Software:Picnik
Picnik was an online photo editing service which was acquired by Google in 2010.[1] It was headquartered in Downtown Seattle, Washington, United States.[2]
The site allowed users to edit images, add styles to imported images and use basic editing tools such as cropping and resizing an image.[3] Users could import photos natively from Facebook, Myspace, Picasa Web Albums, Flickr, Yahoo Image search, Google+ and also offered options to upload from a computer or to upload from a website. Many of Picnik's basic photo editing tools were free to use. Picnik Premium included additional photo editing features and was offered for a monthly, 6-month, or annual subscription cost.[4]
Picnik had a partnership with Flickr that included a less feature-rich version of Picnik built into Flickr as a default photo editor. They had also signed up to do photo editing with free website creator Webs. Picnik was acquired by Google on March 1, 2010.[5][6]
In January 2012, Picnik announced that it would be closing on April 19, 2013 and would be moving their tools to Google+. They provided a full refund to all Premium members and also provided free Premium service to everyone until April 19. Some people petitioned to stop the shut down, but failed.[7] Picnik sent an email to all of their users on March 21, 2012 containing a list of frequently asked questions.[8]
Picnik stopped allowing downloads of saved content and fully shut down on April 19, 2013. Two of Picnik's original engineers left Google to start a similar photo editor called PicMonkey in the beginning of 2012.[9]
References
- ↑ Caplan, Jeremy (2010-03-05). "Google's Acquisition Binge: Why It Bought Picnik" (in en). https://time.com/archive/6906958/googles-acquisition-binge-why-it-bought-picnik/.
- ↑ "About Us." Picnik. Retrieved on March 5, 2010.
- ↑ "Insanely easy photo editing with Picnik" (in en-US). 2009-10-20. https://www.simplescrapper.com/2009/10/insanely-easy-photo-editing-with-picnik/.
- ↑ Kennedy, John (2010-03-02). "Google acquires photo-editing site Picnik - Life" (in en-GB). Silicon Republic. https://www.siliconrepublic.com/life/google-acquires-photo-editing-site-picnik.
- ↑ Axe, Brian (2010-03-01). "Google welcomes Picnik". Google Blog. https://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/03/google-welcomes-picnik.html.
- ↑ "Google acquiring Web-based photo editor Picnik" (in en). https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/google-acquiring-web-based-photo-editor-picnik/.
- ↑ "Don't Close Picnik!". SignOn.org. http://signon.org/sign/dont-close-picnik.fb1?source=s.fb&r_by=2007188.
- ↑ "Picnik closure FAQ". Google Inc.. https://support.google.com/picnik.
- ↑ Cook, John. "With Picnik set to shut down, former Picnik engineers scratch itch with PicMonkey" , GeekWire, Seattle, 16 April 2012.
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