Spyder Veteran Posted July 14, 2004 Veteran Share Posted July 14, 2004 Interesting! Picasa is an amazing app for sorting out all your digital photos. Google Inc. today announced it acquired Picasa, Inc., a Pasadena, Calif.-based digital photo management company. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed."Picasa enables users to easily manage and share digital photographs, and its technologies complement Google's ongoing mission to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful," said Jonathan Rosenberg, vice president, Product Management. "Picasa is an innovator in the field of digital photography, and we're excited that the Picasa team is joining Google." Picasa was founded in October 2001. In May 2004, Picasa announced a technology partnership with Google's Blogger service to make publishing digital photos with Blogger faster and easier. Further product integration plans have not been announced. Picasa users will not experience any interruption in service. http://www.google.com/press/pressrel/picasa.html (ps. i did a search on "picasa" first before posting and didnt see anything) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/190399-google-acquires-picasa/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Djmutik1013 Posted July 14, 2004 Share Posted July 14, 2004 Picasa is pretty much like the apple software iphoto. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/190399-google-acquires-picasa/#findComment-2487142 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bakerster Posted July 14, 2004 Share Posted July 14, 2004 iPhoto is sluggish on the macs :/ Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/190399-google-acquires-picasa/#findComment-2487149 Share on other sites More sharing options...
null_ Posted July 14, 2004 Share Posted July 14, 2004 Google will soon control the digital world. :p Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/190399-google-acquires-picasa/#findComment-2487157 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spyder Veteran Posted July 14, 2004 Author Veteran Share Posted July 14, 2004 ,Jul 14 2004, 15:09] iPhoto is sluggish on the macs :/ fortunately Picasa is anything but slow. I've used both iPhoto and Picasa and can't say I agree with the similarity. If you haven't tried Picasa, I definately recommend trying it :) I'm hoping the new ownership will push this program forward quicker than its currently moving. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/190399-google-acquires-picasa/#findComment-2487166 Share on other sites More sharing options...
russellc Posted July 14, 2004 Share Posted July 14, 2004 i use it for all my photos...i remember i got it some time ago when Radish suggested it in some thread :p ...its a great program Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/190399-google-acquires-picasa/#findComment-2487173 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bush Posted July 14, 2004 Share Posted July 14, 2004 everything's great, i agree. but imagine, if some day google wouldn't exist anymore? total bummer. world war 3.2 omfg Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/190399-google-acquires-picasa/#findComment-2487180 Share on other sites More sharing options...
macster Posted July 14, 2004 Share Posted July 14, 2004 (edited) Look like a pretty nice app Some good competition against iPhoto would be good for us :) Edited July 14, 2004 by macster Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/190399-google-acquires-picasa/#findComment-2487199 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Djmutik1013 Posted July 14, 2004 Share Posted July 14, 2004 http://www.picasa.com/picasa/ Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/190399-google-acquires-picasa/#findComment-2487238 Share on other sites More sharing options...
XanDaMan Posted July 14, 2004 Share Posted July 14, 2004 ,Jul 14 2004, 20:09] iPhoto is sluggish on the macs :/ Er, not anymore... :no: :no: :no: Does this mean it'll go free? Ala blogger as well? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/190399-google-acquires-picasa/#findComment-2487268 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hankyone Posted July 14, 2004 Share Posted July 14, 2004 yeeepi!! a cool searchbox one the software UI!! :D :p Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/190399-google-acquires-picasa/#findComment-2487358 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yazoo Posted July 14, 2004 Share Posted July 14, 2004 Picasa is a great app on the PC and iPhoto is great on the Mac. I use both extensivley, and I find no similarity between the 2 except they both handle images. p.s iPhoto hasn't been sluggish for a long while, you may want to install the updates. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/190399-google-acquires-picasa/#findComment-2487410 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted July 14, 2004 Share Posted July 14, 2004 how will this be integrated into google? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/190399-google-acquires-picasa/#findComment-2487494 Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowgoon Posted July 14, 2004 Share Posted July 14, 2004 Picasa = Hello Hello can post to a Blogger powered site. Google buy Picasa - er... haven't they just bought part of themselves or something?? I'm confused!! Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/190399-google-acquires-picasa/#findComment-2487584 Share on other sites More sharing options...
threetonesun Posted July 14, 2004 Share Posted July 14, 2004 It would be great if it went free now ... Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/190399-google-acquires-picasa/#findComment-2487859 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BroChaos Veteran Posted July 14, 2004 Veteran Share Posted July 14, 2004 hmm, i just hope they don't ruin it... Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/190399-google-acquires-picasa/#findComment-2487869 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hidea Posted July 14, 2004 Share Posted July 14, 2004 (edited) I think they know how to create good business, soon... some people will be hatin' google for taking over everything (similar to M$'s story) :p Edited July 14, 2004 by Hidea Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/190399-google-acquires-picasa/#findComment-2487872 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toxikk Veteran Posted July 14, 2004 Veteran Share Posted July 14, 2004 great, i love this software. i thought oyu didnt like it spydie?! Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/190399-google-acquires-picasa/#findComment-2488194 Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnlennon Posted July 16, 2004 Share Posted July 16, 2004 Just noticed a link to this software called Piscasa on Google.com, looks like some kind of photo Organizer.. Picasa works with the digital photo files on your PC to create a better, more organized viewing and editing experience. Picasa will not delete or move the location of pictures saved on your PC. http://www.picasa.com/google/?promo=hpp1 Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/190399-google-acquires-picasa/#findComment-2496895 Share on other sites More sharing options...
imtoomuch Posted July 16, 2004 Share Posted July 16, 2004 You mean an ad? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/190399-google-acquires-picasa/#findComment-2496904 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Post-It Note Posted July 16, 2004 Share Posted July 16, 2004 Lol! :laugh: It's just a google ad. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/190399-google-acquires-picasa/#findComment-2496912 Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnlennon Posted July 16, 2004 Share Posted July 16, 2004 You mean an ad? it says its part of google Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/190399-google-acquires-picasa/#findComment-2496925 Share on other sites More sharing options...
FatCat Posted July 16, 2004 Share Posted July 16, 2004 what? so now picasa 1.6 is completly free? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/190399-google-acquires-picasa/#findComment-2496929 Share on other sites More sharing options...
imtoomuch Posted July 16, 2004 Share Posted July 16, 2004 it says its part of google Hrm, you are right. I clicked on the link and saw that. I have no idea then. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/190399-google-acquires-picasa/#findComment-2496937 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Post-It Note Posted July 16, 2004 Share Posted July 16, 2004 Hey you're right... www.picasa.com goes to www.picasa.com/google Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/190399-google-acquires-picasa/#findComment-2496952 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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