Picasa 3.9 finally has great integration with Google+, allowing you to easily upload and share photos on the service and tag friends. Even if you don’t use Google+, you might want to download the update for new editing features. More »
One of the basic things new computer users want to learn is how to upload and share photos with friends and family. You can help those unfamiliar with photo sharing on Flickr, Picasa and Facebook by forwarding them these simple instructions. More »
The free 1GB of storage you get with Picasa Web Albums will now stretch a little further: a change in the way usage is calculated means that small image files and videos don’t count towards the total. More »
A new feature in Google’s Picasa image management application, which is incredibly good at identifying faces, allows you to set Google Contacts photos for every contact you have a picture of in a couple clicks. More »
Windows/Mac: The most noticeable update to Google’s photo-editing software is “Face Movies”, or videos of particular contacts that keep their face framed in one spot. But there’s also desktop editing through Picnik and far better Picasa Web Albums integration. More »
Google was built by geeky programmers, and geeky programmers have a great sense of humour. For evidence, look no further than the weird range of bonus features hidden in Google’s search and other products. More »
You can now edit photos directly in Picasa Web Albums. In March, Google bought online image-editing tool, Picnik. Today the fruits of that purchase make their way into Picasa Web Albums, the online photo-sharing app integrated with Google’s desktop Picasa application. More »
Picasa is a great photo manager with loads of features and a very high ease-of-use factor. If you regularly take screenshots however, you’ve likely noticed an annoying “feature”—a disk-gobbling screenshot function you can’t turn off. Let’s fix that. More »
Google today announced that they’ve acquired Picnik, a great web-based image editor we’ve featured in the past. They’re not doing any significant changing up to the service just yet, but it’s a safe bet they’ll integrate some of its features into their photo-sharing app Picasa sometime in the near future. [Official Google Blog]