Getting the Most from Google's 15 Gig

Google accounts now use a shared pool of storage. Every account gets 15 GB of free space, which is shared across your Gmail, Google Drive, and Google+ Photos. But certain types of files don't count towards your storage quota. See article for how Google manages your storage and how you can free up space.

Best Apps - Photos in the Cloud

With all the cloud services offering free and low cost photo and file storage, it is difficult to decide where or which service is best for you. This article provides a good overview of the top ten apps and the best features and shortcomings of each. Remember: never depend on the Cloud for your primary photo storage. 

Using Picasa to Move Photos from Your Camera to PC

We have reviewed many tools for managing digital photos. Picasa is one photo edting tool that is on the top of our 'best' list. It is free, it is relatively simple and has many editing features most will not use.. Click this link to understand how you can download photos from your camera to your PC using Picasa. For Step by Step instructions see our Member's Guide.

Find and Delete Duplicate Photos

Searching for how best to remove the mass of extra (duplicate) photos I have on my PC, I came across several 'duplicate image removal' programs. I decided to see what was available besides manually sorting photos by Date Taken and viewing each photo. Two programs worth noting are VisiPics and Auslogics. After seeing the algorythms and control VisiPics offers I decided to use VisiPics. Note: walk though the VisiPics Tutorial a couple times.