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Filed under: Photo, Google, Social Software, BlackBerry, web 2.0

Sneak Peek: Picasa for Blackberry allows geotag of images, much more

Over at Berryreview.com, they've had a chance to scope out the new Picasa Web Albums Uploader for Blackberry. While the older "version" of Picasa for Blackberry was just a glorified landing page, this new application has plans to do a lot more:

  • Add any picture to the correct album, add tags, or adjust its size prior to uploading
  • Upload any picture to Picasa Web Albums
  • If you're using a BlackBerry smartphone with GPS capabilities you can also geotag images so that people who look at your pictures can tell where they're taken. (Of course, it will only list the location at which the photo was uploaded, so if you upload a picture of that alien aircraft you snapped at Area 51 after you get home to Kennebunkport, your friends will think your photo is a fraud). To properly geotag an image (and avoid disbelief), you should complete the uploading process from the same location the picture was taken.
No release date as of yet, but if you want to be the first to know, you can become a member of the Blackberry Owners Lounge, and they'll let you know as soon as Picasa for Blackberry is available.

[Via Berryreview.com]

Filed under: Photo, Web services, Imaging Tips

Easily upload iPhoto pics to Picasa Web Albums

If you're an iPhoto user and want an easy way to upload your pictures from iPhoto to Picasa Web Albums (Google Photos), then check out Google's Picasa Web Albums Exporter iPhoto plug-in. The plug-in is available as part of a package from Google's Mac tools site (if you don't use iPhoto, you can use the standalone Web Albums Uploader program to upload your pictures to your Picasa albums). Once installed, open iPhoto and either select an album or specific photos you want to upload. Then click File -> Export and choose the "Picasa Web" tab. The plug-in lets you upload the selected photos to a new album, which it will then create for you with a title and description that you can specify, or to one of your existing albums.

The plug-in makes short work of sharing your iPhoto pictures via your Google account. It even allows you to choose how to scale your photos during the upload (better quality, faster upload, actual size) which is helpful if you're on a slow Internet connection. The plug-in will also add any keywords or descriptions you've added in iPhoto to your Picasa Web Album!

Filed under: Fun, Photo, Web services, Google, Social Software

Take your pictures wherever you go with Google's Picasa Web for Mobile

google launches picasa web albums for mobileShowing off pictures on your mobile device just got a whole lot easier with Picasa Web Albums, and care of the innovative team at Google.

Google has just announced that they have launched the first version of Picasa Web Albums for mobile devices. When in the mobile Picasa, photo albums are tiled across your screen, clicking on them expands into the set, broken down into chunks of 12 (auto resized to your screen - 12 were shown on a Blackberry) that can then be expanded and saved to your device. You can also keep track of your friend's photos by selecting "My Favorites" from the home screen. You can also post a comment on their photos

The website can be accessed on your mobile device through a web browser by visiting http://photos.google.com and entering in your credentials.

For more information you can check out http://www.google.com/mobile/photos/ (down at time of posting)

Filed under: Fun, Internet, Web services, Google

Map your photos with Google's latest feature in Picasa Web Albums

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No more forgetting where you took that picture on your vacation, Google has now made it possible for users to pinpoint the exact places they took their photos by mapping photos.

A new feature called "Map My Photos" was released on Tuesday in Picasa Web Albums, lets users show exactly where on a map pictures were taken. When creating an album, fill out the Place Taken field, or drag and drop individual photos straight onto a map. It's that simple.

You can then share these maps with friends either through Picasa Web Albums or through Google Earth (by clicking on the "View in Google Earth" button on the top right). Google has set up a test gallery you can take a peek at.

Filed under: Design, Internet, Blogging, Google, Social Software

Picasa Web Albums introduces embeddable Flash slideshows



Look out Flickr, Picasa Web Albums just dropped a fancy new feature that makes it all too easy - and sexy - to share photo albums. Google's web-based photo sharing service has introduced an Embed Slideshow feature that offers a snippet of code one can easily use to display an album on their website or blog. It's pretty flexible too: five size options are available, ranging from Small 144px wide all the way up to Extra-extra Large at a whopping 800px wide. Captions can also be toggled on and off, and it's all wrapped up in a pretty Flash slideshow movie with controls that only pop up when you mouse over it.

This is a great feature that should definitely turn some heads towards Picasa (including Mac users, now that they offer a free iPhoto plugin), though their 1GB (and growing!) free storage limit is still a little too constricting. Sure, the service offers commercial upgrades with more yearly space, but those prices are a bit on the 'spensive side considering how far and fast storage costs are dropping as of late.

Filed under: Internet, Photo, Windows

Google Picasa updates and moves out of beta

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On Wednesday, Google pushed its digital photo application Picasa out of beta, with many new updates. The Picasa Build 32.91 updates include:
  • Sharing photos online though Picasa web albums
  • Choose how folders are displayed in Picasa, though a nested folder view, or date view.
  • Importing photos into an existing folder.
  • Choose between four presentation views for screensavers.
  • Tell Picasa where you shot each photo, and geotagging ads some nice integration with Google Earth. KMZ files can be exported and shared with others.
  • Thumbnails appear larger and clearer.
  • RAW formats and more camera models are supported.
  • Caption editing has been updated.
  • Starred photos get organized into a special album.
  • Buttons can be configured to the user's specifications.
Google has also added a Tools > Experimental menu where users can test out features that Google is working to develop. Sorry, but Picasa is currently only available for PC and Linux downloads at the moment.

I love Picasa, and use it daily to organize, view and store my digital photos. Over the past few months I have been experimenting with the Picasa Web feature, and I have to say, it's a great tool to use to send digital pictures to family and friends for viewing anywhere, and display them in a nice online gallery.

Filed under: Features, Google, Googleholic

Googleholic - August 4th 2006

googleholicThe Video Issue. In this issue we cover:
  • Google Demo Reel
  • Google Click Fraud: The Movie
  • The Secret of Google's Search Engine
  • Google's First TV ad
  • Vint Cerf on Net Neutrality
  • Google is looking for a Chef in Chelsea
  • What News sources does Google index?
  • Picasa Web Albums
  • Gpokr

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Forumwarz - a potentially offensive time waster

I pwn UAfter spending the better part of an hour on Forumwarz I still can't decide if it's just sick or if it's kind of fun. It's a bit like a car wreck on the highway. I know I shouldn't be looking but I can't quite turn away.

It's sick, it's twisted, it's the internet on it's worst level and darn it, it's kind of fun. At least for a little while.

Forumwarz is a parody role-playing game that takes place on the internet - or at least the Forumwarz version of it. Your goal is to complete missions that are given to you through a mock up of GoogleTalk called Sentrillion.

Your first "friend" is ShallowEsophagus who begins giving you missions to pwn various forums by being a troll. Depending on the character type you are assigned at start up, you have tools like drooling on the keyboard or bashing your head on the keyboard that you can use to destroy forum threads and eventually, pwn a forum.

Future missions involve buying illegal software from the Russians, pwning more difficult forums and other internet oddness.

Completing missions gives you cash, called Flezz in game, and items that you can pawn or use in other missions. The game is NOT for those easily offended. It's crass, coarse and there are frequent f-bombs in the fake chat sessions.

This is also a game for a more mature audience as it requires you to shop at the Drugs R Fun store to get various concoctions to improve your playing, engage in certain cyber activities to get more Flezz and just generally use a more adult perspective.

If you can get past that, here are the more enjoyable and time-wasting aspects.

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