Blogger and Picasa Brands to Die in Google+ Push

Google Killing Blogger and Picasa in Google+ Rebranding

Blogger and Picasa are going to be gone as brands within six weeks. This is kind of a big deal, since Blogger is one of the top ten most-visited sites in the world, and countless users (well, Google has a statistic on it) use Picasa to manage their photos. Blogger images are hosted via Picasa.

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This doesn't mean that your Blogger splog blog is going to get deleted, or that your Picasa galleries are going to be nuked. Instead, you will be force-fed the Google+ Kool-Aid. Blogger will become "Google Blogs", and Picasa will become "Google Photos".

Okay, not the most imaginative of names, but at least it's not a jumble of vowels or (adjective denoting speed)+(cute animal). No word yet on what will happen with the Picasa editing software.

YouTube will be keeping its own distinct branding, but other Google-owned entities may get extreme facelifts.