The idea that putting filters onto our photographs and sharing them with the world would become as popular as it is might have seemed unlikely just a year ago when Instagram launched, maybe in a year from now we’ll all be turning our photos into paintings instead. Psykopaintis a Flash-based painting app. You can use it to create pictures from scratch using its stylish brushes and other tools, but its main selling point is the way it can make photos look much more interesting than they were by turning them into ‘paintings’....

South Korea’s Krafton Inc — rights holders of thePlayerUnknown’s BattleGround (PUBG)game—released a teaser for a new game calledBattlegrounds Mobile Indiaspecially made for the country. Last September, the Indian government bannedPUBGand 118 other Chinese appsover data security concerns. The IP holding company tried todistance itself from China-based Tencent, the distributors of the game in India, in order to get the ban lifted. Two months later, Krafton said that it aims to bring the game back in the country in some form....

Backtracking on its initial stance onpricing plans, Shaw Communications Inc. has become the first telecom company to seemingly listen to the public outcry over Internet pricing in Canada. According to a report fromThe Globe and Mail, Shaw’s changes to its Internet service provider packages include more than doubling the amount its customers can download and bringing in unlimited plans. With the increasing popularity of streaming services such as Netflix and cloud computing, Internet use has increased significantly and the limits imposed with the previous plans were a great cause of concern for users....

Pearson, the global publishing company behind the Financial Times and Penguin, today launches its newPlug & Play Platform, allowing developers to tap into the company’s content. Pearson provides business information through the Financial Times Group, and consumer publishing through theDKbrand, including educational materials and services. Theannouncementwas initially made back in May, with news of an API for its DK Eyewitness Guide to London. But today sees the official global launch, and three datasets have been made available on the platform: theLongman Dictionary of Contemporary English, theDorling Kindersley (DK) Eyewitness Guide to Londonand theFT Press....

Technology and Internet have changed the landscape of media consumption as smartphones, tablet PCs, ebook readers, and other devices are spreading the culture of reading ebooks like wildfire. Visual Loopbrings usanotherInfographic, that takes a deeper look at publishing in the digital era. According to their blog, this Infographic is based on the 2010 study provided byBain & Companyfor the Forum d’Avignon, which can be downloadedhere. The best part is that technology not only enables us to consume more media, but also allows us to produce it....