Dutch startup SoSocio has raised $600,000 in second round funding from a European consortium of private investors to expand the reach of its Facebook Photobook application. The app lets users create digital and paper-based photo books and cards out of their social snaps. The consortium of investors is led by VC Brooklyn Ventures from The Netherlands, which also funded SoSocio’s first round. → Read More
It’s not just for Android anymore. Facebook has figured out how to enable background auto-uploads and is now testing Photo Sync with a few iOS users. A tipster got us a screenshot and Facebook confirms iOS Photo Sync is a continuation of its two-month old test for Android. It could box out Google+ Instant Uploads and get people to share more photos — Facebook’s lifeblood. → Read More
Facebook is taking photo curation to next level. You can now favorite your own photos to make them appear 4X larger in a revamped Photos section of your profile. The redesign that rolls out over the next few days also sees a much better navigation system that first brings you to “photos of you” or whomever’s profile you’re on, instead of a list of albums.
The update doesn’t automatically… → Read More
If you’re sick of interrupting your news feed reading to open and load photos, you’ll like a new Facebook mobile site, iOS, and Android app redesign rolling out today that makes photos three times larger. Shares of single photos now look a lot like Instagrams, as they appear full width so there’s less need to stop and open them. Meanwhile the bigger previews of photo albums will help you instantly… → Read More
Facebook Photos just keeps on getting better and better. A couple weeks ago, it started supporting high-resolution uploads. And now there’s also drag n’ drop for when you are organizing your photos. The drag n’ drop feature brings Facebook Photos closer to the look and feel of a desktop app, as do some of the other advanced features.
Facebook Photos also has a better photo viewer now, which… → Read More
Yesterday, Facebook held a developer’s garage event at their headquarters in Palo Alto. To kick things off, CEO Mark Zuckerberg took the stage to talk a bit about the history of Facebook. Notably, he focused on Facebook Photos as being a key catalyst that led to everything the social network is today.
He noted that when they launched the product, they didn’t have all of the features that their… → Read More
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