The company announced a bevy of new photography features at an event is San Francisco, including improved searching through photos and editing tools. by Richard Nieva October 29, 2013 10:26 AM PDT (Credit: Screenshot by Ed Rhee/CNET) SAN FRANCISCO -- Google's social network probably hasn't had as much fire power as the company would like -- especially now that Facebook is a large public company and Twitter is on its way to being one, and both are rich in cultural cache -- but Google+ has got steady footing in some sets. Photographers, in particular, have embraced the service, and on Tuesday, Google doubled down on their pull to the social network, adding a bevy of photography tools to the service. The company on Tuesday gathered press and attendees to NWBLK, a warehouse here that had been transformed into a gallery, with vibrant photos hanging on the walls taken by Google+ users. "We are not building a service for lightweight sharing," said Vic Gundorta, senior vice president of engineering at Google. He added that the service is "revolutionizing the field of photography." The new features include new new algorithms that let users search more easily through big dumps of photos, and better backup for photo files. With the app Snapseed, users can add HRD filters that automatically fix and brighten photos in low light. Related posts Wind Mobile posts, then deletes Nexus 5 details on Facebook Google ready to charge into smartwatch fray, Journal says Google reportedly speeding up Glass rollout Google's game plan has been to sprinkle Google+'s social features throughout all of the company's different services. Earlier this month, the company announced an initiative that would allow it to use people's Google+ photos and comments, as well as other data culled from Google's ecosystem, in advertisements. The company has also targeted writers and other content creators, using information from their Google+ profiles to tie them them to their work when they are searched online. Developing. More to come...
The company announced a bevy of new photography features at an event is San Francisco, including improved searching through photos and editing tools.
SAN FRANCISCO -- Google's social network probably hasn't had as much fire power as the company would like -- especially now that Facebook is a large public company and Twitter is on its way to being one, and both are rich in cultural cache -- but Google+ has got steady footing in some sets.
Photographers, in particular, have embraced the service, and on Tuesday, Google doubled down on their pull to the social network, adding a bevy of photography tools to the service.
The company on Tuesday gathered press and attendees to NWBLK, a warehouse here that had been transformed into a gallery, with vibrant photos hanging on the walls taken by Google+ users.
"We are not building a service for lightweight sharing," said Vic Gundorta, senior vice president of engineering at Google. He added that the service is "revolutionizing the field of photography."
The new features include new new algorithms that let users search more easily through big dumps of photos, and better backup for photo files. With the app Snapseed, users can add HRD filters that automatically fix and brighten photos in low light.
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Google's game plan has been to sprinkle Google+'s social features throughout all of the company's different services. Earlier this month, the company announced an initiative that would allow it to use people's Google+ photos and comments, as well as other data culled from Google's ecosystem, in advertisements.
The company has also targeted writers and other content creators, using information from their Google+ profiles to tie them them to their work when they are searched online.
Developing. More to come...
