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This Photo will Self Destruct in 10-9-8…

by Barbara J. Feldman February 25, 2013
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In a world where everything you post online is archived somewhere and saved for eternity, a photo sharing app that destroys your photos/videos within seconds of being received has some appeal. Snapchat is the leader in this field (it was recently the third most popular free photo app in iTunes) and Facebook has a competitive, [...]

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How to Turn Photo Stream Off

by Barbara J. Feldman February 12, 2013
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Photo Stream is an Apple cloud syncing feature of iOS that automatically uploads your latest 1000 photos to iCloud, and shares them across all your iOS devices, and with specified friends and family. While the feature can be cool, it can also be creepy, knowing that no matter what you photograph, it is also being [...]

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Create a Personalized Wallpaper Slide Show

by Barbara J. Feldman September 24, 2012
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It is really easy to create a wallpaper slide show of your favorite family snapshots in both Windows and Mac. First up, we tackle Windows. To view the Mac tutorial, just scroll down or click here. Windows In Windows 7, click on your desktop, and choose Personalize. Choose Desktop Background Slide Show, and chose a [...]

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How to Use Dropbox to Share Family Photos

by Barbara J. Feldman September 20, 2012
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Dropbox is one of my favorite cloud storage platforms because of the variety of tools they offer that make it dead simple. Reasons Why Here’s a rundown of reasons to use Dropbox: 1) They have software for all the major computer platforms (Mac and Windows) that allow you to use Dropbox as a local folder. [...]

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How to Send Photos to Dropbox from Your Phone

by Barbara J. Feldman June 12, 2012

Does the photo gallery on your smart phone just grow and grow and never make it your desktop computer? Android phone users can make use of the easy-as-pie photo sync feature of the

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How to Suppress Images on Pinterest

by Barbara J. Feldman March 6, 2012

Pinterest has answered the cries from webmasters who didn’t want their images showing up on the popular bookmarking site. To stop pinners, just insert the following meta tag in the head section of any page you want to block from Pinterest: <meta name=”pinterest” content=”nopin” />. For more about Pinterest and concerns of copyright infringement, read [...]

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