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Google Stops Syncing Between Photos and Drive

How stupid is this? Google has announced that from July, photographs will no longer sync between Google Drive and Google Photos citing "the connection between these services is confusing". What? Sorry, but how is this confusing? Images are synchronised between Google Drive and Google Photos. If you do something in one, it's also done in the other. How hard is that

Nixplay Seed Wave Adds Sound at CES

I always think of digital photo frames as cinderella gadgets that don't get the attention they deserve. I'm a fan, especially when the frame can connect into services like Google Photos meaning there's no need to copying photos about the place on memory cards. Smartphones are great for taking photos but all too often the photos stay on the phone.

Google’s Live Albums Keeps Families In Touch

Google's Pixel 3 event today didn't bring too many surprises on the hardware front: most had been leaked well in advance of the presentation. What caught my eye was not a device but a new a new software feature called "Live Albums". Dave Loxton, Google Photo Product Manager, explains, "Many of us share the same photos with the same people

Europe Has a New Tallest Building: The Shard Featured on Instagram

Today, July 5th, marked the official opening of the new tallest building in the European Union, although construction was actually completed back in April of this year.  Called "The Shard", and formerly known by the name "London Bridge Tower", the building is 309.6 meters tall with 72 habitable floors.  It also features a viewing gallery and observation deck on the

Busy Week at Instagram

Social photo service Instagram just had a big week, although not as big as the week of the billion dollar buyout, but it's all relative.  This week the mobile app company released a slew of updates, including ones to their Android and iOS apps, as well as to their web site.  There were bug fixes and new features for everyone,

Instagram for Android Updates to 1.1, Adds Tilt-Shift

Instagram launched their long-awaited Android app just a few weeks ago.  It was followed by several small updates to get it up and working properly, but today they have finally released the first feature update, dubbed version 1.1.  The latest version adds just one feature, but it's an important one to anyone that has used Instagram - tilt-shift. The name

Adobe Lightroom 4 Officially Released

Adobe announced today the official final version of Lightroom 4 is now available.  Lightroom is a popular photo editing tool that is used by many amateur and professional photographers alike.  Lightroom is part of Adobe's Photoshop family, but is a cheaper and more dedicated version geared specifically towards working with digital photos. Adobe claimed they had 300,000 users of the public beta