Yesterday was a pretty busy day for Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer. Not only did she finish ensuring that the deal to buy blogging service Tumblr had gone through she then turned her attention to the phoot sharing service Flickr which Yahoo bought a while ago.

Perhaps stung by criticism that Yahoo has not really moved the service along the company yesterday announced a new look for the desktop and its Android app and that users who pay for the service get a terabyte of storage.

By far the most important thing is the storage which means that users will now be able to store an astonishing 537,731 photos.

Marissa Mayer, Yahoo's chief executive officer, said: "You can take all the pictures ever taken and upload them to Flickr... and there would [still be room].

There have been some other tweaks too. The basic service remains free and is subsidised by ads but heavy users can now opt for an ad free, paid-for option at $50 a year, called Ad Free, as well Doublr, which is targeted at heavy users and costs $500 for 2 TB of storage.

There have been some tweaks to the design too so that albums now get a new-look cover photo and images are presented in streamlined in rows.

There's a small, but rather useful tweak to Instagram today. The photo app/social network has added a new feature called Photos of You, which it is billing as a new way to add people and things to photos.

According to Instagram one of the most common things people do on Instagram is @ mention their friends when they want to add them to a photo. .

With the latest tweak when you upload a photo to Instagram, you're now able to add the people and things in the photo in a similar way to how you add a location and hashtags.

And when you get tagged you'll receive a notification and the photo will appear in your "Photos of You" - a new section on your profile where you can curate all of the photos you've been added to.

If you are picky about what shots of you get tagged you can also adjust the setting so that no photos of you appear on your profile until you approve them.

The Photos of You feature will be available on Instagram for iOS version 3.5 in the App Store and Instagram for Android version 3.5 in the Google Play Store.

Here's a quick vid from Instagram that shows how it works. More info here.

Introducing Photos of You from Instagram on Vimeo.

Back in the ancient days - well before digital cameras got any good in around 2002 - to take a picture involved pointing and shooting using a camera that captured the image on 35mm film. There was of course no reviewing or deleting images and if you made any silly mistake loading and unloading the images then you might find a whole roll of pics deleted - aaah those were the days.

Of course there are still some diehard masochists creative types who love Lomography and still capture pics on film.

Anyway if that's your or your or your family have attic full of 35mm print negatives that are just gathering dust then Firebox has a neat little gadget that is well worth having a look at.

The rather tiny Lomography Smartphone Film Scanner apparently lets you scan any image from 35mm negatives direct to you smartphone. And there, thanks to its accompanying Lomography app, you can also edit and share it.

The £59.99 scanner- which Firebox claims is a UK exclusive to them - works with both iPhones and Android handset and works by using a direct light panel that evenly and efficiently scan negatives and slides. The on board Lomo technology also lets the user create slideshows, movies and panoramas.

It is available now from here.

Well, well, well, up until this week Instagram was everyone's favourite photo application and we spent our days snapping, cropping and filtering all kinds of rubbish, from our breakfasts to our totally awesome pedicures (gross).

However, everything changed this week when Instagram announced it had made a number of amendments to its policies that may (or may not) mean that users' photos could be sold to third parties for its own profit in the future.

Judging from Twitter's reaction some people don't seem to really care and others are outraged, so guys this list is for you, full of alternative photo apps whether you're looking for something to fill that vintage filter-shaped hole in your heart or just a service that lets you show off how pretentious your eating habits are.

Let us know in the comments below what your favourite Instagram alternative is and we'll create a reader's list too.

1. Flickr Shiny Shiny's favourite Instagram rival

It's got online photo storage covered, but last week Flickr re-launched both its iOS app and website with a clean design, much more intuitive experience and of course filters in order to compete in the lucrative photo editing app arena too.

2. Camera+

It's been one of our favourite editing apps for some time now, but more might flock to it given Instagram's most recent controversy. The great thing about Camera+ is there aren't just tonnes of options for editing your images and adding filters, but right from the word go you're able to take better photos with its built-in camera with added features.

3. Snapseed

Google-owned Snapseed made headlines earlier this year when Guardian photographer Dan Chung used it to take and edit images from his coverage of the Olympics. Since then it's become more and more popular for its comprehensive (yet super simple and intuitive) editing features and bank of cool filters.

4. Camera Awesome

It's a bit more silly than the others, because you're not really applying filters but get to "awesomize" them instead. However, it's great for those who love the simplicity of Instagram, as it's very easy to use.

5. Twitter

It may not be packed full of the features we've come to expect from Instagram, but its new filters clearly make it a viable alternative, particularly if you like sharing all of your creations with your Twitter followers anyway.

6. CameraBag

It's super simple and an old Shiny Shiny favourite, but even though CameraBag may not be an all-singing and all-dancing alternative, it's packed full of great vintage filters and allows you to share your images elsewhere.

7. Hipstamatic

Some iPhone users were crazily adding retro filters to their images before Instagram could even walk, so it's quite funny to think users may come crawling back to the Hipstamatic community. Although the company has faced some hurdles over the past year or so, it's still going strong, a firm favourite among some photographers and is packed full of more features than Instagram.

8. TaDaa

Another app packed with filters and all the features you'd expect from a photo app, but TaDaa allows users to vote images up and down, which is a great way of weeding the rubbishy ones (or just unpopular people) out from the rest.

9. EyeEm

It's very similar to Instagram in many ways, because it's got a range of filters and editing effects, the only difference is the team behind EyeEm (probably) won't sell a photo of your face without your consent to the highest bidder. The way photos are categorised within EyeEm is a little different, as they can be grouped by events, themes and much more.

10. Pixlr-o-matic

A great app for those who sometimes feel a bit limited by the choice of options within Instagram, as according to the app's write up on Google Play there are 5,000,000 possible finishes for each image, which will either excite you or give you a bit of a headache. Choose from 100 different filters, 280 overlays and 200 borders. We're not sure how there are 200 borders, but it's great for those with a lot of time on their hands.

Related: Instagram changes its policy and the whole world implodes

Last week Instagram threw all of its toys out of the pram and sabotaged the way its photos looked in tweets so that users would be more inclined to click away from the micro-blogging platform and into the arms of the photo app's new web presence.

Well now things have taken a turn for the worse and Instagram has pulled its photos completely from your Twitter stream, so all users will now see is a link to where your photo lives online. This latest move admittedly seems extreme, but does make more sense than just turning Instagram snaps into stupid cropped squares.

Twitter officially acknowledged Instagram's move over the weekend and now many are speculating as to whether it'll sit back and let the changes happen or add filters to its photo service, a rumour we've heard a lot over the past year. Despite the fact Instagram is really popular and many won't stray from its dedicated community, we imagine those who like to share their photos on Twitter and want them to look good could be swayed if the micro-blogging platform creates a rival service.

[Via Venture Beat]