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Google will rename Picasa “Google Photos” and rename Blogger “Google Blogs” while YouTube’s song remains the same. BREAKING: Other Google products are also likely to be affected. posted on July 5, 2011 at 4:54pm EDT

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    • mathieuf a year ago

      So, I spent all that time uploading texts and building my blog for nothing? They can’t be that stupid… Or can they…

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      GOOGLE STOP IT. I BEG.

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      This is terrible! Google must stop!

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      No! I use Picasa daily! It’s a amazing program!

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