Luminous Landscape Forum
The Art of Photography => The Coffee Corner => Topic started by: plugsnpixels on May 19, 2013, 02:24:18 am
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The tentacles tighten... (http://googleplusproject.blogspot.com/2013/05/new-google-stream-hangouts-and-photos.html)
"We think everyone should be able to make beautiful photos, so today we’re launching a set of initiatives aimed at improving your photos automatically — basically your camera, plus Google’s cloud."
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Interesting (and not a little disturbing).
Your link is broken: try this (http://googleplusproject.blogspot.com/2013/05/new-google-stream-hangouts-and-photos.html). The relevant bit is towards the bottom of the page.
Jeremy
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Thanks, all fixed.
I wonder if Nik technology figures into this?
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Well, in the text they say that this project is one of the reasons why Google invested on Nik, so I will say yes, they are probably using Nik tech in the background...
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Not sure how relevant that article is to this audience as it assumes the only 'camera' you own is your phone.
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Aside from the camera issue, LuLa members surely use Nik software and privacy rights affect every photographer.