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Mobile App Bump Can Now Push Photos to Your Desktop

Mike Isaac in Mobile on May 24 at 6:00 am PT

Bump Technologies launched a new Web site feature on Thursday morning, allowing Bump’s mobile app users the ability to share smartphone photos to their computers by physically bumping the phone against the PC keyboard. The photos are hosted online, and users can choose to download the images to their hard drive or share them using a short URL. Previously, Bump’s mobile app allowed for sharing photos and contact information between mobile phones, but not directly to a computer.

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Facebook Tweaks Mobile News Feed, Photos

Mike Isaac in Social on May 14 at 1:45 pm PT

Facebook on Monday introduced a minor redesign to its News Feed product for mobile phones, changing the way photos and posts are displayed on users’ handheld devices. The tweaks come as Facebook continues to figure out a solid way of monetizing mobile access to its app, a method of entry more and more users are shifting to, according to the company. Among the changes are a 3x increase in photo display, as well as full-bleed status updates and posts.

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Mark Zuckerberg Gives a Facebook Photo App a Big Thumbs-Up

Peter Kafka in Social on March 6 at 3:00 pm PT

Here’s a new photo service you’re going to hear a lot more about in the very near future. Friendsheet describes itself as “an amazing new way to browse your Facebook photos.” On Tuesday afternoon, it garnered an endorsement from Mark Zuckerberg himself, via a “like” that some 12 million people will see in their Facebook feeds. AllFacebook has more.

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Kodak Selling Online Photo Business to Shutterfly for $23 Million

Lauren Goode in News on March 1 at 2:15 pm PT

On the heels of filing for bankruptcy and saying it would stop making cameras, Eastman Kodak said today it would sell its Kodak Gallery online photo services business to Shutterfly for $23.8 million. Users’ photos will be transferred to Shutterfly’s site.