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Google acquires CloudReady OS that turns old PCs into Chromebooks w/ plans to make official offering

December 16, 2020
Neverware lets you turn old PCs and Macs into Chromebook-esque devices through its CloudReady OS. While primarily aimed at schools and enterprises, a free “Home” edition for everyone is available. Google has now acquired Neverware and CloudReady with plans to integrate it with Chrome OS. The news was quietly announced by Neverware on Monday afternoon. It comes after Google invested in a…
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Google One’s 10, 20, & 30TB plans get 50% price cut, now starting at $49.99/month

December 16, 2020
Last month, Google announced that Photos would drop free unlimited backups as part of cross-service changes to storage that also impacts Docs/Sheets/Slides. This means that more people will be paying for cloud space, and Google One is now getting a significant price cut on higher-tier plans. Moving forward, Google One’s 10TB plan is $49.99 per month from $99.99, which is what the 20TB tier now…
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70-Year-Old Photos Found on Ancient Leica Film Roll Spark Global Hunt

December 15, 2020
A camera collector recently discovered photos on a roll of film shot with a vintage Leica camera. The images, which seem to show a couple’s travels through Europe, are estimated to have been shot around 70 years ago, and they’ve sparked a worldwide hunt for information about the couple and the locations. Nearly 7 years ago, Irish camera collector William Fagan purchased a Leica III camera that…
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Regarding Photographs: Reading Photos I

December 15, 2020
This is the third essay in this series, and it begins a smaller sequence of notes running over the ways we as viewers make sense of pictures. We spend, I think, too much time thinking about what happens before and during the making of a picture, but not enough on what…
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Google Photos Can Now Turn Your Shots Into 3D Cinematic Images

December 15, 2020
Google Photos is rolling out a new feature it is calling Memories, which lets viewers “relive the moments” from photos uploaded to the platform by transforming them into 3D cinematic images. According to a blog post, using machine learning, Google Photos predicts an image’s depth and produces a 3D representation of the scene, even if the original image doesn’t contain any depth…
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