Google Photos Puts Dropbox, Box on Notice with Unlimited Photo Storage, Pushes Deeper into VR

May 29, 2015 Marco | Editor

Google is rapidly pushing cloud storage into commodity territory with a new Photos app that gives users unlimited photo storage for images with a resolution of 16-megapixels and under. The app was announced at Google’s I/O developer conference.

Photographers shooting images at higher resolutions can opt to have Google automatically resize their images to stay in the free tier or to use Google’s existing paid storage plans for their digital negatives. Google plans start at $2/month for 100GB and $10/month for 1TB.

The new Photos app is largely aimed at consumers who have photos dispersed chaotically among a growing number …read more

Via: PDN Pulse

Marco | Editor

Editor and founder of a bunch of stockphoto businesses

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