Media Tech

  Make on-the-fly changes and edit videos with Google Photos. (Image credit: Google Photos) After crossing the one-billion-user mark in July 2019, Google Photos is now the most popular media management tool for Android. It comes pre-installed on most smartphones and tablets, so you may already be using it to manage the entirety of your photo collection without knowing.  Google Photos has a neat offering that lets you sync an unlimited number of photos with the cloud as long as you are using the “high quality” option. It lets you add filters, readjust photos, and make collages—but did you know that it also comes with an in-built video editing function?  In this article, we will look at how to use Google Photos to edit video. You can also check out our buying guide for more information on  the best video editing software . How to use Google Photos to edit video: Preparation You can use either the mobile or web version of Google Photos to access its video editing f...

I was in college when Facebook launched in 2006, and one of my cousins had sent me an invitation to join it. Soon after that, the social media platform became my de-facto app for storing my photos and videos. Even when my laptop crashed, I was pretty cool with the whole scenario because Facebook had all my choicest memories safely stored. Yeah, I used Facebook like cloud storage, and in the process, I managed to spam my friends’ timeline pretty well. Fast forward a couple of years, and Facebook became almost synonymous with scandals and data privacy issues. Be it the Cambridge Analytica data scandal or the more recent password breaches, and all these have left a scar on Facebook’s image. Plus, the fact that Facebook knows more about me than my husband does, and clearly, it was not a comforting fact. And hence it was only natural that I (like  millions of others ) was looking for a way out. Though the process is rather easy, the thoughts of all those phot...