NEW DELHI: Tech giant google has now made it a lot easier for its users to preserve old photographs and family portraits in old photo albums with the launch of its new scanning app. Called the Google Photoscan, the app allows users to scan and digitise physical photographs with high quality results.
According to the technology company, the reason for coming up with an app like this was due to a high and un-catered to demand among internet users.
“We all have those old albums and boxes of photos that are some of our most treasured memories. Such as photos of your grandma when she was young, or of your childhood pet, and even that hairstyle you wish you could forget. But we just keep thinking about scanning the photos to preserve these moments, but never really get around to it. Well, here is an easy option,” Google stated.
Google had also recently released five new products tailor made for the Indian market — including one product designed to bring free Wi-Fi to the world.
The new India offerings had include new video app YouTube Go, the Google Assistant in Hindi inside messaging app Allo, data-saving features on Chrome and faster browsing for Google Play on 2G connections.
Google PhotoScan meanwhile, is a brand new standalone app from Google Photos that can easily scan any photo from anywhere.
The app is available for free for Android and iOS devices from their respective app stores. The app can also detect edges, straighten the image, rotate it to the correct orientation and remove the glare. It can scan photos using the camera built into the user’s smartphone’s in a way that removes glares and shadows, improving the overall quality.
The app also enables the transfer of photos to and from the cloud library of the user as the app works with Google Photos.
Microsoft, IBM among 11 firms shortlisted for central government’s cloud service
Empanelling 11 firms including Microsoft, IBM, state-owned BSNL and Tata Communications to provide cloud services, the government on Wednesday said that it would not give any preference to any of the providers including BSNL. “Government has selected 11 companies for the provisional empanelment of Cloud Service Offerings of Cloud Service Providers,” Minister of State for IT and Law PP Chaudhary said in Lok Sabha.
The eleven firms include Microsoft Corporation (India), Hewlett Packard Enterprise India, IBM India, Tata Communications Limited, BSNL, ESDS Software Solutions, Net Magic IT Services, Sify Technologies, CtrlS Data Centers, Cyfuture India and Web Works India. Under cloud services, companies provide storage, softwares, computing capability through remote location generally on pay as per use model. Earlier, the government has been using cloud services from National Informatics Centre and also set-up a cloud project MeghRaj under it to meet its computing requirement.