Flickr back up after morning outage

Flickr has been having some server issues today, but it appears the service is mostly back up and running as of now. Images posted to blogs and reportedly were not affected by the outage. The Flickr-ing functionality has ... continue

Epic Fail: Flickr censors Obama Joker image

Flickr has followed up on its less than stellar form on free speech by censoring a doctored image of the now infamous "Obama Joker" image on the cover of Time Magazine. According to Thomas Hawk, the image ... continue

Flickr Group Reenacts Far Side Cartoons in Real Life

Gary Larson's Far Side has long been a favored cartoon around the world, but some fans take their dedication more seriously than others. Introducing the Far Side Reenactments Group on Flickr, a group of people committed to ... continue

Obama’s Flickr

You're Barack Obama. It's November 4. You're in the final moments of of the Presidential election. Polling places have closed. Canvassing of votes have started. You, together with your family are eagerly awaiting the final results. Network ... continue

Acid found to be drug of choice among Flickr staff

Welcome to the latest service from Flickr, Flickr Explore, where 500 of the best pictures uploaded to Flickr each day are rotated through a rainbow spewing from the mouth of a Panda. And no, I'm not making ... continue

The new Flickr, even the change embraces minimalism

Flickr is offering a sneak look at their new layout, in a move said to make the Flickr experience more social. Added to the page are group photos (it was previously just a link) and "interesting photos" below ... continue

AIM Offers New Social Aggregation Tool

AIM is expanding its reach to include integration with other social-oriented services. The options come as part of the newly launched BuddyUpdates feature for AOL's instant messaging platform. The feature lets you link your buddy list to ... continue

Flickr Co-Founder Signs With Secretive New Startup

One of the co-founders of Flickr has a new startup home. Caterina Fake -- who, along with her co-founder husband, decided to leave parent company Yahoo last month -- will become chief product officer at the yet-to-launch Hunch. Fake's ... continue

Your Public Photos Could Become My Disguise

Your online photo collection could soon be used to disguise strangers. Scientists at Columbia University have come up with facial swapping software that uses publicly posted pictures as a kind of high-tech camouflage. The concept's being suggested ... continue

First look at new microblogging service YouAre: Twitter 2.0?

Spanish microblogging service YouAre has moved into private beta after a year in development. A lot has happened in the microblogging space in the last twelve months, but Blogs Media, the company behind YouAre has maintained a ... continue

6 Alternatives To Flickr Now Yahoo Is In Full Control

The sad news today: Flickr founders Caterina Fake and Stewart Butterfield are leaving Yahoo. Flickr has thrived despite being owned by Yahoo, and much of its ongoing success has been down to Fake and Butterfield keeping control ... continue

Tickr Offers Flickr Browsing Via Time Line

Tickr from Dipity is a Flickr browser that delivers results in chronological order on a visual time line. The site opens with a search engine style interface with popular results showing. Users can search for pics by tag ... continue