Google Says Forced “Sharing” Is a Bug, Not a Feature

No, you don’t have to spam that AdWeek story to your pals before you read it. But somebody’s gotta pay something for this stuff, someday.
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Apple Preparing Upgrade to iCloud

Apple Inc. is preparing an upgrade of its online service iCloud that includes new photo-sharing features, according to people familiar with the matter.

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The Race: Build the Instagram of Video

Facebook Inc.’s $1 billion acquisition of photo-sharing start-up Instagram has shifted the spotlight to the newest phenomena in mobile apps: uploading personal videos from smartphones.

FaceTagram? InstaBook? Whatever You Call It, All Your Mobile Photo Are Belong to Facebook (for $1 Billion)!

Actually, it’s pretty simple: Photos. Photos. And, oh yes, mobile photos — lots and lots and lots of them.
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Clicking on a Fortune: Facebook to Acquire Photo-Sharing Start-Up Instagram for $1 Billion

A blockbuster exit for the popular and elegant mobile photo-sharing service.
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Eye-Fi Gets $20 Million in Funding, Looks to Mobile Phones for Growth

Eye-Fi, which made its mark with Wi-Fi SD cards for digital cameras, is eyeing the mobile market.
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Photobucket: Holidays Were All About Mobile Photos — And Fido

’Fess up: you took lots of holiday photos on your mobile phone this year, and/or you dressed your dog up as Rudolph for the annual greeting card.
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Samsung Smart TVs Get Sweeter With SugarSync

Turns out cloud service SugarSync is behind some of those Samsung “smart” TVs — which means users aren’t limited to sharing only from other Samsung devices.
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Airbnb Hires Former Yahoo Legal Eagle Belinda Johnson as General Counsel

Here’s the lawyer who’s going to write that ironclad lease — that promised espresso maker better be there! — for the lovely apartment in Italy we rented.
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Five Questions With Facebook’s Chris Cox