Google Photos has proven quite popular since Google dropped the Google+ element and created it as a standalone app. Much of the cool factor was already there as the Google+ incarnation. This includes things like “auto-awesome,” which automatically enhance photos…
Say Goodbye to Picasa, Get Used To Google Photos
Google announced on Friday that it will be retiring Picasa over the coming months as it commits its focus to Google Photos. Perhaps the only thing surprising about this is that it hasn’t already happened. “We believe we can create…
Apple Live Photos Come to Facebook
Back in September, Apple unveiled its latest iPhone models – the 6s and 6s Plus – along with a new feature called Live Photos, which show several seconds of live video for each photo taken. The new phones have a…
Twitter Gets New Photo Experience
Twitter announced a new photo experience for Twitter.com, making users’ timelines “more immersive” by uncropping photos, enabling people to see them as they were meant to be seen. Historically, Twitter has cropped images to fit a certain size, but now…
Boomerang: The New Instagram App For Animating Your Pics
Boomerang is a new app from Instagram that lets you capture quick video loops, or as the company puts it, “turn everyday moments into something fun and unexpected.” Shockingly, the app is immediately available for both iOS and Android rather…
Jenna Dewan, Channing Tatum Share Sexy Photoshoot
Jenna Dewan Tatum and husband Channing Tatum appear to be having a good time with married life. Some recent throwback Thursday Instagram post from Jenna Dewan reveal a “makeup free shot in Cabo.” Apparently, the impromptu photoshoot was all Channing…
Facebook Photos Are About to Look More Like Snapchat
Facebook, which already handles an unconscionable amount of photos on a daily basis, has been adding tools as of late to get people even more engaged. Now, you can expect the photos you see on the site to look at…
Yelp Experiments With Categorized Photo Browsing
Yelp announced a new way to browse photos – by category. You can now browse by things like food, interior, outside, drink, and menu. The feature comes as the company has been experimenting with using neural networks to learn more…
Instagram, No Longer Square, Lets You Post Landscape and Portrait Photos
Instagram photos are square. That’s just how Instagram has always been. Has it been annoying for many users? Absolutely. If you want to share a wider or taller photo on Instagram, often the only option is to create a letterbox…
You Can Now Put Stickers and Text All Over Your Web-Uploaded Facebook Photos
A couple of months ago, Facebook updated its photo uploader on its iOS apps to allow users to easily add stickers, filters, and text. Now, it’s pushing that functionality to the web. When you upload a new photo on the…