Vimeo is today releasing a huge update to Cameo, stripping the app down to its core elements and making the entire experience about editing video. The new app doesn't resemble the old Cameo at all, and the changes are for the better. The old Cameo was sort of a bewildering mixture of social network, Vine, and the joy that is mobile video editing. This new version entirely removes Cameo's social features and Vine-like restrictions so that it's now only a video-editing app. And fortunately, those tools...
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Vimeo overhauls Cameo into a simple video editor for iOS 0
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BitTorrent Shoot Lets You Privately Share Photos And Videos With Friends 0
June 17th at 5:03pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsA new mobile application from BitTorrent called Shoot wants to make it easier to move batches of photos or big video files between mobile devices – even when you’re sharing between iOS, Android and Windows Phone smartphones. The app’s biggest advantage, beyond its cross-platform support of course, is that it leverages BitTorrent’s Sync technology to move the files.
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Adobe wants to take over the stock image world 1
June 16th at 7:29am / The Verge / 0 opinionsAdobe is releasing a wide range of updates to its Creative Cloud apps this morning, but the biggest release isn't an update â it isn't even an app â it's an entirely new service. Today marks the launch of Adobe Stock, a stock image service that Adobe hopes will quickly become the dominant place to go when you need a photo. Adobe has good reason to believe that that can happen: it claims that 85 percent of people who buy stock images use its apps, and Stock is going to increasingly be built right...
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Adobe Creative Cloud adds Android apps, stock photo service 0
June 16th at 7:25am / Mashable / 0 opinionsAdobe is finally beginning to bring its Android offerings up to date.
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Facebook releases a separate app for private photo sharing 2
June 15th at 11:22pm / Macworld / 0 opinionsMoments will automatically detect people's friends in their smartphone camera roll.
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5 can’t-miss apps: ‘Mean Girls: The Game,’ Formulas and more 1
June 14th at 5:05am / Mashable / 0 opinionsThis week's list includes a tower defense game based on 'Mean Girls' and a photo editing app that automates photo effects.
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An Interview With Shaquille O’Neal: Businessman, Investor And Video Game Star 0
June 12th at 11:03pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsShaquille O’Neal — former champion NBA center and businessman — was on a plane one day when someone was playing a slots game next to him. He liked the game so much he downloaded it, played it for four hours on a flight, and now has games made by them where he’s the star.
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Snapchat makes logging in more secure with two-factor authentication 0
June 10th at 1:29am / The Verge / 0 opinionsSnapchat's making it a bit easier to keep your account (and all the snaps contained within) secure. The app's most recent update on Android and iOS adds the ability to enable two-factor authentication. Once switched on inside the settings menu, login verification requires that you enter a 6-digit code upon signing in from any device you haven't used before. Snapchat will text this temporary code to the phone number linked with your account, a popular security move that should substantially lessen the...
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Snapchat Update Lets You Switch Between Front And Rear Cameras For Videos 1
June 8th at 8:23pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsSnapchat just introduced an update that will let you switch between the front-facing camera and rear-facing camera while recording a snap. Users have long been able to switch between the front- and rear-facing cameras for still photos, but switching mid-video was impossible. Instead users had to turn the phone around to film themselves or their friends. It’s a small feature update…
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Justin Bieber-backed selfie app Shots to add animations in upcoming update 0
June 5th at 10:45pm / Mashable / 0 opinionsUsers will soon be able to share a whole new type of selfie on Shots.
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Google Photos and Google Cardboard bring new experiences to the App Store 1
May 29th at 3:22am / Macworld / 0 opinionsUnlimited photo storage, yay! Cardboard virtual reality headsets, hmmm.
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Google reveals Google Photos with free, unlimited photo and video storage [u] 1
May 29th at 2:11am / AppleInsider / 0 opinionsDuring the keynote presentation at its annual developers conference on Thursday, Google officially announced Google Photos, a new photo storage and backup service that offers unlimited storage for photos and videos.
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Google announces unlimited picture and video storage with new Photos app 0
May 29th at 2:09am / The Verge / 0 opinionsGoogle is making a big play for your photos. It's releasing a revamped Google Photos today that offers unlimited storage of images and videos entirely for free. Resolution is limited to 16 megapixels for photos and 1080p for videos, but that's not much to complain about (if you want to store a higher resolution file, it can also tap into Google Drive storage). Photos is being made available on iOS, Android, and the web, and it includes a number of other helpful features that may make you want to pick...
