Author: Clinton

Google has quietly released an update to the web version of Google Photos today with the main improvements having to do with editing and cropping.  The first change has to do with improving editing speed while switching between photos.  To this point, if you wanted to edit a photo, you would have to go into edit mode and the back out of that mode if you wanted to go to another photo and edit it.  That’s gone with this update.  Now you can stay in edit moved as you move between photos on Google Photos, increasing the speed at which you can edit photos while decreasing the number of clicks.

Google’s developer conference, Google I/O, will be coming up on May 18-20th in Mountain View, California and starting next week you can register for the event.  Earlier today the company rolled out the conference website where you will be able to register for the opportunity to attend.  That’s right, just because you register doesn’t mean that you will actually get into the event.  Tickets, as you can imagine, are extremely limited even at their $900 price tag.

Microsoft has released an update to OneDrive, their cloud storage app & service, for Android that brings a much improved photo sync capability to your phone or tablet.  The updated version is build 3.9.1 for those keeping score at home and it is available now in the Google Play Store.  The entire update seemingly is focused on helping you make sure that the photos you have on your device get sync’d up, not just those you take with your phone’s camera.  Let me explain.

Today over on Amazon, you can pick up a great deal on the Alcatel IDOL 3.  The 5.5″ display device comes unlocked and ready to work on GSM carriers here in the United States for only $179.99.  That is $100 off the retail price of the phone and while it was recently replaced with the IDOL 4, it is still an outstanding device for this price.  The IDOL 3 will work with both AT&T and T-Mobile so you will have 4G LTE coverage and it comes with a US warranty so you have some support should anything ever go wrong with it.

The wait for Asus owners to see Android Marshmallow come to their devices trudges on but it looks like next quarter is the light at the end of the tunnel.  According to a post made in the Asus Zen Talk user forums, a long list of devices are expected to see the Android 6.0 update in Q2 2016.  That means really anytime from April through to the end of June.  Yes that’s a big window but it is at least a target and it is likely, given the number of devices they plan to update, Asus will roll them out over the entire quarter.

It looks like those of you who ordered your new Galaxy S7 or S7 Edge from T-Mobile are going to get your shiny new toy a little early.  Various users on Reddit have reported that they have received shipping notices from the carrier with some devices shipping as early as today.  This is well ahead of the launch date of March 11th which I reported last week when pre-orders began.  The shipping dates appear to have been confirmed by T-Mobile reps with these Reddit users and there are big number of them reporting this.  It looks like it is a go.