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Google reduces extra-storage cost of photo-sharing site Picasa ...

With the recently-announced slash in the extra-storage price of its photo-sharing site Picasa Web Albums, Google now offers cheaper extra cloud storage, over and above the 1GB free photo and video storage space.

The reduced over-the-free-limit storage cost now ranges from an annual $5 for 20GB to $4,096 per year for a whopping 16TB (terabytes).

Noting that the cost-reduction will make extra storage "even more affordable," programmer Elvin Lee said in a blog: "You can now buy 20GB for only $5 a year--that's twice as much storage for a quarter of the old price, and enough space for more than 10,000 full resolution pictures taken with a five megapixel camera. Since most people have less than 10GB of photos, chances are you can now save all your memories online for a year for the cost of a triple mocha."

The reduction in cost of extra storage space clearly indicates that even though Picasa may not be Google's high-priority project, it surely has a notable pulse. Google had, last year, introduced face recognition to the Web site; followed by the offering of free Picasa photo editing software this year. In addition, it also initiated the incorporation of advertisements to the Picasa site this March.

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