Photos tools //

Minicompressor //

Monday, November 9, 2009

Easy Image Compression

When you’re trying to email photos or upload them to a website, large file sizes can get in the way. Minicompressor is a handy little desktop app that makes it easy to shrink your pictures down to a more manageable size.

User Interface

4.5 stars

Usefulness

4 stars

Innovation

2.5 stars

Cost:

7.50 CAD

Overall Rating:

3.7

Dropico //

Monday, October 19, 2009

Drag and Drop Your Photos

Keeping up with multiple social networking sites can be a pain. Dropico is an app that claims to make it easier to manage photos over multiple social networking sites with a nifty drag-and-drop interface.

User Interface

4 stars

Usefulness

2 stars

Innovation

3 stars

Cost:

Free

Overall Rating:

3.0

Pixlr //

Friday, September 4, 2009

Free Online Drawing and Photo Editing

Drawing software can be expensive! Why pay for what you can get for free? With Pixlr, you can either draw freehand or import a photo to edit using a range of different tools.

User Interface

4.5 stars

Usefulness

4 stars

Innovation

2.5 stars

Cost:

Free

Overall Rating:

3.7

Picwing //

Friday, July 10, 2009

Give Your Photos Wings

There are lots of photo-sharing websites out there, but Picwing may be the only one that caters to web-savvy geeks, their parents and their grandparents, allowing you to share photos online and automatically mailing out physical copies to your friends and family.

User Interface

4.5 stars

Usefulness

4 stars

Innovation

3.5 stars

Cost:

4.95 per month for one recipient, or .19 per print

Overall Rating:

4.0

LiveWIM //

Thursday, June 25, 2009

Location-Aware Photo Sharing From Your Phone

Have you ever come across a stash of old vacation photos, only to find yourself unable to remember exactly where they were taken? LiveWIM has a solution-simply take your pictures on your GPS-enabled cell phone, and you can upload them along with the date and your location.

User Interface

4 stars

Usefulness

4 stars

Innovation

3 stars

Cost:

Free

Overall Rating:

3.7