The holiday season is here and plenty of things are going to be discounted or free. Only yesterday, EA Games started a sale where about 100 of their iOS apps were either free or below $0.99. There’s going to be more of these sales and WhatsApp Inc. has got one for you right now. The popular instant messaging app, WhatsApp Messenger for iOS is currently available for free. Yes, that’s right. This isn’t the first time WhatsApp has made its app free for iOS, and it most certainly isn’t the last. With WhatsApp, you can send instant messages to anyone in the world for free and it’s cross-platform. It’s fast, easy to use and is pretty secure since it uses your phone number to activate. In recent times however, the app has seen a lot of competition from apps that have similar functions. Apps like Viber, Kik Messenger etc. provide similar functionality, but are available for free, whereas WhatsApp usually goes for $0.99 on the App Store. Such apps are also gaining more and more users everyday. WhatsApp was the first to provide free cross-platform messaging in the mobile sector. Now, as previously mentioned, there are plenty of apps that offer the same thing, most of them available for free in the App Store. This is what affects WhatsApp, free copy-cat apps that are gaining more users and popularity. WhatsApp for Android is available as a free download, but after one year of usage, you’ll be asked to pay $0.99 as well. Make use of this incredible limited time offer and go grab WhatsApp Messenger for free from the App Store. Download WhatsApp Messenger for iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad [iTunes link]

How To: Transfer Your Photos From Instagram To Flickr The Smart Way

Yesterday we went into detail on how tobackup your Instagram photos to your computer or to the cloud and then delete your Instagram account. This is of course in relation to the recent Terms Of Service update Instagram pushed that gives it the right to use your photos in personalized ads. Although the Terms of Service change didn’t end up being as bad as fist thought, it still might be enough of a concern for you to want to switch to Flickr from Instagram.

If this is indeed the case then you will be glad to know there is a simple way to go about doing this, it involves using a service called FreeThePhotos. In this brief tutorial you will learn how to use FreeThePhotos to migrate your photos from Instagram to Flickr the smart way.

You are about to take the express train from Facebook-owned Instagram to Yahoo’s Flickr. We hope you enjoy your stay!

How To Export Photos From Instagram To Flickr

1. The first thing you will need to do is create a Flickr account, if you haven’t already, and also login to your Instagram account.
2. Next you will need to head on over to FreeThePhotos.com.
3. When you arrive at FreeThePhotos.com you will need to click the Login with Instagram button. Upon clicking this button you will be directed to a new page where you will need to grant FreeThePhotos access to your account. Grant FreeThePhotos access and you will be directed by to the main page.
4. Now click the Login with Flickr button and repeat the same process.
5. You should now be able to put a tick besides alert me once the migration finishes, do this now, enter your email address and then click the Free Your Photos button.

Give FreeThePhotos some time to complete the migration and in a short while you should receive an email saying the process is complete. At this point all of your Instagram photos should have been transferred to Flickr and you can close down your Instagram account.