{"id":741936,"date":"2013-03-15T09:01:13","date_gmt":"2013-03-15T13:01:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gigaom.com\/?p=620960"},"modified":"2013-03-15T09:01:13","modified_gmt":"2013-03-15T13:01:13","slug":"samsung-partners-with-blurb-to-let-users-order-physical-photo-albums-from-the-galaxy-s-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/741936","title":{"rendered":"Samsung partners with Blurb to let users order physical photo albums from the Galaxy S 4"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Samsung is partnering with self-publishing company Blurb to let users order physical photo albums directly from their Galaxy S 4 phones.<\/p> <p>The Story Album app comes pre-installed on the Galaxy S 4, Samsung&#8217;s new smartphone that was <a href=\"http:\/\/gigaom.com\/2013\/03\/14\/live-blog-samsung-unveils-the-galaxy-s-4\/\">unveiled Thursday in New York<\/a>. The app auto-generates a layout from a user&#8217;s smartphone photos. 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