Event · Company and acquisitions
Google buys Picasa, the photo organizer (2004)
Picasa, based in Pasadena, California, made a program for organizing and sharing digital photos and already had a partnership with Blogger for publishing images. Google announced the purchase in July 2004 without disclosing the price.
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July 13, 2004
Picasa acquisition
Event · Company and acquisitions · Concluded
Dates
- July 13, 2004 Announcement · exact date [1]
What the sources say
| Claim | Record | Confidence | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Picasa founded | October 2001 | 2 · Single primary source | [1] primary |
| Earlier partnership | With Blogger, announced May 2004, for publishing photos | 2 · Single primary source | [1] primary |
| End of Picasa Web Albums | Retirement began after May 1, 2016; data API deprecated in January 2019 | 2 · Single primary source | [2] primary |
Historical captures
No archived capture has been located for this record yet.
Sources
- Google Acquires Picasa — Google (press release), July 13, 2004. Source primary · accessed November 2, 2026 · look for a copy on the Internet Archive
- What's happening to Picasa, Picasa Web Albums, and the Picasa Web Albums API? — Picasa Help. Source primary · accessed November 2, 2026 · look for a copy on the Internet Archive
What still needs documenting
- Purchase price
- Exact end date of Picasa for desktop
On GD
GD has followed Google since 2006. Search GD for “Picasa” (in Portuguese)
How to cite
"Google buys Picasa, the photo organizer (2004)", Google Museum (GD), https://gd.eurisko.com.br/museu/en/collection/aquisicao-picasa-2004/, CC BY 4.0. Reviewed on November 2, 2026.
ID: aquisicao-picasa-2004 · Reviewed on November 2, 2026