Google Says Goodbye to “Hello”
	This might come as sad news for some of you: Google will be shutting down Hello, Picasa's application used for sharing photos over the web. The Hello webpage will not be accessible starting with May15, this year. Hello has been part of the Picasa application ever since Google acquired the latter, back in 2004. clearly, Picasa users who are using the Hello service might have not expected this. For those among you how don&# ... [read more >>]
	09 May 2008, 03:58GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Google's orkut Gets a Major Storage Upgrade
	Google's orkut has recently received a new upgrade, which comes in the form of a larger storage space for the users' photos. This new upgrade is released eight months after October's latest increase of photo storage space. Back then, Google orkut proudly announced its users that they could upload up to 100 Photos in their orkut photo album. Many of the orkut users thought the new upgrade was not that much of a d ... [read more >>]
	07 May 2008, 04:49GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Picasa 2.7 Comes with Improved RAW Support
	Dan Kegel and Lei Zhang, Google Software Engineers, announced the release of Picasa 2.7 for Linux. The new version is packed up with features like web album upload and download, localization in many languages, folder hierarchy views, better RAW support and more. Picasa for Linux is actually the ... [read more >>]
	17 April 2008, 05:29GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Google Rolls Out Windows Mobile 6 Compatible Service
	Google has rolled out several mobile services until now but none of them was designed to work on Windows Mobile 6 devices. However, this needs some changes so, today, the Mountain View company officially introduces a Windows Mobile 6 compatible version of Picasa Web Albums, allowing users to view photos, slideshows or browse the community photos straight from their WM6 gadgets. "Today, we're launching another special ... [read more >>]
	03 April 2008, 02:21GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Picasa 2.7 for Linux Incompatible with Compiz
	OK, so we have a new Linux release from the team working at Google's Picasa. Let's see what's new. Well, Picasa 2.7 for Linux comes with almost the same features as Picasa 2.7 for Linux with a few Linux-only features. Before mentioning them, I must warn you that it's only a beta, so don't be too disappointed after running it. Getting back to the improvements, Picasa 2.7 for Linux comes with the popular &# ... [read more >>]
	10 December 2007, 05:00GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Photo Sharing Service in 38 Languages
	Picasa Web Albums or Google's photo sharing service is now available in 38 languages after the Picasa team included support for several new countries. Among the new ones, I can mention Bulgarian, Hindi, Slovenian, Filipino or Thai. In addition, Picasa Web Albums was improved with mobile support which enables the consumers to access their service anytime from any location. As you can see, the Mountain View company struggles t ... [read more >>]
	02 November 2007, 15:36GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

How to Manage Your Gmail Storage Size
	Recently, the Mountain View company Google received a new service which allows users to buy additional storage size for their account but is currently compatible only with Gmail and Picasa Web Albums. Because the purchased storage space addresses the Google account, you can use it for any service you need. But there is a problem. Some of the users are interested in using the Gmail storage size, the one offered for free by Google, ... [read more >>]
	18 October 2007, 15:16GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Google More Focused On Mac OS X, New Downloads Available
	Among the technologies powered by the super giant Google we can also find some downloadable tools which are supposed to be saved and installed on consumers’ computers. Picasa Web Albums Uploaders is just one of them but it also has something special: it is designed to work on Mac OS X, a feature owned by only a few Google technologies including Google Earth of Gmail Notifier. Today, the folks working for Picasa Web Albums Uploade ... [read more >>]
	16 October 2007, 03:24GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

