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Flickr is an image and video hosting website, web services suite, and online community platform. In addition to being a popular website for users to share personal photographs, the service is widely used by bloggers as a photo repository. As of June 2009[update], it claims to host more than 3.6 billion images, up from 3 billion in November 2008.

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Future bright for Microsoft cloud computing, server president says

Technology / Software

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

All this week at the Professional Developers Conference, Microsoft has talked about cloud computing, what many consider the next frontier. Bob Muglia, president of the company's Server and Tools business, sat down to talk ...


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Republicans to whip up support with Blackberry app

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created Oct 29, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The Republican leadership in the US House of Representatives unveiled a free application for the Blackberry on Thursday to keep users up to date on the latest in Congress through their cellphones.


It's semantic -- easier solution to annotate and search images

It's semantic -- easier solution to annotate and search images

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Aug 27, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Innovative software developed in Europe that makes it easier to organise, search and navigate collections of digital images will soon be available to media agencies, photographers and, potentially, ...


People surf the Internet in Jinan, in eastern China's Shandong province

China blocking Twitter, websites: RSF

Technology / Internet

created Jun 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

China blocked access to Twitter, Flickr and other websites Tuesday, two days ahead of the 20th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said, expressing "outrage" at the ...


Researchers were still able to find the deleted photos 30 days later

Social networking sites 'keep deleted photos' - research

Technology / Internet

created May 21, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

User photographs can still be found on many social networking sites including Facebook after people have deleted them, British researchers said Thursday.


The New York Times headquarters is seen in February 2009 in New York City

Webbys for NY Times, Boston Globe, Guardian, BBC

Technology / Internet

created May 05, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The New York Times, the endangered Boston Globe, Britain's Guardian and the BBC scooped up Webby Awards for online excellence on Tuesday.


White House opens doors at Internet hot spots

Technology / Internet

created May 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The White House on Friday opened doors at online hot spots MySpace, Facebook and Twitter.


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White House creates Flickr photostream

Technology / Internet

created Apr 30, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

The White House posted hundreds of pictures on online photo-sharing service Flickr on Wednesday chronicling President Barack Obama's first 100 days in office.


Evite rival Socializr launches events aggregator

Technology / Internet

created Apr 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Socializr, the online invitations startup from Friendster founder Jonathan Abrams, now helps users manage their events from sites like Facebook, MySpace, Evite and Meetup.


Hillary Clinton, e-diplomat, embraces new media

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created Mar 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Her videos aren't quite viral yet and she's not tweeting, but Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is embracing new media, using the Web to promote the agency and her role as the nation's top envoy.


Getty Images in deal to distribute Flickr photos

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created Mar 11, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Getty Images and Yahoo! on Wednesday announced a deal which the digital media company will distribute pictures shared at Yahoo!'s Flickr website.


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Bebo launches US social-networking website for Latinos

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created Mar 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Bebo on Monday launched a Latino version of the US social networking website as the Internet service owned by America On Line strives to gain ground in a market led by Facebook and MySpace.


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Flickr lets all users upload video snippets

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created Mar 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Flickr on Monday began letting users of its free online photo-sharing service upload snippets of video to the website in a budding challenge to Google-owned YouTube.