According to foreign media reports, Google announced Monday it has acquired a company called Picnik is an online photo editor, which is the third acquisition of the company in three weeks. PC764
Google Blog Picnik Monday confirmed the news. However, neither party disclosed the terms of the agreement.
Picnik is Flash-based service photo editing has been created, users can upload images through the local hard disk, or directly by the software to open stored in Flickr, Facebook, MySpace and Google Picasa Web Albums images. Although Google already has a Picasa photo-editing features, but it must be able to obtain the software by downloading the corresponding function. Google hopes to provide users with Picnik online photo editor. A1175
Picnik was one of Start People only 20 companies. The company was founded in 2005, is headquartered in Seattle, has developed a Firefox and Chrome plug-ins for browser which can help users to import an image editor. The publisher provides, including crop, resize, rotate automatically correct, remove red eye and other traditional functions of image editing, but also have effects.
Google and Picnik have not disclosed the plans for future development. Picnik through the blog, said: “Short term there will be no change, but Picnik now than ever before to have more potential. Our team from scratch to build a Picnik, to the future continue to develop a powerful editing features photo and make the operation simpler and clearer, and humorous.Sony VGP-BPL2 , Then please look forward to our future launch of a new range of features. ”
In 2004, Google bought Picasa.