Yinztagram
{{Short description|iOS photography app}}
{{Infobox software
| name = Yinztagram
| logo = Yinztagram logo.png
| logo caption = The Yinztagram, combining a camera's aperture and Pittsburgh's Golden Triangle
| screenshot = Yinztagram screenshot - dog.jpg
| caption = Screenshot from v. 1.2, showing the addition of the Duquesne Incline to a picture of a dog. Note the other landmark options, including signs from the Allegheny County belt system and Dippy
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| operating system = iOS 5.1 or later
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| size = 6.8 MB
| language = English
| genre = Photography
| license = Freeware
| website = {{URL|http://yinztagram.com/}}
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Yinztagram is a free photography mobile app for iOS that allows users to superimpose images of Pittsburgh landmarks in photos.{{cite web| title =Yinztagram By Pegula | work =iTunes Store | publisher =Apple Inc. | date =2012 | url =https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/yinztagram/id551110367?mt=8 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120828164832/http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/yinztagram/id551110367?mt=8 |archive-date=August 28, 2012| url-status =dead | access-date =December 13, 2012 }} The name "Yinztagram" is a portmanteau of yinz, a term from Pittsburghese, and Instagram, a popular photo application. The most recent version 1.2 was released on September 15, 2012.
The Pittsburgh landmarks available in the program include Rick Sebak, Dippy, and Primanti Brothers sandwiches. As part of the celebration of Rick Sebak's 25th year WQED, the PBS station worked with the owners of at Yinztagram to expand the offerings of Rick Sebak photos.{{cite news | title =Rick Sebak Celebrated 25 Years at WQED Pittsburgh| newspaper =WQED | date = November 12, 2012 | url =http://wqed.org/pressroom/releases/rick-sebak-celebrates-25-years-at-wqed-pittsburgh/ | access-date =December 13, 2012 }} The programmers are always taking requests for new landmarks.{{cite news | last =Smit | first =Deb | title =What's next for Yinztagram? The Pittsburgh parking chair perhaps? | newspaper =PopCity Media | date =August 29, 2012 | url =http://www.popcitymedia.com/innovationnews/yintagram09292012.aspx | access-date =December 13, 2012 }}
The creator of the program, Matthew Pegula, is a programmer for Deeplocal, a Sharpsburg creative technology agency; he is a self-proclaimed "distant relative" of multibillionaire Terry Pegula.{{cite news | last =Carpenter | first =Mackenzie | title =Trending: Yinztagram, a new iPhone and iPad app, shows Pittsburgh pride | newspaper =Pittsburgh Post-Gazette| date =August 26, 2012 | url =http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/life/lifestyle/trending-yinztagram-a-new-iphone-and-ipad-app-shows-pittsburgh-pride-650562/ | access-date =December 13, 2012}} Pegula began the project after his friend Drew Von Arx made jokes about Instagram and the possibility of adding Pittsburgh landmarks.{{cite news | title =Add 'Burgh Landmarks To Your Pictures With 'Yinztagram' App | newspaper =KDKA-TV | date =August 27, 2012 | url =http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2012/08/27/add-burgh-landmarks-to-your-pictures-with-yinztagram-app/ | access-date = December 13, 2012}}{{cite news | title =Add a little Pittsburgh to your pictures with Yinztagram app | newspaper =WTAE-TV| date =Aug 21, 2012 | url =http://www.wtae.com/news/local/allegheny/Add-a-little-Pittsburgh-to-your-pictures-with-Yinztagram-app/-/10927008/16209690/-/14k5jefz/-/index.html | access-date =December 13, 2012 }}
{{cquote|There he is, like Lewis Carroll's ubiquitous Cheshire cat, grinning from huge bales of hops from the East End Brewing Co., lurking in a studio portrait of a guy and his cat or hurtling into the space between Mitt Romney's gesturing hands}}
- Mackenzie Carpenter of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, describing the examples of Rick Sebak appearing in Yinztagram photos.