Google buys Picnik.com

By Matt Warman, Consumer Technology Editor Published: 1:14PM GMT 02 March 2010

Google has paid for absolute online photo-editing website Picnik.com

Google has acquired the photo-editing website Picnik.com. The purchase, involving an undisclosed sum, sees the poke hulk serve connect the move in to the online print marketplace that began with Picasa.

Picnik has often been praised as one of the most appropriate online print editors available, featuring in the Dailyhere, and predates the stream offerings from rivals such as Aviary and Photoshop.com. It is particular essentially since of the formation with amicable networks. Users can edit their photos online, save their changes "in the cloud" and afterwards share cinema rught away around Facebook or MySpace, for instance.

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In a matter on Picniks blog, the association pronounced "Google processes petabytes of interpretation each day, and with their worldwide infrastructure and world-class team, it is indeed the most appropriate home we could have found. Under the Google roof tiles we"ll reach some-more people than ever before, impacting some-more lives and creation some-more photos some-more awesome".

Googles own blog said: "We"re not announcing any poignant changes to Picnik today, though we"ll be operative tough on formation and new features. As well, we"d similar to to go on ancillary all existent Picnik partners."

Picnik now offers a free simple service, and afterwards charges for some-more modernized features. This is in line with Googles stream plan for the Apps apartment of online modifying programmes.