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Facebook adds shared photo albums for collaborative memory making

Google+ may not be the premier destination for photo sharing, but its devotees know just how wonderful Party Mode’s collaborative albums are. Facebook is bringing a little bit of that magic to its much more popular platform through shared photo albums. The feature, which was built during a company hackathon, allows up to 50 people to contribute to a single album and upload up to 200 pictures each. To ensure that the albums don’t become a chaotic mess, only the creator can alter the privacy settings of the album (public, friends of contributors and contributors only) and only he or she can modify or delete photos at will. Contributors will only be able to…

Posted on by Terrence OBrien
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Why Instagram wants to straighten your photos

Instagram has been adding new features to its app to help users create better photos. It’s no longer enough for it to be just another photo-sharing social network — we’ve moved past that. But in order for it to scale, Instagram needs to add new tools and features to not only enhance the quality of images shared, but also to maintain the appeal of its service. On Monday, the Facebook-owned company offered up some insights into what it’s doing. In a blog post, software engineer Alex Restrepo shared some thoughts on why Instagram’s straightening tool came into being. As it turns out, finding ways to auto-straighten photos had been something the company had discussed for a while…

Posted on by Ken Yeung