Technology moves fast. But, Google has been moving a lot faster than usual to shut down projects. Let's take a look at the recent history of Google's media sharing subsidiary Slide. Google bought Slide for $182 million a year ago (August 2010). Slide went public with two photo sharing mobile apps this month.


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Google's Photovine has been in a private beta mode for a few months now. It became open for use by anyone who registers for the service this week. Photovine lets people create arbitrary themes and then have other people contribute photos related to that theme.PhotovineAfter creating my account, I browsed a series of sets of photos with a variety of themes and then tried creating one of my own. It was a simple as choosing a photo from the library on my iPad and then providing a theme name.After u [...]

Read More: Google Photovine Open to Everyone Now. Doesn’t Play Well With Other Googlely Things

The L.A. Times notes with, perhaps, some surprise that the Google Photovine app was launched first for the iPhone and not Android.Google launches Photovine app for Apple's iPhone, not AndroidMy guess is that Google will integrate Photovine into either Android's bundled Gallery app or the Google+ app. So, what exactly is Photovine? Here's the description Google provided on its iTunes App Store product page: Photovine is a fun way to learn more about your friends, meet new pe [...]

Read More: Google Photovine App for iPhone Available. Where Are the Invitations?

Google is providing a bit more information about its Photovine iPhone app and service. It placed a video up on YouTube that shows people contributing photos from their iPhone that more-or-less fits the theme of "warm and fuzzy."PhotovineYou can also "Request and invite" to the service from its home page. I requested an invitation and received an email that read:Hi Todd Ogasawara,Thanks for your interest in Photovine! We've received your email and added it to our [...]

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