Browsing articles in "Multimedia – Photos, Audio and Video"
May
21
2013

Flickr free = 1 terabyte; Pro accounts killed

Flickr - 1terabyte

Flickr, owned by Yahoo!, has announced that all free users will now get 1 terabyte of free storage. This comes a few days after the announcement by Google to unify its free storage across its services to 15Gb. At Flickr, we believe you should share all your images in full resolution, so life’s moments can be relived in their original quality. No limited pixels, no cramped formats, no memories that fall flat. We’re giving your photos room to breathe, and you the space to upload a dizzying number of photos and videos, for free. Just how big is a terabyte?…

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May
10
2013

YouTube adds Paid Channels. Any takers?

YouTube Paid Channels

Over the past few years, YouTube has gained a strong presence in the video world. It’s one of those services that Google has bothered to develop versus others which have been neglected post acquisition. Yesterday, YouTube announced the launch of paid channels as a pilot programme with a small group of partners that will offer paid channels on YouTube. There are currently 53 channels available for subscription including Big Star with subscription fees starting at $0.99 per month. Every channel has a 14-day free trial, and many offer discounted yearly rates. I don’t see anything that tempts me yet to…

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Mar
22
2013

How Do Music Recommendation Services Work

Music Recommendation Services

We love listening to great music. Great music keeps our nerves calm, our brain fully awaken and stimulates our soul. No matter how far we’ve come in the journey of evolution we still crave for great music that resonates with our hearts, and will for sure even hundred years from now on. With the development of the technology the way we listen to music, the way we discover music and everything about music has revolutionized, and as a result we have been exposed to millions and millions of tracks by millions of artists. Finding the songs that match our personal…

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Nov
27
2012

Create sketches from your photos with Photo Sketch

Photo Sketch

Who doesn’t love a beautifully sketched photo?! In today’s digital age with mobile phones with cameras, sketching is an art best enjoyed with artists. But, with technology, you get several software and apps that let you convert your existing photos into cool sketches. Photo Sketch is an Android app that allows you to easily make wonderful pencil sketches from your camera pictures in an instant. Photo Sketch makes cool and fun Pencil sketch art drawing by applying sketching camera effects and filters to your photos, which you can then share on instagram or Facebook or twitter and on other photo…

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Nov
13
2012

7 free apps to listen to radio on your Google Nexus 7

Nexus 7

Last week we covered 7 apps to check email on your Nexus 7. With both the 16Gb or 32Gb, you have sufficient storage space for your music files. However, if you’re looking to listen to something different and are wanting for choice, then radio is an excellent choice. In this post, I’ll cover some of the popular radio apps you can install on your Google Nexus 7 or any other Android smartphone or tablet. TuneIn Radio This is my favourite radio app. TuneIn gives you access to music, sports and news from every corner of the earth, with over 70,000…

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Oct
24
2012

Convert your audio, video and image files with Format Factory

Format Factory

If you find yourself frequently loading your iPod or Blackberry or any other portable device with audio and videos from CDs or DVDs, you’ll find the need for a multimedia converter. Format Factory is a free Windows audio, video and photo converter that supports a large range of formats for encoding and ripping. The software a wide range of multimedia formats including conversion to MP4/3GP/MPG/AVI/WMV/FLV/SWF and MP3/WMA/AMR/OGG/AAC/WAV. You can rip movies from DVDs and save them into these formats ready to be loaded onto your portable device. It also allows you to convert your image files to and from JPG/BMP/PNG/TIF/ICO/GIF/TGA,…

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May
8
2012

Get DVD Slideshow Builder Standard FREE this Mother’s Day

Looking for an easy yet impressive way to burn your photos to DVD or share photos online? With Wondershare DVD Slideshow Builder Standard, literally drop-in your favorite photos and music, add built-in cinematic effects with a click and instantly create a compelling photo slideshow complete with title menu, soundtrack and even special effects. Key features: Add filters like negative and black and white, adjust brightness/contrast, remove red-eye and much more Drag-and drop-text captions, clipart and audio Add special transition effects like wipes and fades Choose from an array of Intro/Credit templates to create a movie feel Create photo slideshows in…

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Apr
28
2012

iSkysoft DVD Creator for Mac

Want to burn videos to DVD for play with Mac’s DVD player? The hard drive disk is stacked with tons of video files? A DVD creator would be a great help. Burning videos to DVD not only lets you play video on TV, but releases free space on your hard drive. iSkysoft DVD Creator for Mac is one of the best DVD burning software on the market. It helps you convert all popular video formats (AVI, MP4, MPG, MPEG, 3GP, WMV, ASF, RM, RMVB, DAT, MOV, FLV, etc.) to DVD and burn to DVD disc for play on home DVD…

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Apr
5
2012

Create picture collages easily with Picture Collage Maker Pro

Picture Collage Maker Pro is a powerful and easy-to-use program for creating photo collages and digital scrapbooks from your digital photos to share with friends and family. This Easter Edition contains 16 brand new stunning Easter templates. It allows people to make delightful Easter cards that they can freely share with families and friends. Key features include: With 100+ various templates provided to make digital photo collages, scrapbook, greeting cards, posters, calendar, photo album for any occasion, like Birthday, Easter, Christmas, Thanksgiving, Wedding, etc Support drag and drop photos onto collage. It comes with a large collection of beautiful picture frames and masks that…

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Dec
20
2011

Christmas giveaway: Wondershare Video Editor

It’s the week before Christmas and the internet is heating up with some giveaways. We present you one such giveaway by Wondershare. Now, you can get a copy of Wondershare Video Editor for free ($39.99 value). Wondershare Video Editor is a powerful video editing software. Wondershare Vivideo, an easy-to-use video editor with all the video editing tools you need, allows you to create Hollywood-like home movies with text, filter, motion and transition effects from all regular videos, audios and photos. Besides, you can directly upload your video to YouTube for sharing with family and friends, save videos for playback on…

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