Although I've used both Flickr and Picasa, I pushed a little bit further to improve my understanding about the two tools. I often struggle to decide which best suits my needs, so I took some time to review some comparisons. I found this site comparing Flickr vs. Picasa. I tend to prefer Picasa and below are a few of the reasons why.
Picasa has an application you can download and install to your computer which adds the ability to organize photos on my computer. The Picasa application also includes basic editing capabilities. Picasa lets you upload images that are twice as large in their file size. This means that I can upload better quality images. This was what originally swayed me towards choosing Picasa. Flickr puts limits on the number of photos that can be uploaded per month, and Picasa in comparison provides a limit on the storage you can use. This limit can be increased if you upgrade to the pro version. And Picasa works seamlessly with other Google tools like Blogger. One of Flickr's strength is that it excels as a robust community to share photos and comments.
I also explored Apple's Photo Stream. The most recent version added the feature to create public albums on the web. I don't understand why this wasn't a part of Photo Stream originally. Although a benefit of Photo Stream is that my recent photos are shared across all my devices, it still seems like Photo Stream has not fully evolved yet. Here's a link to a few more pictures of my new space uploaded as a public Photo Stream album.
Pixlr is an online photo-editing software similar to the full version of Adobe Photoshop, except it's web-based and it's free. I recommend you check it out for your photo editing needs.
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