NEW YORK, Oct 30 /PRNewswire/ -- VideoThang, the free, multi-media content generator, editor and desktop ad platform announced today that it has added new features that will allow users to access and import digital files from Picasa (http://picasa.google.com/), Flickr (http://www.flickr.com/) and Photobucket (http://www.photobucket.com/).

By Arellano, Jonah A market for Web-based applications is booming. A wide range of online applications make it easier for individuals and businesses to manage ; their work while dramatically reducing costs and simplifying collaborations.

By PETER GRAD I feel about e-mail programs the way Winston Churchill felt about politics: "Democracy," the great statesman once said, "is the worst form of government except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time." Yes, I've tried Eudora, Thunderbird, Pegasus and one or two other Microsoft Outlook competitors over the years, but at the end of the day, despite some aggravating factors, I always returned to Outlook.

Picnik (www.picnik.com), the leading online photo editor, today announced the launch of its Photobucket integration.

With Adobe's release of its new Photoshop Express comes an obvious question: Does the world really need another free photo editor? There are many excellent programs out there already. For slick and easy, try Google's Picasa. For speed, Irfanview. Broad functionality? The open source GIMP.