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we've entered an age where camera apps are bragging about blurry photos I'm Bridget Carey and this is your CNET update Google created its own camera app for Android users to download and one feature may make it worth downloading it's called lens blur and it can blur the background of an image after you've taken the photo in the app once you take a photo you're prompted to slowly move your camera up and that way the app can calculate the depth of field around your subject when the photo is saved it offers the option for a blur effect by tapping the part that you want to stay in focus post editing the focus of photos is a new trend we're seeing in some smartphone cameras Nokia's Lumia 1020 can do it and so can the new HTC One m8 which comes with two cameras on the back to create that effect this new Google camera app is only available to some of the newest Android phones with KitKat 4.4 operating system but Google says it plans to release it for more devices in time smart phone cameras are getting better but some days you may want to use a real camera and getting your photos off your camera into your computer to share on social media can feel like a bit of a chore that is unless your camera has Wi-Fi or an SD card that gives your camera Wi-Fi that's the magic of i-5 mobi it's a memory card that automatically transfers your photos to your computer mobile phone or tablet and ëifí just introduced a way to sync and save all your photos online with ëifí cloud service and you can choose to share your photos with a link to your album or just an individual photo if--like cloud is free for 90 days but unlimited storage is $50 a year ëifí Wi-Fi is a bit of a mouthful but here's a story that's easier to explain it's about the simpsons fans of The Simpsons are geeking out over news that there will be a special Lego episode airing on May 4th where all the characters will be Lego fied into the blocky universe Legos are a lovable childhood toy but what if our smartphones were more like Legos that's sort of what Google is working on with project ara it's a smartphone with detachable bricks with one piece being the battery another piece might be the camera and you would swap out parts to upgrade or combine different parts of various sizes so if a battery is more important to you maybe it'll be larger and take up two slots and your memory would just take up a smaller slot Google announced it wants this phone to go on sale in January of next year for around $50 that's your tech news update you can head to cnet.com for more details on these stories and be sure to follow along on twitter from our studios in New York I'm Bridget Carey