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The new Google Photos is now available for Android, iOS, and the web 1
May 29th at 2:09am / The Verge / 0 opinionsWe're pretty enthusiastic around here for the all-new Google Photos, and now it's available to everyone to try. On the web, you can visit it at photos.google.com. Or you can download the app for Android or iOS. The new service, which has "graduated" from Google+, now offers unlimited storage of photos up to 16 megapixels and video shot in 1080p. You can also store higher-resolution imagery in Google Photos, though it will count against the 15 GB of free storage you get with your Google account....
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Google Photos’ Unlimited Free Storage Could Clobber Apple’s Expensive iCloud 0
May 29th at 2:03am / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsHow 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.
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Google launches new Photos app with editing tools and free unlimited storage 0
May 29th at 2:02am / Macworld / 0 opinionsGoogle spins out the best parts of Google+ into new stand-alone app.
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First look: Pixelmator for iPhone is a feature-packed mobile image editor 0
May 28th at 7:51am / AppleInsider / 0 opinionsWith its first iPhone app offering, Pixelmator stuffs in a dizzying array of photo editing tools normally restricted to more powerful devices like Mac and iPad, including full-featured image adjustment options, a wealth of paint brushes, layer support, effects, a polished design and much more.
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Snapchat might abandon hold-to-view UI, takes wait and see approach to Apple Watch app 0
May 27th at 5:51am / AppleInsider / 0 opinionsSpeaking at Re/code's Code Conference on Tuesday, Snapchat CEO Evan Spiegel said the ephemeral messaging firm is tossing around the idea of ditching its familiar hold-to-view user interface, a change that could help pave the way for an Apple Watch app version.
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Bundle’s New App Automatically Organizes Photos For You 2
May 26th at 5:23pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsOrganizing our massive photo libraries is a task that a number of startups and big companies alike are still trying to solve. While Google is poised to introduce a new, standalone Photos app at Google I/O this week to address this challenge, a new Amsterdam-based startup called Bundle has also now launched an app focused on helping users automatically group photos together into albums and…
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Quickie Is A Ephemeral Messaging App That I Actually Like 0
May 20th at 8:23pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsI actually found a new messaging app that I liked. Quickie is the name, it’s an app for iOS and Android that lets you send ephemeral — aka self-destructing — photos, video, drawings or text.
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Flickr redesigns web and mobile apps to create a powerhouse in online photo storage 3
May 7th at 7:29pm / The Verge / 0 opinionsWhen Marissa Mayer became Yahooâs CEO in 2012, she was greeted with a viral internet campaign from one of the companyâs most loved â and neglected â properties. "Dear Marissa Mayer," began the website created by entrepreneur Sean Bonner. "Please make Flickr awesome again!" The path-breaking photo-sharing site, which doubled as a forerunner for modern social networks, had fallen into disrepair. But within a few months, Mayer responded with a redesigned mobile app, some powerful new editing...
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Flickr's redesign makes it much easier to find the photo you're looking for 1
May 7th at 7:05pm / Mashable / 0 opinionsYahoo is giving Flickr a big IQ boost.
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Pixelmator coming to iPhone as universal app, iPad version on sale for 50% off 0
May 6th at 4:51pm / AppleInsider / 0 opinionsPopular photo editing app Pixelmator, already available on Mac and iPad, will also be coming to Apple's iPhone in the near future, the company announced on Wednesday.
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Snapchat Tries To Jumpstart Discover By Letting You Send Clips To Friends 0
May 5th at 5:43pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsSnapchat’s Discover feature feels like the awkward guy in a nice suit at a casual party. Discover’s professionally made content from CNN, Comedy Central, Food Network, and others is too polished to be naturally bolted onto the app. But Snapchat’s not giving up on Discover despite reports that viewership is down 30% to 50% since its launch in January.Today Snapchat is…
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ACLU app lets you automatically send videos of police encounters 1
May 3rd at 1:45am / Mashable / 0 opinionsA new app from the ACLU lets you automatically report police encounters or civil rights incidents from your smartphone.