Google offers unlimited free storage for photos, videos
Google is
willing to store and organise all of the world's digital photos and videos for
free.
The online
photo service announced Thursday is the latest example of Google's desire to
wrap its tentacles around virtually every part of people's lives. Google will
provide unlimited storage of all photos up to 16 megapixels and high-definition
video up to 1080p.
The service,
called Google Photos, will be available as an app on Android and Apple devices,
and on a website, http://photos.google.com . It's a
variation of the photo-management tool on Google Plus, a social networking
service that has struggled to compete against Facebook since its 2011 debut.
“There has
been a renaissance in the thinking of what Google Plus is for,” said Bradley
Horowitz, Google's vice president of photos and streams. Google Plus will stick
around, Horowitz said, although it is likely to focus on bringing together
people who share common interests and hobbies instead of trying to connect
friends and family.
Horowitz
predicted Google Photos will free people from the hassles of managing their
picture and video libraries, much like Google's Gmail service eased the burden
of sifting through email boxes by offering larger storage capacities and a
powerful search engine.
Google
Photos is importing technology from Google Plus to automatically sort images
into common bundles tied together by a vacation destination, activity, or even
species of animal. Other tools will automatically create slideshows and albums
accompanied by music.
One of the
biggest challenges facing Google Inc. is whether it will be able to lure people
away from other services that have been around for years.
Apple has a
photo service that offers up to five gigabytes of storage for free and then
charges 99 cents per month for an additional 20 gigabytes. Yahoo's Flickr
service offers one terabyte of storage for free - enough to accommodate about
five photos per day for the next 60 years.
Source | Asian Age | 2 June 2015
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Pralhad
Jadhav
Khaitan
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