Comments on: Google Acquires Nik Software http://fstoppers.com/google-acquires-nik-software Video Blog for Creative Professionals Fri, 17 May 2013 23:33:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: Gokhan Cukurovahttp://fstoppers.com/google-acquires-nik-software/comment-page-1#comment-50826 Gokhan Cukurova Wed, 19 Sep 2012 13:10:00 +0000 http://fstoppers.com/?p=51970#comment-50826 Nothing for free. Apple is good but no angel :)
Google might turn Snapseed into Instagram type of thingy. Who knows. 

]]> By: CharlestonDavehttp://fstoppers.com/google-acquires-nik-software/comment-page-1#comment-50688 CharlestonDave Tue, 18 Sep 2012 11:38:00 +0000 http://fstoppers.com/?p=51970#comment-50688 Yes, that’s my point–the acquisition of Nik gives GOOG a product that competes with Instagram, shoring them up against Facebook.

]]> By: Darcy Erikson Ljunggrenhttp://fstoppers.com/google-acquires-nik-software/comment-page-1#comment-50685 Darcy Erikson Ljunggren Tue, 18 Sep 2012 10:03:00 +0000 http://fstoppers.com/?p=51970#comment-50685 snapseed is made by nik software

]]> By: Wouter van der Lindehttp://fstoppers.com/google-acquires-nik-software/comment-page-1#comment-50681 Wouter van der Linde Tue, 18 Sep 2012 08:52:00 +0000 http://fstoppers.com/?p=51970#comment-50681 Facebook -> Instragram
Google+ -> Snapseed (Niksoftware) 

Thats the whole strategy.. 

]]> By: clancy_yohttp://fstoppers.com/google-acquires-nik-software/comment-page-1#comment-50664 clancy_yo Tue, 18 Sep 2012 04:29:00 +0000 http://fstoppers.com/?p=51970#comment-50664 You do realise that google only bought Nik due to the popularity of their snapseed app… and they don’t really give a crap about the rest of their software.

]]> By: jonathan thorpehttp://fstoppers.com/google-acquires-nik-software/comment-page-1#comment-50650 jonathan thorpe Tue, 18 Sep 2012 03:11:00 +0000 http://fstoppers.com/?p=51970#comment-50650 snapseed on android :)

]]> By: George Sockahttp://fstoppers.com/google-acquires-nik-software/comment-page-1#comment-50624 George Socka Tue, 18 Sep 2012 00:42:00 +0000 http://fstoppers.com/?p=51970#comment-50624 google also baught Sletchup – and so far no ads. They made it better and made it free. But I see this as google’s Instagram

]]> By: R E Casperhttp://fstoppers.com/google-acquires-nik-software/comment-page-1#comment-50581 R E Casper Mon, 17 Sep 2012 19:46:00 +0000 http://fstoppers.com/?p=51970#comment-50581 Apple is notorious for acquiring outside patents and either assimilating them into the ecosystem as their own innovation (limiting competitor use), killing them off completely or at worst… simply picking them up as a legal measure to shore up lawsuits toward competitors that use similar tech.

]]> By: Ian Ludwighttp://fstoppers.com/google-acquires-nik-software/comment-page-1#comment-50567 Ian Ludwig Mon, 17 Sep 2012 19:01:00 +0000 http://fstoppers.com/?p=51970#comment-50567 So much for any hope of Silver Efex Pro 3

]]> By: ApexofMediocrityhttp://fstoppers.com/google-acquires-nik-software/comment-page-1#comment-50566 ApexofMediocrity Mon, 17 Sep 2012 18:50:00 +0000 http://fstoppers.com/?p=51970#comment-50566 This is most likely a catch up to Facebooks aquisition of Instagram. Hopefully they let the minds of Nik do their work, and just piggy back on their software coding.

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