Hot on the heels of Yahoo spending a whopping $1.1 billion on Tumblr, the company has just released a huge update to Flickr. And to go along with the completely redesigned look and feel of the photo service, it is…
Posted March 20, 2013, 6:00 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in The Web
The well-known idiom "New York minute" is a phrase oft-used to express an extremely brief moment in time -- but an Internet minute? That's a whole other level of micro-time keeping. An infographic by Intel breaks down exactly what happens…
Posted August 16, 2012, 5:30 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Industry News, The Web
Facebook privacy concerns are nothing new but now that the company has gone public, they appear to be cleaning up their act. Although there’s still a lot of work to be done, we are now hearing that a new photo…
Posted May 27, 2011, 4:00 PM by Emil Protalinski | Filed in The Web
Yahoo's Flickr has implemented a change to its policy on deleted accounts. The photo sharing website will now keep photos and associated content for 90 days before erasing them for good.
Posted March 2, 2011, 10:50 AM by Emil Protalinski | Filed in Software
Flickr has introduced Flickr for Windows 7 and Flickr for Windows Phone 7. The new app is optimized for high resolution displays and includes features such as swipe through panoramic blades to see all your recent activity, latest uploads from your contacts and all your newest uploads.
Posted February 3, 2011, 11:01 AM by Emil Protalinski | Filed in The Web
Yahoo recently deleted Mirco Wilhelm's Flickr account by accident. After apologizing and saying the account would be restored, but the 4,000 pictures could not be recovered, the story received a lot of coverage. In a surprise turnaround, Flickr has managed to restore Wilhelm's account.
Posted February 2, 2011, 2:01 PM by Emil Protalinski | Filed in The Web
Update: After the story received plenty of coverage around the Web, and in a fortunate turnaround for German photographer Mirco Wilhelm, Flickr has managed to restore his account. The original story is below.
Posted January 21, 2011, 4:46 PM by Emil Protalinski | Filed in The Web
Yahoo recently started allowing its users to login with their Facebook accounts. Flickr, which is owned by Yahoo, has announced it will start letting users login with their Facebook account as well.
Posted January 6, 2011, 3:26 PM by Emil Protalinski | Filed in SoftwareWith Video
Flickr has released a preview video of its upcoming app for Windows Phone 7 and Windows 7 tablet devices. Features include photo viewing, uploading, and sharing. The Windows Phone 7 experience is the usual Metro user interface with sideway scrolling…
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