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Posted by Roger Trias i Sanz, Panoramio Software EngineerSince we know the Picasa community takes great photos of beautiful places, we’re happy to announce that you can now easily upload your photos to Panoramio, a Google-powered site for exploring pla…

Posted by Ping Chen, Software Engineer While thousands of lucky fans get to experience the excitement of the Games live and in person, most of us will only be able to watch from afar. This year, we’ve created a special Picasa Web Albums gallery so p…

Posted by Justin Zaren, Software EngineerFor many of us, the best part about taking photos is sharing them with others. Today, with the launch of Google Buzz, we’re giving you a new way to share and view photos online, and start conversations about the…

Posted by Chao Yang, Software EngineerIn the past year, we’ve added several advanced search options for finding public photos in Picasa Web Albums. To help you find the right photo, you can filter your search by aspect ratio, size, photos vs. videos, …

Posted by Kelvin Ho, Nexus One Product Manager and Soujanya Bhumkar, CEO and Co-founder, Cooliris Managing your media on a mobile phone can sometimes be cumbersome – many phones have cameras that make it easy to take photos and record videos on the g…

​Posted by Peter Harbison, Product Marketing Manager, Google Docs​If you missed the announcement earlier this week, the good news is that Google Docs is rolling out the ability to upload, store and organize any type of file. This new feature means …

Posted by Thomas Kang & Jon Wray, Software EngineersA helpful feature of Picasa Web Albums is that when you view photos, they’re automatically resized to fit your browser. We always display the largest-size photo that will fit inside your browser w…

Posted by Susanna Leng, Software EngineerIn August, 2009, we released collaborative albums for Picasa Web Albums, making it possible for multiple people to add pictures to the same album. Since the easiest way to upload to Picasa Web Albums is using th…

Posted by Scott Johnston, Product ManagerGoogle Sites lets you easily create, update and collaborate on your own site – no technical know-how required. And now you can easily add photos from your Picasa Web Albums to your sites, instead of having to ma…

Posted by Brian Axe, Product ManagerWe’re happy to report that the new version of Picasa 3.5 is compatible with Windows 7. We’d also like to provide some guidance for people who switch to Windows 7 from Windows XP or older versions of Windows, as you’l…

Posted by John Gardiner, User Education and Outreach We re-designed the import experience in Picasa 3.5 to make it easier to organize your photos, right when you download them from your camera. Now when you click “Import,” you can control exactly which…

Posted by Todd Bogdan, Software EngineerToday, we are pleased to announce Picasa 3.5, a new version of our free photo editing software for Mac or PC. Picasa 3.5 has name tags and uses the same technology that powers name tags on Picasa Web Albums. With…

Posted by Thomas Kang, Software EngineerAfter a recent trip to Yosemite, I was frustrated to see my traveling companions share their photos in three different online albums on three different photo-sharing sites. What we really needed was a single albu…

Posted by Lei Wang, Software EngineerI took a vacation to Baja Sur a couple months ago, camera in tow. When I got back, I narrowed 500+ shots down to the 50 touched-up photos that I thought really spoke about the trip. I uploaded them to Picasa Web Alb…

Posted by Simon Han, Software EngineerAn engineer on our team, Ping, has over 700 Picasa Web Albums Fans. Each of these Fans has signed up – by clicking “Add to Favorites” – to be notified each time he uploads new public content. In this way, the uploa…