Google Acquires Online Image Editing Tool Picnik

Many different sources are writing to tell us about Google's acquisition of online image editing tool Picnik. "And all this leads us to today’s exciting news: we’ve just been acquired by Google! What does this mean for Picnik? It means we can think BIG. Google processes petabytes of data every day, and with their worldwide infrastructure and world-class team, it is truly the best home we could have found. Under the Google roof we’ll reach more people than ever before, impacting more lives and making more photos more awesome. What does this mean for you Picnikers? Nothing is changing right away, but Picnik now has more potential than ever before. The team that built Picnik from the grass up will continue making advanced and powerful photo-editing easier, more intuitive and more fun, so stay tuned to hear about all the cool new stuff we’re working on."

Photo Editor, not Image Editor

[javakah]

It's a photo editor, not an image editor. If you want an image editor, you might try Splashup http://www.splashup.com/ [splashup.com]

"Picnikers" = users

[Gorimek]

Dude, the statement talks about how it will affect the users.

Some of them will surely become unemployed, but that is unrelated to this deal.