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Storie: The Photo-Sharing App That Actually Does Something Cool

There have been some newsworthy failures over the last couple of years in the photo-sharing field, and Facebook has pretty much replaced the need for stand-alone sharing apps. But after years of waiting, there's finally an app worth using.READ»

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Photos Are The New Killer App

Technology columnist Farhad Manjoo on why photography is every tech product's most valuable feature.READ»

Vail Cannibalizes Its Own Photo Business In The Name Of Sharing

The ski resort is betting it will get more bang for its buck from letting happy vacationers post the photos taken by its hillside photographers to Facebook--for free--than it will from selling them hard copies.READ»

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How Facebook's Privacy Upgrades Stack Up Against Google+

A one on one cage match to determine which social network handles privacy-plus sharing better.READ»

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Pixable Turns Texty Twitter Into A Stream Of Your Friend's Photos, Videos

Just as Twitter adds your photos to your home page, social photo finder Pixable integrates Twitter into its system so you can get a custom feed of the photos all your friends have uploaded recently. Think of it as a visual Twitter.READ»

How Bing's Editors Choose Sexy Images To Seduce You Away From Google

A team at Bing gathers every few weeks to select the photos that will appear on the homepage each day. Here's what they're looking for.READ»

Microsoft Interns Create Ultimate Photo-Tagging Spy App

TagSense, a prototype app designed by two Microsoft interns, can automatically tag a picture with a person's name, physical activities, facial expression, and exact physical location--all without human input.READ»

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Behind Google+'s Stealth March On Foursquare, Instagram, Gaming, Facebook, Your Life

With the initial fuss about Google+ dying down, the real potential for the social system to challenge popular net apps is breaking through.READ»

Photo Anonymizer App Helps Protect Dissidents, Hide Your Epic Bro-Downs

A new app for Android phones blurs faces, strips metadata, integrates easily into Facebook, and is open source. It's great news for activists and protesters--and also for keg-standing partiers who want to make their photo albums safe for work.READ»

Why Facebook Photo Tags Are The New (And Possibly More Powerful) Likes

The social network’s small new feature could have a big impact.READ»

DailyBooth Wants Your Next Status Update to Be a Photo, Gets Investment to Help

Photo-based life-blogging phenomenon DailyBooth just revealed it's raised around $6 million in venture capital to grow the young company dramatically. The upshot: Your next status updates may be photos, not text.READ»

Foursquare Squares-Up to Facebook, Adds Check-In Photos and Comments

Foursquare has added the ability to upload photos and comment on friends' check-ins. It's a subtle change, but could have big impact on the battle with peers like Facebook.READ»

DailyBooth's iPhone App: Picturing the Future of Status Updates

DailyBooth, the site that replaces status updates with status photographs, is introducing a new iPhone app tailored to its under 25-year-old fan base that could also help it go mainstream.READ»

Real Networks Plans Cloud-Based Media Organizer for iPhone, Android, PCs

Going crazy trying to keep track of which photos and music files are on which device? The company known for its music player is about to make you sane again.READ»

Cinemek's Storyboard Composer Innovates Filmmaking on the iPad

Jonathan Houser helps filmmakers plan their projects -- down to the second -- with the Storyboard Composer app.READ»

Facebook Adds Face Detection to Photos, Recognition Next?

Is Facebook's new face-detection tech a new privacy nightmare? READ»

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Flickr Begins Updates With Overdue UI Tweaks

Flickr's not being lazy about its commanding position in the photo-upload game, and it's soon due to roll out a list of new features. The upgrades have just started, though, with a new photo showcase page with some significant new ...READ»