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Google Photos Hits 100 Million Monthly Active User Milestone
Google Photos broke free of Google+ in May, and in the five months since, it has amassed 100 million monthly active users, the team shared today. That puts it on par with Snapchat, which was around 100 million the last time it shared numbers. During its hardware event last month, Google shared that 50 billion photos had been uploaded already, which is equally impressive. The idea is that… Read More
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Two New Apps Tackle The Problem Of Running Out Of Space On Your Phone
One of the most common complaints from iPhone owners today is that they’re running out of space on their phones, and either aren’t quite sure what to do about it, or don’t have time to spend backing up then deleting all the photos, videos, and messages that are weighing down their device. While Apple offers a solution for this with its iCloud service, which is now more… Read More
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Yes, Google Photos Can Still Sync Your Photos After You Delete The App
Google’s recently rebooted Photos app might be syncing your photos without you realizing it. David Arnott, an editor at the Nashville Business Journal, writes that he found it was doing just that after he installed the app to test it out and subsequently changed his mind about using it — deleting it from his Android phone and thinking that was the end of Google’s access to… Read More
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Google Photos’ Unlimited Free Storage Could Clobber Apple’s Expensive iCloud
How much does a terabyte of photo storage cost? On iCloud, $240 a year. Dropbox, $100. Microsoft OneDrive, $84. Flickr, $25.
Google, $0. It’s free on desktop, Android, and iOS.
Today, Google announced its new Google Photos product, which offers unlimited free storage of photos and videos. The only limits are that photos must be under 16 megapixels, and video resolution is capped at 1080P. Read More
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Google Photos Breaks Free Of Google+, Now Offers Free, Unlimited Storage
Google officially announced its long-rumored revamp of its photo-sharing service, Google Photos, at its I/O developer conference in San Francisco today. The killer feature? Users can now backup up full-resolution photos and videos – up to 16MP for photos and 1080p for videos – to Google’s cloud for free. The service will roll out to Android, iOS and web users starting today,… Read More
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