Why the ‘New Flickr’ still falls short
Guest Post Etsy's lead designer explains where the Flickr team went wrong.
OK, new Flickr, you got me. I’m back.
May 24, 2013 2:18 PM
John Koetsier
Sure, it's Pinterest-ic and Tumblr-y. But if you love images and imagery, the new Flickr displays photos immeasurably better that the previous iteration.
Marissa Mayer explains how Yahoo will keep Tumblr from meeting Flickr’s fate
May 20, 2013 3:35 PM
Sean Ludwig
Editor's Pick Some Tumblr fans want to know how Yahoo plans to avoid the fate of Flickr, Geocities, and other failed acquisitions. So we asked Marissa Mayer.
Yahoo ‘reimagines’ Flickr with a bold new design, a free TB of space for all users, & more
May 20, 2013 2:30 PM
Sean Ludwig
Yahoo acquired Flickr back in 2005, but the photo-sharing service suffered under persistent mismanagement. Now it looks like Yahoo is finally giving Flickr the attention it deserved back in the day.
Flickr for iPhone now lets you download photos, mention friends, & upload pics faster
February 21, 2013 8:06 AM
Sean Ludwig
Flickr for iPhone has lots of new features, a sign that Marissa Mayer is serious about making Yahoo a product company again.
How to take back control of your own social networks
December 20, 2012 8:15 AM
Dylan Tweney
If you don't like the way social networks try to own your data, but you're not willing to sign off completely, there is a third way. Here's how to regain control of your own stuff without giving up Twitter and Facebook.
Unlike Instagram, Flickr latches on to Twitter
December 12, 2012 11:22 AM
Jennifer Van Grove
The Yahoo-owned Flickr, alongside the release of a brand new app for iPhone, threw in support for Twitter Cards this morning, bringing its newly filtered captures to tweets near you.
Yahoo jumps on Instagram bandwagon, adds filters to Flickr iPhone app
December 12, 2012 7:55 AM
Sean Ludwig
Just a day after releasing new email apps for iOS and other platforms, Yahoo has updated its Flickr app for iPhone with Instagram-like filters, an easier sign-up process, and more.
The average American spends $857 on monthly subscriptions (infographic)
December 11, 2012 3:22 PM
John Koetsier
Subscription revenue is the new old thing, apparently.
Flickr — remember Flickr? — charges $6.95 a month to share your photos to the world, if you want pro functionality. Buffer, the social media sharing and analytics company, charges $10/month for …
HootSuite: 4 million users can now manage Instagram & SlideShare too
June 28, 2012 5:00 AM
John Koetsier
HootSuite, the service that 79 of the world’s Fortune 100 companies use to manage their social media presence, just added apps for Instagram, SlideShare, Edocr, and Zuum in its App Directory.
The company provides a unified interface where social media …
Not dead yet, Flickr adds life to its 1.5M groups
May 24, 2012 11:00 AM
Jennifer Van Grove
Trying to prove that its not dead yet, Yahoo owned-Flickr is releasing yet another batch of updates, but this time with the emphasis on improving its Groups.
Thursday, Groups on Flickr, the site’s community-shared photo pools, have been gifted with …
Google+ wants to be your new Flickr
May 22, 2012 2:31 PM
Heather Kelly
Editor's Pick
Google+ is succeeding in small bursts, feature by feature. As a social network competing with Facebook it’s a flop, but its video-chat tool Hangouts is a winner. Now photo sharing is poised to be the service’s next breakout hit, thanks …
Flickr releases new “liquid” layout featuring hi-res images
May 15, 2012 11:48 AM
Jennifer Van Grove
Yahoo’s Flickr photo-sharing community has been in makeover mode of late and is getting incrementally better with subtle upgrades. Tuesday, Flickr released a reworked photo page layout with a new look that’s nearly impossible to miss — especially on large …
Flickr teams with Pinterest, releases share button for proper photo attribution
May 1, 2012 10:59 AM
Jennifer Van Grove
Flickr and Pinterest have teamed up to provide photo-pinners with a simple tool for inspired sharing.
Tuesday, Flickr released a share-to-Pinterest button that will ensure all pinners past and present properly attribute images plucked from Flickr to the source of …
Flickr introduces a faster photo uploader for bulk sharing
April 25, 2012 11:00 AM
Jennifer Van Grove
After eight years and 7 billion photos, Yahoo-owned photo sharing community Flickr is giving members a better, faster way to post and share their images on the site.
Flickr is in the processing of rolling out a revamped photo upload …
Flickr launches photo editor powered by Aviary, as Picnik heads to the deadpool
April 4, 2012 12:40 PM
Jennifer Van Grove
Yahoo-owned photo-sharing site Flickr, the property involved in a patent spat between Yahoo and Facebook, is providing its users with new editing tools and filters courtesy of online photo-editing specialist Aviary.
The Flickr photo editor, rolling out to users starting …
Flickr fingered in Facebook counterclaim
April 3, 2012 12:34 PM
Jennifer Van Grove
Yahoo’s popular photo-sharing community Flickr has been called out as one of the primary properties infringing on Facebook patents in the social network’s counterclaim, which it filed Tuesday.
Facebook responded to a March patent suit brought against it by …
Flickr rolls out revamped Contacts page
February 28, 2012 11:12 AM
Jennifer Van Grove
The first bandages of Flickr’s reconstructive surgery were removed Tuesday to reveal a new Contacts page, giving us all a small peak at the planned piece-by-piece makeover for the photo-sharing site losing face to prettier up-and-comers.
The new Contacts page …
Flickr disables Pinterest pins on copyrighted images (exclusive)
February 24, 2012 5:16 PM
Jennifer Van Grove
Editor's Pick
As the third most popular source of content on digital pin-board site Pinterest, Flickr and its photographers are subject to frequent acts of copyright infringement. But a site-wide update to Flickr promises to better protect members and their copyrighted works.…
Flickr needs more than a facelift to return to former glory
February 21, 2012 1:56 PM
Jennifer Van Grove
Yahoo-owner Flickr has undergone reconstructive surgery and will emerge, in a week, with a new-and-improved face and a mission to recapture the glory of its youth. But even the best plastic surgery will do little to help the aging photo …
