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RealNetworks today announced the RealTimes Stories SDK, a toolset that will help developers and network operators extend multimedia services to their own customers. RealNetworks has partnered with Synchronoss Technologies to help distribute RealTimes Stories globally.Earlier this month, Verizon Wireless rolled out an update to its Verizon Cloud App for Android devices with a new feature called Smart Albums. Smart Albums can pick through the thousands of photos and videos users store online and automatically create albums based on time, data, location, and event details. Moreover, the Smart Albums can be customized with filters, video and music selections, and then shared by Verizon customers around the web. RealNetworks' RealTimes Stories is the engine that makes Verizon's Smart Albums tool run.The RealTimes Stories SDK, available today, includes the API necessary for developers to access photos and videos stored in their own cloud products and create photo/video montages. The idea is to help consumsers solve an age-old problem: too many photos, not enough time. RealNetworks says RealTimes Stories is able to pick the "best moments" from consumers' photos/videos to instantly create engaging narratives.