In the near future, Android users will be able to start sharing photos on Instagram, according to TechCrunch.

The popular app is coming "really soon," the app's founders Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger said at a South by Southwest conference presentation today. "In some ways, it's better than our iOS app. It's crazy," Systrom said.

Instagram is a free photo sharing app that let's users touch up and share photos with other followers on the app; pictures can also be uploaded to social-networking sites like Twitter, Tumblr, and Facebook. Some describe Instagram as a visual version of Twitter and until now it was only available for iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch.

According to TechCrunch, Krieger and Systrom said that the people at Google are happy with the way the app is turning out. "I don't think it took us so long. We just had priorities," Systrom said. "Had we tried to be both on Android and iPhone at the same time, it would've been tough to innovate in the way that we have."

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Marvel wants you to hulk out your comics with new AR app

Marvel Comics unveiled a new way to read comic books today at South by Southwest Interactive that involves an augmented reality app and the physical comic itself.

The app, called Marvel AR, is half of the entertainment company's new push to further integrate digital and print comics, an effort it's calling Marvel ReEvolution. The other half is a digital-only line of comics called Marvel Infinite Comics, which will be available to readers from the standard Marvel Comics app for free when they buy the print comic with a digital coupon, when they buy the standard digital comic, or separately as a 99-cent digital download. The first Infinite Comics story will tie in to Avengers versus X-Men and be written by Mark Waid, with art by Stuart Immonen and colors by Marte Gracia. These are big names in the comics business, so Marvel's clearly not publishing throwaway stories, even if they are digital-only and feel more disposable.

The Marvel AR app works on tablets and phones but is somewhat hamstrung by the limitations of each. Then again, it's not often that Iron Man leaps off the page at you!

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