Google is crowd sourcing Street View footage – There’s no compensation and you need to buy a $3500 camera
Oct 4, 2017
John Aldred
Call me a cynic if you like, but this seems a bit cheeky to me. Google announced in May that users will be soon able…
Mobile photo editor Snapseed gets a UI facelift and new perspective correction tool
Sep 21, 2017
John Aldred
Google have released a new version of Snapseed with a drastically overhauled user interface. Version 2.18 is available for both iOS and Android. You know…
Google is killing off Google Drive in March – Are you prepared?
Sep 8, 2017
John Aldred
With Amazon killing off their unlimited storage, and CrashPlan ditching consumers in favour of enterprise level clients, more were bound to follow. Google is now…
Google proposes solution that makes watermarks more difficult to remove
Aug 18, 2017
Dunja Đuđić
Google’s recent research has shown that an algorithm can easily remove watermarks automatically, making the images vulnerable to unauthorized use. In their latest paper, they…
Google’s former SVP suggests you should buy an iPhone “if you truly care about great photography”
Jul 31, 2017
Dunja Đuđić
Vic Gundotra, Google’s former Senior Vice President, recently published quite a passionate praise of the iPhone 7’s camera. He didn’t just call it the killer…
Google Street View now lets you explore the International Space Station
Jul 21, 2017
Dunja Đuđić
Google Street View lets you see almost all corners of the world, but now you can even see the world from another angle – from…
Google AI now takes professional photos. And it does it based on Street View images
Jul 17, 2017
Dunja Đuđić
Thanks to Google Street View, we can see many corners of the world we may never even visit. Some artists even use it to create…
User starts a petition to bring Nik collection back
Jun 2, 2017
Dunja Đuđić
The news that Google abandons Nik Collection affected users all over the world. Over the years, many photographers embraced it as a part of their…
Google abandons the Nik Collection – Won’t develop it beyond CC 2015
May 30, 2017
John Aldred
Google haven’t so much announced as “slipped in” that they’ve ceased development of the Nik Collection via a banner. Google acquired Nik Software, the company behind…
Google will soon automatically remove unwanted objects from photos
May 19, 2017
Dunja Đuđić
Lots of interesting news has been coming from Google lately. They seem to be very devoted to the development of AI, and there is another…