GLMPS iPhone App Creates New Approach to Image-Sharing

By Rob Scott
August 9, 2011

• GLMPS (pronounced “glimpse”), a new iPhone app, hopes to stand out from the growing collection of available image-sharing apps by creating a new type of media that combines stills and video.
• Digital Trends describes the basic premise: “When you take a picture with your smartphone through the app, GLMPS captures a photo as well as a short, 5-second video clip of what took place just before the picture was taken. When viewing the GLMPS file, the video plays first, and is then shrunken down and superimposed as a thumbnail over the photo. The video then plays on repeat, much like a GIF file.”
• All images are automatically stored to the iPhone’s camera roll. Users can then share the images through the free app, or post GLMPS files to social networks such as Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr.

Positive Review for the New Tumblr iPhone 2.0 App

By Rob Scott
July 1, 2011

• Social blogging network Tumblr announced the release of its Tumblr iPhone 2.0 mobile app this week.
• According to Digital Trends: “Users can now manage multiple Tumblogs, reply to messages and save drafts — important functionality that was completely lacking from the first version.”
• Another positive addition includes the ability to sign up directly through the mobile app, rather than on the Web.
• Digital Trends offers a positive review and suggests: “If you’re on Tumblr (and have an iPhone), definitely download this app right now.”