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Layoffs expected at Disney Interactive

According to a report in the Wall Street Journal (paywall), The Walt Disney Company’s video game division, Disney Interactive, will soon shed “several hundred” employees. The gaming unit, which current employs around 3,000, has had its ups and downs over the years. Their line of… Read More »Layoffs expected at Disney Interactive

El Capitan Hosting Valentines Day Magic with Blank: A Vinylmation Love Story

One of my major Disney obsessions are Vinylmations! So the latest news telling us that Disney has taken Vinylmations to the next level by introducing a new stop motion animated short film (38 minutes) has a multitude of fans, myself included reeling. Disney Interactive’s newest… Read More »El Capitan Hosting Valentines Day Magic with Blank: A Vinylmation Love Story

Disney’s It’s A Small World Web Series Great for Tots

Disney Interactive’s online video series “It’s A Small World” aims to help younger kids learn about very the diverse cultures of planet Earth, pick up a few words of Spanish, and, hopefully, develop an appreciation for others who may be dealing with problems they can… Read More »Disney’s It’s A Small World Web Series Great for Tots

Disney Interactive to Shutter Three Virtual Worlds

In less than a month Disney Interactive will pull the plug on three of its MMORPG online virtual worlds. Pixie Hollow, Pirates of the Caribbean Online, and Toontown Online will all close for good on September 19, 2013. If you have an account you can… Read More »Disney Interactive to Shutter Three Virtual Worlds

Disney Kills another App after purchasing Company

The Walt Disney Company has confirmed that the Vlix App has been terminated. Vlix was sort of like Instagram for video instead of photos until Instagram became Instagram for video itself. Hard to compete with that. Disney purchases its developer Spotmixer about a year ago… Read More »Disney Kills another App after purchasing Company

Disney Infinity Adds News Worlds

It’s not even released yet and Disney Infinity is already expanding the movie roster to include two of this summers big films, Monsters University and The Lone Ranger. Similar to Activision’s Skylanders game, Disney Infinity will contain stand alone games based off each new movie… Read More »Disney Infinity Adds News Worlds

Disney and EA to Roll Out Star Wars Battlefront, First Game in New Partnership

Last month Disney Interactive announced that they would be joining forces with EA to produce Star Wars video games for core gamers. The first title to emerge from that partnership is Star Wars Battlefront. The game is expected to combine stunning visuals, incisive gameplay, and… Read More »Disney and EA to Roll Out Star Wars Battlefront, First Game in New Partnership

New Disney App Puts Storytelling In Your Hands

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The old photographer’s saying goes “the best camera for the shot is the one you have with you.” With more than half of the US now possessing a mobile phone with digital camera built in, the phone has become the camera fo choice for many. This is evidenced by the plethora of apps out there that allow you to take, modify, and share your photos in all sorts of ways.

Disney Interactive may be a little slow out of the gate, but they have announced their own photo based sharing app. It has an emphasis that’s core to the Disney experience – Story. In fact, that’s the apps name.

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Story allows you to quickly assemble storybooks of your daily experiences. You choose a theme, add a few narrative bits of text, and select the photos or video you want to include, then Story makes it available to share and view via mobile or web device.

“When we become moms, our iPhone instantly becomes the go-to device to capture the spontaneous moments of family life. Before we know it, we have thousands of photos and videos on it,” said Brooke Chaffin, senior vice president, Disney Interactive Family. “With Story, we’ve created a easy-to-use app that takes this content and creates meaningful narratives and stories that can be shared with friends and family with just a few taps.”

You are allowed up to 20 photos and two short videos in each story. It reminds me a bit of the digital scrapbooking software that was popular a few years ago, but really stripped down to the essentials.

Story features:

  • Effortless Storytelling: The Story App automatically finds the moments in the Photo Library on your iPhone or iPod touch, based on when and where your photos and videos were captured.
  • Creative Freedom: Users can simply select a moment to share immediately, or personalize it with their own captions, pages of text, themes and layouts.
  • Quick, Selective Sharing: With just a couple of taps, stories can be shared via e-mail or Facebook. They are visible in any browser to invited friends and family on Story.us. Stories can also be embedded on your website or blog.
  • Preservation: All stories created are saved in the app and backed up by iCloud for future viewing and editing.

Alas Story by Disney is only available for iOS devices (iPhone or iPad) at the moment. I hope Disney Interactive realizes its ignoring more than 54% of the mobile phone market (myself included) by not having an Android version too.

I’ve embedded a sample Story to explore below the jump:

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