All images shot by you and your friends are saved to the same roll for everyone to enjoy.

The Hipstamatic D-Series camera app announced today offers a new way to tie photos and social networking together.

Synthetic, developer of the popular retro-image iPhone app Hipstamatic, have enjoyed plenty of success in the iTunes App Store since the app was released two years ago. Now, the company aims to make the retro-image-taking experience more social with its new D-Series camera app, available December 15.

The Hipstamatic D-Series app lets you connect with a group of friends via Facebook and snap pictures that all go to a common "film roll." Made for parties, concerts, and any other event, Hipstamatic D-Series makes it possible for any number of people to snap photos on the same roll. Once invited, your friends can use their individual phones to take pictures and all the images get saved and automatically synced at the end of a roll. When a roll is finished (24 pictures), everyone invited to a "camera" can view the photos you took and share them via Facebook, Twitter, or e-mail.

Hipstamatic D-Series will be a free app that comes with one camera (with its own preset effects). But through in-app purchase, you can buy three other cameras with different effects for 99 cents each. Each of the different cameras advertises various effects, and one of t... [Read more]

Google has removed five additional apps from the Android Market that mobile-security firm Lookout alleges appear to be engaged in SMS fraud targeting Europeans.

The apps were removed after Lookout discovered them yesterday, a Lookout representative told CNET today. That brings the total number of apps removed that Lookout has dubbed "RuFraud" (Russian Fraud) to 27, the representative said.

The apps, which appear to be free versions of legitimate games or wallpaper, are designed to do nothing more than charge premium SMS toll rates on European phones, according to Lookout. The rates are buried within the terms of service, and users may not realize that they will be charged $5 per SMS, according to the firm.

Technically, the apps aren't malware because they aren't designed to take advantage of a security vulnerability. But apps can still be pulled from the market, if they don't adequately disclose pricing terms, or if they infringe on copyrighted material.

Google confirmed yesterday that it had removed 22 Lookout-identified fraudulent apps, before the firm found the five additional ones, but it did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the latest apps found.

Here is the most up-to-date list of the apps:

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Popular file-sharing and cloud collaboration service YouSendIt finally brings its services to Android and Mac platforms.

While Android and Mac users have long been able to access YouSendIt through the company's Web site, native apps have only been available on Windows and iOS--until today. With the new Android and Mac apps, you can send files, share folders, and sign documents from outside a browser. YouSendIt for Mac is still in beta, but is publicly available for download now.

If you haven't used YouSendIt, it's an all-in-one suite for managing documents through the cloud. Different from services like Dropbox, YouSendIt caters a bit more to business users with an integrated e-signature tool and premium features like tracking, return receipts, and enhanced security.

YouSendIt for Android and YouSendIt for Mac (beta) are available now for free download. A Free account gets you 2GB of storage, five e-signatures, and 50MB file transfer size, while Pro accounts up the limits and start at $9.99 per month.

Skype for Android jumps to version 2.6 today, and it brings with it some really nifty sharing capabilities.

(Credit: Skype) Now you can send photos, recorded videos, or other files to your contacts directly from Skype's chat interface. Based on the screenshot, the feature seems simple enough, and we're sure it'll be popular with anyone who regularly uses the Skype app. File sharing is free and available over Wi-Fi or through your device's data connection.

Also, anyone with a device running Nvidia's Tegra 2 chipset will get to enjoy improved video quality and battery life.

Skype 2.6 for Android is available for free download now in the Android Market.

If you've ever filled in a Web form, chances are you have experienced having the text you just entered get wiped out when the page freezes, unexpectedly reloads, or otherwise causes the form to reset. Here are three Firefox add-ons that let you replace this lost text with just a few clicks.

Of course, some of what you enter on Web sites shouldn't be retrievable. The Clear Form History add-on deletes all entries saved in a search box, sign-in field, or other text field. And to see at a glance the country hosting the current site's server before you provide it with any of your personal information, use the Flagfox add-on to place that country's flag in the address bar, and get easy access to the site's IP address.

While all five of these Firefox add-ons are available for free, several of the developers request a donation if you find the programs useful.

