Instagramis without a doubt one of my favorite iPhone photo apps, incorporating fun filters and social sharing. And I’m hardly alone, as just before Christmas, the wildly popular servicehit 1 millionusers. While we patiently wait for a web interface, some of us haven’t been so patient… In January, South African based developer Herman Schuttelaunched Followgram, which allowed users to receive an RSS feed of their Instagram photos and share their profile with others....

A few weeks ago, Appleannouncedit would begin to sell spare parts for you to fix your own iPhone, in one of the biggest wins for the right to repair movement in years. Now, in a smaller, but still welcome move, Microsoft haspartnered with iFixitto sell tools designed to make it easier to fix Surface devices. It’s a sign that the industry is maybe, just maybe, actually listening to user feedback....

In 1866, Texas rancherCharles Goodnighttransformed an army surplus Studebaker wagon into a portable kitchen to feed hungry cowboys. His simple and functional “chuckwagon” was the precursor to the modern food truck. But although food trucks have existed for over a century, they’ve only gained massive mainstream popularity in the past few years. According to an American Express Market Briefingreport, in 2009, one out of eight consumers had eaten at a mobile food truck within the past six months....

If White House town hall meetingsvia Twitterand Facebookweren’t proof enough that we’re moving well into the Gov 2.0 era here in the US, then this might help sway your opinion. The Department of Homeland Security, seeing massively clogged telephone connections on the East cosat following a Virginia earthquake,is encouraging the useof social media to contact friends and family. It’s also interesting to note that the DHS didn’t wait to put a release out on typical news channels, but instead chose to use its official Twitter account to move the suggestion around faster than it might have otherwise spread....

Foneis an iOS application that brings free VOIP calling and advanced messaging features to iPhone and iPod Touch users who want to speak or message their friends wherever they are. Downloadable now from the App Store, Fone builds upon Facebook’s in-built chat client, allowing users to share pictures from their photo albums, browse their message history, view their friends profiles and use emoticons. The app utilises Apple’s push-notifications, updating friend lists in real-time (so you know when a friend is logging on or off), delivering sound alerts whilst running in the background courtesy of its multi-tasking support....