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Picnik

From Picnik to PicMonkey: How these entrepreneurs rebuilt one of Seattle’s hottest startups

When Google shut down the photo-editing site Picnik in early 2012, millions of users were left frustrated and angry. Some of Picnik’s original… Read More

Jonathan Sposato: ‘Everything I need to know about design I learned in a hotel’

Jonathan Sposato is a serial entrepreneur, the former CEO of photo editing site Picnik and the only person to have… Read More

Jonathan Sposato leaves Google as Picnik winds down

Google closed the lid on Picnik last Friday, shutting down the popular online photo editing service that it acquired two years… Read More

With Picnik set to shut down, former Picnik engineers scratch itch with PicMonkey

Google’s decision earlier this year to pull the plug on Picnik caught many by surprise, causing anger, frustration and sadness… Read More

After Google pulls the plug, vultures flock around Picnik

Users of Picnik were none too happy when Google decided to pull the plug on the popular online photo editing… Read More

SOPA is a lobotomy, Google’s cutbacks are heartless … and other fun quotes of the week

The best observations, quotes, comments and zingers we heard this week. “There’s a fundamental difference between people who want to… Read More

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GeekWire Radio: Summify, Picnik, SOPA, PIPA — and doing good with your old PC

What happens when big tech companies acquire your favorite online services? Increasingly it seems, they shut ’em down. At least,… Read More

The Picnik is over: Google plans to shutter popular photo editing service, other products

Google is shutting down Picnik, the popular online photo editing service that it acquired nearly two years ago. The closure… Read More

Flickr cleans house, plans to ditch Picnik and other features

Flickr announced Friday that it plans to dump a number of features, part of a “New Year’s cleaning” that the… Read More

A night at the Seattle 2.0 Awards: Watch the speeches of the 10 winners

Seattle’s startup community partied Thursday night at the annual Seattle 2.0 Awards, a celebration of the region’s top tinkerers, geeks,… Read More

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