Google set to free Photos from Google once and for all

Google is gearing up to launch a photo-sharing service independent of Google+, a new report suggests.

According to Bloomberg, the company is building a photo tool that will not only retain the functionality of Google+ Photos, but also allow users to directly post pictures to other social networks such as Facebook and Twitter

The news comes just one week before Google's annual I/O developers' conference in San Francisco, where the company would have a major stage to officially launch its service.

Considering how Google has long struggled with getting people interested in Google+, spinning off a separate photo-sharing site wouldn't come as a huge surprise. Read more...