Google Acquires Odysee, group Joins Google+
with the aid of Laurie Sullivan, (February 10, 2015)
Google has received Odysee, and the platform team in the back of the app will subscribe to the team of developers at Google+. The photograph backup and sharing app allowed iOS and Android app customers to robotically again up their pictures and videos to their residence pc or to a cloud server from their smartphones.
The acquisition fuels rumors that Google will separate its picture services from Google+ to supply as stand-alone apps, possibly with help from Odysee’s crew. In a note on the company’s web page, the crew explains it will continue to work on constructing out instruments, but the features will fortify Google+. On the corporate’s website online, the Odysee workforce thanks its customers. “that will help you with the transition, the Odysee service will proceed till Feb 23rd and soon after that your whole images and movies might be available as a downloadable archive,” per the corporate’s web page.
adding options to avoid wasting pictures offline and better control of how individuals share footage are logical additions that would assist differentiate Google images from different competing photo products and services, per experiences. the gap continues to get a bit crowded with players like fb’s Instagram, Yahoo’s Flickr, and Dropbox vying for attention.
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