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Create high-quality scans with a free smartphone app

Sometimes you don't have the luxury of being able to devote an afternoon to scanning a batch of old photographs using your computer's scanner. You might be visiting family, or come across a treasure trove of pictures in a public place. The obvious tool for the job here is your smartphone's camera, but how can you ensure the quality of the photos that you take?

The answer lies in a free iOS and Android app from Google called PhotoScan (). In this month's

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