Instagram debuts standalone app for photo collages

There are a large number of photo collage apps out on the market and they’re crammed with so many features that you don’t know what to do with all of them. Instagram is taking them on directly with its new standalone photo collage app called Layout. It lets you combine borderless multiple photos to show off selfies with your friends or even get a bit more creative with your landscape shots.

The app really is just meant to create photo collages but it’ll let you take selfies with its Photo Booth feature that will take four consecutive shots at once. It’ll let you pick photos from your camera roll. It even has a Faces option so it’ll just show you photos with people in them. And like other photo collage apps, you can adjust and rearrange photos individually to get your layout right. You can flip and rotate images to create mirror effect and the like. Layout is currently just available on iOS but it will be coming to Android in the coming months.

Source: Instagram | Via: Fast Company | Download: Apple iTunes App Store (Free)

Get fit without a gym with Madbarz street workout app

Want to get fit but don’t have the budget to splurge on a gym membership? Madbarz, a Croatia-based startup wants to help you out as well as promote street workout with its new app. Street workout is a simple yet challenging way to get fit. You just need to find a park with a couple of bars and you’re good to go.

The Madbarz app offers a bunch of workouts to choose from. You just need to select which ones you want and let the app guide you.  The app will also help you track your progress on a global leaderboard, track your weight, and even create your custom workouts on the Madbarz site. The app is available for free on both iOS and Android.

Source: Mashable | Download: Apple iTunes App Store (Free) + Google Play Store (Free)

Microsoft drops $150 off the Surface Pro 3

Anyone jonesing for Microsoft's 12-inch 2-in-1 portable Surface Pro 3 can now get the device for $150 off in US and Canada.  The Microsoft Store in Canada will even throw in a free sleeve for your new tablet (but you still need to pay $129 for the super-ncessary Type Cover 2).

Surface Pro 3 now starts at $799.00 for the Intel Core i3 processor with 64GB of storage up to $1799.00 for the top of the line Intel Core i7 processor with 512GB of storage. Is the price drop enough to get you to jump into the Surface Pro 3 camp?

Source: Microsoft Store

The Apple Beat: Evolution of Apple Ultraportables

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

It looks like a MacBook Air but that Retina Display is certainly fit for Pro users (as is the price tag). The specs are a bit confounding as well. It comes with a generous minimum of 8GB of RAM and 256GB of SSD storage, but the new Intel Core M processor sounds rather measly at 1.1GHz (which does Turbo Boost to 2.4GHz).

Apple’s latest MacBook is a revelation in ultraportable computing. It heralds radical new standards, pushes the cutting edge on design and engineering and continues a long tradition of Apple ultraportables.

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