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Facebooks photo transfer tool opens to more users in Europe, LatAm and Africa

Fb is continuing to open up get access to to a knowledge porting tool it presented in Eire in December. The tool lets shoppers of its group transfer pictures and motion pictures they have stored on its servers without delay to another image storage supplier, harking back to Google Footage, by way of encrypted transfer. A Fb spok…
Facebook is continuing to open up access to a data porting tool it launched in Ireland in December. The tool lets users of its network transfer photos and videos they have stored on its servers directly to another photo storage service, such as Google Photos, via encrypted transfer. A Facebook spok…

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