Instagram. Over 27 million users and Apples App Store App of the Year for 2011. Yesterday, after much anticipation by many Android users, Instagram for Android was released and has already clocked over one million downloads. That’s not surprising given the popularity of the photo sharing social network, previously exclusive to the iPhone. With so much anticipation and buzz surrounding the release, including myself signing up for email notifications pre-release, I was naturally excited to hit Google Play and see what the developers and designers at Instagram had put together. [...]

If you are a Vodafone Prepaid user with an Android phone, then the day as come. Tonight we have released the initial version of Vodafone Usage with support for Prepaid recharges. Initial support for Prepaid is for “Flexi Cap” and “All-Time” recharges only. As this is a brand new feature please report any issues via email so we can fix them quick. Be sure to set your account type to Prepaid in the settings and you are ready to go. [...]

Tonight we are pleased to announce the launch of our new project AdGives. AdGives is online advertising mixed with social activism. Part of the profit from every ad click is donated to charity. It’s all going to kick off soon with a trial we’re calling The AdGives Experiment. The site explains it best, so rather than repeating myself why don’t you check it out? www.TheAdGivesExperiment.com The goal is big. To change the business model of online advertising so that the millions spent can be used to give back to useful real-world causes, while still achieving the advertising objectives of all parties involved. [...]

Tonight we’ve released a long awaited update to Vodafone Usage and Vodafone Usage plus. Changes include maintenance to the connection library to fix errors and improve stability when connecting to Vodafone. This should fix a lot of connection errors people were experiencing as well as the incorrect error stating that the username and password were wrong. Also a new feature has been added (only for Plus users) allowing for widget look and feel customisation, including the background (dark or transparent) and the text colour. [...]

The good folks over at Ausdroid have released a review of Vodafone Usage (free and plus versions). If you’re interested in our app but would like to hear a bit more about it follow the link below to check it out. http://ausdroid.net/2011/03/07/app-review-vodafone-usage//o:p Big thanks to Chris and Buzz over at Ausdroid for featuring our app, and for their continued support of Aussie apps./o:p The Modern Ink./o:p