Photobucket Digital Photo Sharing

CBS News Tech division explores the simple pleasures of the Photobucket digital photo sharing service. Since digital cameras revolutionized photography, people everywhere have wanted to show off their shots to a wide audience on the Internet, and Photobucket is one of the more popular online photo sharing services available due to their integration with various social networking sites. Other online digital photo sharing services include Picasa, Flickr, Snapfish and Shutterfly.

The Wonders of Digital Photo Sharing

LOS ANGELES, May 15, 2008 (CBS) At the risk of stating the obvious, digital photography is one of the great revolutions of our time. By eliminating the cost of film and developing, and making cameras cheaper, smaller and more readily available, the technology has sparked a renaissance in photo taking.

Now that most cell phones have built-in cameras, digital cameras are literally everywhere and always with us. Even those of us who don't think to pack our cameras when we leave the house, probably have a camera thanks to cell phones.

One of the biggest changes brought about by digital photography is the way we show off our pictures. Until a few years ago, the only way to share photos was through prints, but most digital pictures taken today are never printed. Many, I suppose, are also never shared, but those that are shared with others are often viewed on a screen rather than on paper.

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