Apple is finally killing iPhoto — and this is the replacement

YOU NEED TO READ THIS NOW Feb 05, 2015 ► VIDEO Apple is finally killing iPhoto — and this is the replacement Photos for OS X, the modern photo library that Apple built from the ground up for Mac computers, is making its debut. A developer seed version of Photos is being distributed to developers today, the company said. It will be followed by a public Photos beta, with the final Photos product delivered to Mac users as part of a free software update this spring. FEATURED STORIES Keurig's attempt to 'DRM' its coffee cups totally backfired You know Keurig’s machines. The company's squat black coffee brewers have become fixtures in offices, hotels, and homes around the country, as have garbage cans heaped with the spent plastic pods they use. Purely on the strength of those machines — or more accurately, the relatively expensive pods they use — Keurig transformed its parent company, Green Mountain Coffee, from a small regional brewer to a major corporation doing over $4 billion in sales each year. The best reason to own a new PC is to play five-year-old games I recently upgraded my PC. It’s an expensive and irritating process, so I wanted to justify the money and time. Recent graphic showcases were boring and buggy and instilled an irksome sensation that I’d made a mistake. On a whim, I downloaded a handful of my favorite games from the previous generation. ► VIDEO This train absolutely decimating untouched snow is our simile of the day You may apply this train obliterating snow as a simile for your life.

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