Hi Everyone,

I'm happy to announce that thanks to your reports, this issue has been fixed.

~jaysiej

Hi Everyone,

You may experience a 500 server error when sharing "unlisted" albums in Picasa Web Albums and when creating an album map. Rest assured, we are looking into this and will post another announcement once this is fixed.

Thank you for all of your reports!

Thank you to those of you who participated in our Picasa Quiz!

Congratulations to Rhubarb for a perfect score, 15 out of 15 + the bonus question and a special shout out to Onion Zwiebel for a near perfect score of 14 out of 15 + the bonus question!

Answer Key:

Q: If you have purchased extra storage, how many photos can you put in an album?
A: 1,000

Q: Privacy is your top concern and you want to share an album with two friends who have Google Accounts. What's your best sharing option?
A: Make the album setting to "sign-in required to view" and send an invite

Q: For Picasa Web Albums, what's the quickest way to map several photos within an album?
A: Click 'Edit' > Album Map' then drag n' drop photos

Q: There are many keyboard shortcuts in Picasa. Which keyboard combination will flip your photo horizontally?
A: Ctrl+Shift+H

Q: How many types of collage themes can you make with the Collage Tool?
A: 6

Q: What's the longest slide duration you can have in MovieMaker?
A: 10 Seconds

Q: What is the shortcut key to view a photo in full size in Picasa?
A: Hold the Ctrl and Alt key

Q: What is the recommended pixel size for blogs and web pages?
A: 640 Pixels

Q: In Picasa, how do you change your online album properties for a synced album?
A: Use the drop-down menu next to the share button

Q: What color is the clock icon that segments your events in Picasa's 'Import' mode?
A: Gray

Q: In Picasa, what keyboard combination causes teddy bears to appear on the screen?
A: Ctrl+Shift+Y

Q: Using Picasa's "BlogThis!" feature, how many photos can you post to Blogger at a time?
A: 4

Q: Who is a print provider for Picasa Web Albums?
A: Snapfish

Q: True or False, Picasa was once featured on Jeopardy.
A: True :)

*Bonus* What does Picasa mean? How did the name come about?

Picasa - House for your pictures - "Pic" - "Casa"

Click here to begin. :)

By clicking through to the Fans page, you can see who has marked you as a Favorite in Picasa Web Albums. These folks like your photos so much they chose to be notified whenever you upload new public content. If you choose to return the interest and add them as a Favorite, they'll be notified promptly and you'll show up on their Fans page.

We wanted to give you a heads up that starting Monday, May 11th, Picasa print ordering will become inactive for versions prior to 3.1. If you would like to order prints directly from Picasa, you will need upgrade to the latest version from http://picasa.google.com/

To check your current version go to "Help" > "About Picasa".

Starting at 4:00pm PST tomorrow, we'll be undergoing maintenance for approximately 30 minutes. You may experience issues uploading, editing, and organizing your photos. Don't worry, all will be back to normal soon. We appreciate your patience.