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Picasa 3.0 on the way

Anyone who uses Picasa to touch up and manage their photos will testify that it is a wonderful piece of software. I can't think of much that would make it even better, but maybe Google has been thinking hard enough to come up with some more really great features....

Tags: Google Picasa, Tools & Techniques, Management, Garett Rogers

Blog posts 2007-12-23

Picasa adds support for seven more languages

Google isn't satisfied with products that only work for English speaking users -- the world's information is stored in many languages, therefore Google spends much effort building support for them. Today Picasa added the following languages: Croatian Czech Greek Hungarian Portuguese Portugal Romanian UkrainianIn addition to these new languages, the software fixed several minor bugs including: A...

Tags: Google Picasa, Garett Rogers

Blog posts 2007-08-21

Picasa version 2.7 released

The new version was released to the public yesterday -- its still not available through auto-update yet, but you can get it by going directly to picasa.google.com and downloading the latest version from there. There is nothing much new -- its likely more of a bug fix release with...

Tags: Picasa

Blog posts 2007-04-26

Picasa now supports Vista

Google just released a new version of their Picasa photo management software that, among other things, includes support for Windows Vista. I have not used Vista yet -- and I dont plan on using it until I absolutely have to -- but when that time comes, Picasa will be...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, Google Picasa, Picasa

Blog posts 2006-12-08

Picasa Web Albums: no more 6GB accounts?

As the observant Blogoscoped readers spotted, a link that once prompted users to upgrade their 250MB Picasa Web account to 6GB has recently disappeared. Could Google be getting ready to make this upgrade free?It would be a welcome gesture if this is actually in the cards, but it could...

Tags: Google Picasa, Picasa Web

Blog posts 2006-07-05

Unlisted Picasa Web albums are being listed

The newest service from Google called Picasa Web Albums lets you upload photos as "public" or "unlisted" to a website viewable from anywhere. Until now, unlisted albums were just that -- but Philipp Lenssen discovered some by doing a simple search on Google.Even though the robots.txt file for Picasa...

Tags: Google Picasa, Picasa Web, Picasa Web Album

Blog posts 2006-06-18

PicasaWeb is getting close

Last week a change to the Picasa page had everyone talking about a Flickr-like service from Google. It is called Picasa Web, and though it has not been launched yet, the domain picasaweb.google.com now actually resolves -- which signals something will likely happen soon.Even though it says "not found"...

Tags: Google Picasa

Blog posts 2006-06-13

Google's answer to Flickr?

Spotted by one of the great Google bloggers, Philipp Lenssen, a link on the top of the Picasa site suggests a new feature is imminent -- Picasa Web Albums.This link points picasaweb.google.com, but as of yet there is still no trace of that site existing. I can only assume...

Tags: Google Inc., Google Picasa

Blog posts 2006-06-06

Picasa for Linux

Google just added a new link on their Google Labs page that says "Picasa for Linux". Right now, it simply gives us a 404 page when clicking the link, but this is still very good news for Linux users.Picasa is a pretty good photo organizer that has some built-in...

Tags: Google Picasa, Linux

Blog posts 2006-05-26

Picasa 2.2 released

Google has just released Picasa 2.2 -- the newest version of their software that lets you organise your photos. As for what's new, that's a bit hard to say because their "latest updates" page seems to be offline. From what I can tell though, everything appears to be...

Tags: Google Inc., Google Picasa

Blog posts 2006-01-27

Additional Resources

GMail adds "https:"-only connections but still not by default

Google has added a new "Browser Connection" feature to GMail to allow users to force e-mail sessions to always use the more secure "https:" protocol but, strangely, this is not turned on by default. In the Settings tab, at the very bottom, GMail users can now select...

Tags: Google Inc., Google Gmail, HTTP, E-mail Providers, Cloud Computing, Internet, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2008-07-25

Microsoft may need an IBM moment of clarity

Microsoft's financial analyst meeting was a tale of a technology conglomerate: You heard a lot about search, a decent bit about the enterprise and all sorts of projects in between. But amid all the coverage--see Mary Jo's laundry list of stories--I can't help but wonder if Microsoft's...

Tags: Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Corp., Enterprise, IBM Corp., Game Players, Virtualization, Tools & Techniques, Enterprise Software, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Management, Software, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-07-25

AOL gussies up for potential sale, but who's buying?

AOL is shutting down XDrive, AOL Pictures and other properties in a belt tightening move that may indicate the company is setting itself up to be sold. The larger question: Who will buy AOL from Time Warner? According to a memo posted by TechCrunch, AOL executive vice...

Tags: America Online Inc., Portals, Business Structures, Litigation, Internet, Finance, Business Operations, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-07-25

Click fraud in 2nd quarter of 2008 more sophisticated, botnets to blame

Whereas the overall click fraud rate isn't increasing, it's not decreasing either, remaining flat for the first two quarters of 2008, according to data gathered from the Click Fraud Network, consisting of more than 4,000 online advertisers and agencies. Click Forensics report for the second quarter of 2008, indicates that...

Tags: Click Fraud, RK West, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2008-07-25

Gallery: Google's Knol takes on Wikipedia

Google has unveiled its own "unit of knowledge" with a competitor to Wikipedia called Knol. Google's online encyclopedia promises to lend some credence by identifying the authors. by Andy Smith

Tags: Google Inc., Google Knol, Wikipedia, Online Communications, Andy Smith, Google, Knol, wiki, encyclopedia

Image galleries 2008-07-25

News to know: 'Spam king' dead; Microsoft's cloud; Dell;

Notable headlines: Ryan Naraine: Escapee 'Spam King' dead in apparent murder-suicide CBS Denver Video: 'Spam King' Inmate Dies Along With Wife, Daughter Mary Jo Foley: Ozzie foreshadows 'Zurich,' Microsoft's elastic cloud Microsoft to get more 'Apple-like' in PC,...

Tags: Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-07-25

Google's $10M, no, $100M Android Challenge

Google's $10M, no, $100M Android ChallengeI think that Google also needs to make their own self branded phone.They can not depend on existing manufacturers to do it for them. But, after the Google phone takes off, Google might decide to get out of the market.It will be many years before...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, phone, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-07-24

Google Digg = ?

Google Digg = ?My suggestionGoogligg!! Isn't it obvious?Well, you can stick "Micro" on the front of about anything, but, Googlejust does not work so well. Just like YouTube, Google will leave the Digg name intact and keep it separate, and only look for innovative ways to incorporate advertising."Gigglywankers"Digg...

Tags: Digg, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-07-24

Kaminsky suggests long-term fix will still have to be determined, but patch now, or pay soon

Kaminsky suggests long-term fix will still have to be determined, but patch now, or pay soonTTLSomething I wish I'd asked during the webcast and which I can't quite get my head around:It was said that setting a long TTL doesn't help because of the way delegation works - has to...

Tags: Domain names, DNS server, TTL, server, Kaminsky

Discussion threads 2008-07-24

Google's $10M, no, $100M Android Challenge

So does Google have anything up its sleeve, when it comes to the Android mobile communications platform? It better have. Because expectations keep getting lowered. And Apple keeps raising the ante, at least in getting attention for new mobile applications. According to a Forbes.com...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Developer, Google Inc., Phone, Mobile, Android, Advertising & Promotion, Telecom & Utilities, Marketing, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2008-07-24