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This New App Will Let You Borrow A Dog To Walk And Play With


There are more than a million apps on the app store and having shelled out for more memory on my phone than I know what to do with, I’m really testing the boundaries. But somewhere between a mystery game called ‘Diamond Escape Penthouse’ and an app where you can display your photos in an virtual gallery, I seem to have lost my way.


Cue: Bark’N’Borrow. This incredible app will not only get you off the sofa (and off Diamond Escape Penthouse) but will also get you an adorable furry friend. The app just requires some standard personal information and a strong pitch as to why you deserve a canine companion.


The profiles are easy to set up


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The company will run a quick background check then you’re good to go!


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The app is free and you will only ever be charged once services are rendered


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Admittedly websites like BorrowMyDoggie.com have been around for a while, but these guys are making a big splash in the world of dog-vending. So if you fancy having a doggie friend but just can’t quite commit, Bark’N’Borrow is the app for you.



Using Just An iPhone, This Photographer Creates Dreamlike Scenes Of Her Home


Mississippi photographer and stay-at-home mom Melissa Vincent always wanted to show people across the world the magical side of her home state. When she discovered social media and Instagram in 2011, she soon realized that she could bring her visions to life with the tap of a finger. Vincent started her artistic journey using an iPhone 4 with a broken screen, and has honed her craft (and updated her phone) over the years so that she can now craft perfectly surreal images with her fingertips.




Using a number of apps, Vincent creates these dreamlike scenes of her home state.






















Eventually, her photographs caught the attention of thousands, and she now has 400 thousand followers on Instagram. Vincent was also hired by National Geographic and Tourism Ireland, traveling with them to various parts of the world to create even more magical images.





Most people assume that Photoshop comes into the making of these images, but Vincent says that’s not the case. “I wouldn’t be able to navigate Photoshop even if I owned it!” she says.






Instead, Vincent uses only mobile imaging apps. Her tools so far include Snapseed, Superimpose, Alien Sky, Circular, Facetune, Flood, and Retouch. She also created the hashtag “#createdoniphone,” and her own term for this kind of photography — iPhoneography.





















The apps Vincent uses allow her to manipulate colors and shapes, to superimpose elements of other photos, and to reshape the land and sky to make a completely new landscape.







Vincent draws her inspiration from the world around her, namely, her home in Mississippi and its landscape.




“My work is influenced by living in the South. I was born and raised in Mississippi and still live here today,” she says. “My goal has always been to show a different side of Mississippi to the world. I want the viewer to go on a visual trip with me to Oz when they look at my images.”






She also says that movies and music inspire her work, too.
















































You can check out much more of Melissa’s work and see Mississippi through her eyes on her Instagram and Facebook pages.