Smartphones are no longer just a means of communicating. They wake us up, get us from A to B and even help us find love. We’ve almost forgotten their original purpose. Text trumps voicecalls and apps trump SMS – it’s a good time to ask – what’s the future of the mobile phone?

As we all become iPhoneographers, over 27,800 photos are uploaded to Instagram every minute, and 1.8 billion photos are shared daily. But what if we could make money from our snaps? Foap is turning everyone’s smartphone photo libraries into one massive stock photo resource.

Kodak was once a household name as big as Apple and Microsoft. But since its sales have dropped from $19 billion in 1990 to $2 billion today, the yellow box film company has been left for dead. Could it make a comeback through expanding on its technological expertise?

Over 27,800 photos are uploaded to Instagram every minute, and 1.8 billion photos are shared via smartphones and tablets daily. Leica is attempting to buck the trend for instant gratification with the launch of the Leica M Edition 60 camera – which doesn’t have an image display.