Platform offers visual lesson plan ideas for teachers
With all of the resources the web has to offer, teachers can now go beyond the textbook when organizing their lessons plans, and tools such as Learnist have already made it easier for them to collect their online research. Now Linked2Teach aims to provide a way for educators to gain inspiration by seeing what’s going on in classrooms around the world through themed pinboards. READ MORE…
In Spain, NGO taps ‘foodstagrams’ to fight world hunger
Instagram is a useful tool for sharing our lives visually with others and it’s probably a sign of how comfortable the Western world currently is that one of its most popular uses is ‘foodstagrams’ – photos of everyday meals. We’ve already seen one restaurant tap the social media service to build a user-created menu, but now a Spanish charity is aiming to fight world hunger with its FoodShareFilter app, which enables the sharing of food photos on Instagram while raising money for the cause. READ MORE…
In New York, restaurant taps Instagram users to create a visual menu
With the average diner likely to head out to eat with a smartphone in their pocket, it’s no surprise to see restaurants taking advantage of this. Your Smart Butler has already paved the way towards customers ordering meals on their handsets, and New York eatery Comodo is now tapping into the social side of things, with its Instagram Menu. READ MORE…
Hand-sewn pillows showcase users’ Instagram photo
The advent of mobile technology has lead to a huge increase in the amount of time consumers spend connected to the internet and, as a result, there is an ever growing need to bridge the gap between their online and offline lives. This is why we’ve seen ways to represent consumers’ Facebook interactions in physical, glossy pages, for example. It’s also the reason behind Stitchtagram, a site that creates hand-sewn pillows featuring photos from Instagram. READ MORE…
Wall-mounted printers create physical photos from Instagram feeds
We’ve already seen Little Printer enabling users to turn internet news feeds and social media updates into something they can hold in their hands. Now Instaprint aims to tap into the desire for tangible photos by linking Instagram location or hashtag feeds with printing devices that use technology similar to instant film cameras. READ MORE…
Advertising platform connects brands with influential Instagram users
It’s only natural that the content-producing masses like to be paid for what they create. That’s why we’ve seen monetization platforms including Brandfame for YouTube content, for instance, or Kiosked and GapAd for bloggers. Next up? Instagrid Network, an advertising platform that connects brands with influential Instagram users. READ MORE…







