digital photos

Easy (and private) photo sharing

How do I share photos, let me count the ways: Blogging (a bit of an endeavor), Facebook (doesn’t offer enough privacy), and Flickr (a bit overwhelming for the occasional photo share). Is there a perfect way to share photos easily (and privately) with select groups.. and can I do it from my smartphone? Check out

Hard drives that super size your devices

My favorite movies, music and photos live on hard drives.  But I like to enjoy them on my tablet or smartphone.  Unfortunately, my hard drives and devices don’t play well together— tablets don’t typically make it easy to connect to a drive, and there’s often not enough space to copy over everything you need anyway.

Share piles of photos and videos for free

Sending a photo or a video every now and then is doable.  Sending a day-at-the-zoo pile of photos and videos to two sets of grandparents, and aunt and a couple uncles?  Now that can be a pain.  Email’s definitely not the way to go— and your phone’s native software will put a cap on how

Archive your family history

Opening a shoebox of old photographs is like unlocking the door to your personal history, flooding your senses with the moments (and the occasional misguided outfit) that shaped who you are. That’s assuming, of course, that you can find the shoebox somewhere in the depths of your garage. Or it’s not in your great aunt’s

Two ways to digitize your old photos

By far one of the most common questions we get is “What do I do with all my old photos?” Frankly, we’ve all got shoeboxes full of them too, so we went off in search of a solution. First, if you’re only looking to digitize a small batch, maybe around 100, then there are lots

Frame your photos seconds after snapping them

When you look around your house it’s probably filled with beautiful framed pictures from when your daughter was a baby or special events like your wedding. The problem is that your “baby” is now a fifth-grader now and you’re celebrating your 15th anniversary next month. Most of us stopped printing pictures when we made the

Our 2011 Holiday Gift Guide

SPONSORED VIDEO: Ready, set, shop! The holidays are upon us and it’s time to get in gear and start finding the perfect gift for everyone on your list.  No pressure, right?  Well, don’t stress, Twirlers— if there’s one thing we know for sure here at Digitwirl, it’s that tech can help make anyone’s spirit a little

Want to sync and back up your files? Drop everything.

Between home computers, work computers, Smartphones, Netbooks and Tablets chances are you’ve needed something from one device when you’re on another. Or, you spend tons of time emailing documents, files and pictures to yourself so you can access them elsewhere. Not only is it annoying, but it’s completely unnecessary. If you want to be able

Transfer your digital pictures in a flash with Eye-Fi

Remember the dark ages of snapping family photos? Buying film, taking it to be developed and cringing at all the shots of you with your eyes closed. Bet you thought when you got a digital camera things couldn’t get much easier than that. So did we. Until we discovered the Eye-fi wireless camera card. This