Google Acquires Picasa, Now I Can Say It...
I've been waiting for an excuse to claim that Google was going to compete with Ofoto and everyone else in the photo handling biz, after all, it's one of the more intractable information/search problems we have, and it requires a massively scaled platform with sh*tloads of storage. Sound familiar? So today AP reports that Google purchased Picasa, which was Blogger's photo uploading partner. By the way, it's also an IdeaLab company, and IdeaLab is where Overture was born....so Bill Gross now has a bit of Google stock!
So now let me state the obvious: Google will compete in the photo management/storage/search/untangle-the-shoebox market. And by extension, let me state the not so obvious: I think travel is next.
Press release in extended entry below.
Tip o' the Hat: Andy.
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I was wondering how long it be until when we buy a digital appliance (camera, camcorder, TV, stereo) that we'll get a Google disc along with it. Or we might even get a choice (MSFT or Yahoo!)
Could one foresee a Sony / Google alliance (or similar)....perhaps it might be done at the core processor level - if that’s the case then get someone on the board quickly (hhmmm)
Hence to say anything digital we use or consume moving forward will need to be stored an accessed in an intuitive fashion, available anywhere anytime.
Can we really tie this down just to travel?
I can’t stop thinking about that darn Sony / Google alliance idea again……maybe one day?
wow, i found another shareware called Moderal Jukebox which is much similar to picasa, who is the next one interesting in it?
u may check it at www.moderal.com
Let's see. Google builds a search site, and then adds news, groups, email, photo sharing and now maybe travel.
Haven't we seent this before? Y****!
In the next move they will build a nice OS...
i'm sure it will make BILL go nuts :)
Maybe they should create a new OS. Windows and it never ending problems are driving me up the wall!!!
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