Web form data rises from the dead Lazarus: Form Recovery from the Interclue Team promises to keep you from having to re-enter Web-form data that gets erased inadvertently. Each time you type text into a field, the program places a copy in its clipboard. Right-click the field to select saved text and entire forms that appear on the contex... [Read more]

New in Chrome 16: Multiple-user support in a single instance of Chrome.

More than one person can now use Chrome and keep personal data separate from other users on the same computer, thanks to today's update to Google's browser.

Google Chrome 16.0.912.63 stable for Windows (download), Mac (download), Linux (download), and Chrome Frame also adds an option to sync your Omnibox History, and it includes a number of security fixes.

Multiple-user support is similar to Chrome's Sync feature, but it's more of a complementary feature than a must-use. Sync allows you to always have access to the same bookmarks, history, themes, and preferences. Multi-user support allows you to share a computer and maintain separate identities without logging out of the operating system. This could be useful for single-computer households or small businesses, although it potentially means that Chromebook users will have two ways to switch profiles.

Creating a new profile first requires signing into Chrome, via the Wrench menu... [Read more]

Openspace's store in Downtown Boulder.

Application stores have exclusively been virtual places for you to download new programs to your mobile devices and computers. But now, at least one has gone brick-and-mortar.

A new company, Openspace, has opened its first store, providing customers a place to visit, tell staff (called "App Gurus") what they're looking for in a mobile application, and then get assistance in downloading the right programs to their devices.

"If your iPhone has a problem, you take it to Apple. If your Android tablet has a problem, you take it to Verizon, AT&T, or Best Buy," Openspace founder Robert Reich told All Things Digital in an interview published today. "But if you have a question about which camera app would be great for taking pictures this weekend on the slopes, where can you turn?"

The concept is interesting, but it doesn't appear to come with a ready-made business model. That said, Reich told All Things Digital that he plans to partner with third-party developers that want to get their applications noticed. All revenue generated through his store will be shared with developers, he says.

It might be a difficult sell. Just by bringing applications to Apple's App Store, for ... [Read more]

This bird's-eye view of a users profile puts a lot of information easily at hand.

As long as there are computers, there are likely to be mothers and fathers, aunts, uncles, cousins, siblings, and assorted thrice-removed ne'er-do-wells asking for PC help.

Israeli startup Soluto has a new way for all the tech-savvy helpers of the world to disseminate their knowledge, the company announced today. The new Soluto app is currently in closed beta, although the company has offered CNET readers early access.

The company is keeping its name and the stylized look, but it has abandoned its prior focus, a Windows utility that would analyze and help prevent program crashes leveraging a cloud-based database and the magical powers of crowd-sourcing data. The new Soluto will allow that special someone that Soluto Chief Product Officer Roee Adler calls the "home CTO" to diagnose a problem and push solutions.

These include installing new applications, solving non-responsive programs and crashes, pushing silent upgrades, and removing bloatware from boot-up. There won't be any remote file access for security reasons, says Soluto, but you will also be able to track basic hardware maintenance such as fan speed, CPU temperature, and battery wear in laptops. Programs are pushed out to users through ... [Read more]

Canon's PowerShot S100

Adobe Systems last night updated Lightroom, its software for editing and cataloging photos, with support for the latest batch of small, high-end cameras.

Supported in Lightroom 3.6--along with its close cousin, Photoshop's Camera Raw 6.6 plug-in, are the Nikon 1 V1 and J1; the Panasonic GX-1; the Samsung NX5 and NX200, and Sony's NEX-7. All those models are of a newer category, compact cameras with interchangeable lenses.

More conventional compact cameras also are supported, including Canon's new S100, Fujifilm's FinePix X10, Ricoh GR Digital IV, and the superzoom Leica V-LUX 3.

Lightroom can accommodate JPEG images from any old camera, but its true purpose in life is to handle the proprietary raw image formats from these and other higher-end cameras. Raw photos, taken directly from the image sensor without any in-camera processing, offer more flexibility and image quality but also add more processing hassles for photographers.

Lightroom also can automatically correct some lens problems such as distortion, chromatic aberration, and vignetting. The new version of Lightroom has lens correction profiles for a number of SLR lenses from Sigma, the three small lenses for the Nikon 1 series, and a slew of Mamiya, Schneider-Kreuznach, and Phase One lenses for ... [Read more]