For Instagram, a Photo-Editing System of Uncommon Power - NYTimes.com: "The service is rolling out a set of powerful new tools to let users quickly and easily enhance the images they post for others to cry over. Unlike the Polaroid-style photo filters that have been a hallmark of Instagram since it was founded in 2010, the new tools allow users to minutely customize a picture’s brightness, contrast, highlights, shadows and several other imaging characteristics using intuitive on-screen controls."
Google’s Robots Are Solving the Biggest Problem in Modern Photography | Gadget Lab | WIRED: " . . . . Still, even with the missteps (which are easily corrected), Stories are exquisite. This is Google doing what it does best: organizing all the world’s information in a very literal sense. It’s taking your past, putting it together into a narrative, and rescuing it from the tyranny of file folders."
Official Google Blog: Google+ Stories and Movies: memories made easier: "To get started with Stories and Movies, simply back up your photos and videos to Google+. And that’s it. Auto Awesome will get to work in the background, and you’ll get notified when a story or movie is ready. In fact: if your photo library is already online, you may already have stories waiting for you. So look for the new app in Google Play, view the full list of improvements on Google+, and enjoy your walks down memory lane." Follow @jmpPLUS
Patatap: Patatap is a portable animation and sound kit. With the touch of a finger create melodies charged with moving shapes. Warning: contains flashing images.