy settings option on Facebook

December 20th, 2012 4 Comments

New quick privacy settings option on Facebook

fb privacy settings

Facebook has nestled a new button in between the “Home” and “Settings” button to give users quicker access to their privacy settings. These “privacy Shortcuts” look like a move to make it easier for users to control what is public and what is private.

fb privacy settings

 

The three sections can be expanded to control what is visible to friends, acquaintances or the public, allow only select people to send you Friend requests or messages and also block users that might be bothering you.

fb privacy settings

You can find more options on clicking “See more setting”.  This takes you to the full settings page which will allow you to further fine tune your privacy settings in more detail as per your requirements. You can also restrict search engines from showing up your profiles in searches.

Facebook is clearly showing that it places a great deal of importance on users privacy by making it easier and simpler to control your information. Have you gotten access to the new “Privacy Shortcuts ” yet? Do you find it easier or more complicated now? Let us know your views in the comments below.

 

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