More Photos for Google Fans
	Flickr, Photobucket, Kodakgallery... all of them have the same purpose: online photo sharing, allowing the users to upload pictures and store them on the web. These are the best known technologies in this category but what's more interesting is that Google doesn't own any of them. However, the super giant has a similar product, Picasa Web Albums, but this service is not yet adopted by so many users (well, not as many as ... [read more >>]
	03 October 2007, 14:11GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Seven More Countries Joining The Googleplex
	The search giant Google released an updated version of Picasa that brings several new goodies for all the users of the application. First of all, you should know that Picasa is now available in seven more languages: Croatian, Czech, Greek, Hungarian, Portuguese (Portugal), Romanian, and Ukrainian. If you didn't know, Picasa is a very useful software solution powered by Google that allows users to find, organize and share th ... [read more >>]
	23 August 2007, 06:31GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Google: 1 GB Just for Your Own Pleasure!
	This was quite a busy week at Googleplex when it comes to the storage size offered for the search giant's solution because everybody was talking about the recent program launched by Google. As you might know, the Mountain View company rolled out a new campaign that allows the interested consumers to buy additional storage space for their Google services. For example, you can buy 6 GB for $20 per year or 250 GB for $500 per y ... [read more >>]
	16 August 2007, 03:01GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Gmail Increases Storage Size to 9GB!
	Let's do a quick test. Login in to your Gmail account and scroll down to the bottom of the page. As you can see, there is a short green line that informs you about the Gmail storage size as well as the percentage of free space. "You are currently using 109 MB (3%) of your 2887 MB," it says in my case. Well, I'm one of the unlucky guys because it seems that Gmail is now offering up to 9GB (9,030 MB) of storage ... [read more >>]
	13 August 2007, 04:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Want More Gmail Size? Buy It!
	Gmail offers no less than 2.8GB of free storage size but sometimes it's not enough and the user is forced to look for alternatives. Until now, there has been a close competition between Gmail and Yahoo Mail, especially addressed to the storage capacity and, as far we can see, the Sunnyvale company has won it. Let me explain it better. First of all, Google has just rolled out a special campaign for Gmail and Picasa that allow ... [read more >>]
	10 August 2007, 02:42GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

What About Google Earth for Mobile Phones?
	Google Calendar, Gmail, Google Maps and Google. The common feature? They are all accessible from any handheld device but the mobile family is increasing as the parent company recently released Picasa Web Albums for mobile phones. What does this mean? Using this new flavor of the service you can access it from any location with a simple mobile phone connected to the Internet. In fact, you are able to do even more with your handhel ... [read more >>]
	28 June 2007, 06:55GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Google's Digital Photos Sent to 19 Countries
	Picasa is one of the downloadable applications powered by Google that is now available in 19 more languages beside the main version of the program. Still, the most used Picasa remains the old release that is currently installed on millions of computers, helping users to organize the photos, edit and add effects to the images and share the pictures on the Internet using Picasa Web Albums. The Mountain View company introduced langu ... [read more >>]
	05 June 2007, 03:53GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Google Debuts Flash Slideshows
	Picasa Web Albums was updated today with a new function that helps the album owners to create attractive slideshows and share them with friends. As you might know, Picasa Web Albums is an online photo sharing platform that allows all the users to upload their pictures on the servers, create albums, organize images and share them with other Internet users. Today, Google revealed one new function that brings improved functionality for the so ... [read more >>]
	18 May 2007, 05:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Updated Picasa Published for Free Download
	Google Picasa was quietly improved and released for free download although the Mountain View-based company didn't make any official statement concerning the update. According to the changelog published by the search giant, Picasa version 2.7, build 36.37 was released on April 24, 2007 with a few minor improvements. Along with the compatibility with Google Photos Screensaver, the new edition of the application offers an impro ... [read more >>]
	27 April 2007, 05:51GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Picasa Web Albums – Blogger Interoperability
	Yesterday, Google announced major updates for Picasa Web Albums, increasing the file storage size to 1 GB among with other interesting improvements. Today, the company reveals one more update for Picasa, adding interoperability with Blogger, the most popular blog service on the Internet. The blog owners are now able to view the uploaded photos using Picasa, helping them organize and manage the images with ease. “Head over to Picasa Web ... [read more >>]
	09 March 2007, 02:41GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Picasa Updated And Available Now!
	Picasa is a downloadable application provided by Google that is often regarded as the most efficient program to organize and manage numerous photos. As you know, the search giant also designed a web interface for Picasa that helps users manipulate photos using a simple online service containing powerful features implemented in the downloadable tool. Today, Google announces an improvement for Picasa Web Albums, increasing the storage size t ... [read more >>]
	08 March 2007, 02:53GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia