Picasa

Picasa was a cross-platform image organizer and image viewer for organizing and editing digital photos, integrated with a now defunct photo-sharing website, originally created by a company named Lifescape (which at that time was incubated by Idealab) in 2002. "Picasa" is a blend of the name of Spanish painter Pablo Picasso, the word casa (Spanish for "house") and "pic" for pictures.

Picasa
Original author(s)Lifescape, Inc.
Developer(s)Lifescape (Google)
Initial releaseOctober 15, 2002 (2002-10-15)
Final release
  • Windows:
    3.9.141.259 (9 October 2015 (2015-10-09)) [±]
  • Mac:
    3.9.141.306 (9 October 2015 (2015-10-09)) [±]
Operating systemWindows, OS X, LG Smart TV
TypeImage organizer, image viewer
LicenseFreeware
Websitepicasa.google.com

Native applications for Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, and macOS were available, and for Linux, the Windows version was bundled with Wine compatibility layer. An iPhoto plugin and a standalone program for uploading photos were available for Mac OS X 10.4 and later.

In July 2004, Google acquired Picasa from Lifescape and began offering it as freeware. The name was also registered by Google as an LLC. On February 12, 2016, Google announced it was discontinuing support for Picasa Desktop and Picasa Web Albums, effective March 15, 2016, and focusing on the cloud-based Google Photos as its successor. Picasa Web Albums, a companion service, was closed on May 1, 2016.

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