Everyone is aware of Picasa, the incredible and free picture sharing, editring, storing and the best picture manager software available on the web. The best thing that we know about is that it is powered by Google.

Also some time ago Picasa launched a photo sharing web service known as Picasa Web Albums

The service is often compared to other photo sharing services like Flickr. It allows users with Google accounts to store free pictures up to 250 MB of storage and allows a max storage of free 1000 wallpapers of 1600x resolution. Additional Storage space can be bought too However Flickr on the other hand allows users with Yahoo accounts to store unlimited number of photos with unlimited Storage.

Recently Picasa Web Albums have launched and introduced some new features which might attract new users to switch from Flickr to Picasa however Flickr still remains at the top of the list. The new features introduced by Picasa are:

• Picasa Video Upload: Anyone can now upload videos and digital camera videos through Picasa and can share them with their friends and family.
• Search and Tag Photos: Search across Photo Tags, Descriptions and Captions.
• Order Prints and Photo Products: Now you can order prints and photo products.
• Additional Languages: Picasa Web Albums now works across 18 other different languages.
• Email Notifications: Get email notifications when you get comments on your photos or when your favourite uploads new photos.
• Friend Linking: Now you can link to your favourite or friend galleries by adding a gallery to you 'Linked Galleries'.
• Blog Integration: Now you can integrate a whole album to your blog or MySpace Profile easily.
• Get More Space: If you think 250 MB is not enough for you you can buy more storage space.
• Mac Photo Upload: Now you can upload photos from your Mac to Picasa Web Albums through iPhoto or through a standalone application.