Flickr

Flickr is a photo hosting Web site which grew from developments Ludicorp made for use in a Massively Mulitplayer Online Role-Playing Game called Game Neverending. The game was canceled, but the photo hosting service evolved to become a major pillar of Web 2.0, the Internet movement supporting collaboration and creativity.

Flickr launched in February 2004, and since then it has grown to host more than 3 billion photos. In March of 2005, Yahoo! bought out Flicker and Ludicorp and moved their headquarters from their original home in Vancouver to California. Since then, Flickr has started supporting a limited video upload function.

In addition to providing users with the ability to share their photographs with friends, family, and the Internet at large, bloggers often use Flickr as a place to host images that enhance their blog pages.

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “Flickr”

• Nordconnect Travelguide

  
  Nordic Design Blog — Authority: 141
  De Jongens Ronner has added a photo to the pool:
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• Rubbered & Brightly Coloured

  
  Rock 'n Roll Bride — Authority: 527
  Please forgive me procrastination as I bring to you this random but overtly lovely post all about my favourite prop – the humble balloon! I should be doing some proper writing right now (deadline booo!) but I got all distracted by all this rubbered and brightly coloured goodness whilst on my internet travels today. ...
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• I Would Design My Home Around a Car and Eames Too

  
  Chris Abraham — Authority: 143
  Jalopnik is a blog after my own heart.  I would surely design an entire home around being able to view a couple beautiful things — such as a Ferrari and an Eames lounge chair and ottoman . I mean, Sub-Zeros, Vikings, and 50″ plasmas might be aesthetic and I know most architects and interior designers ...
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• Social Media Stuff - Facebook and all that

  
  Behind the scenes — Authority: 93
   Talking to various museums people at a conference recently, it’s interesting the amount who haven’t started using social networking sites as yet, or indeed the wider internet in general. I thought I’d just remind people of what we’ve done and what’s worked well… We launched our Facebook site a few ...
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• A Nokia World – pictures from the N95, part 2

  
  Nokia Conversations - Posts — Authority: 697
  GLOBAL - When we started looking through the staggering number of photos people have taken on their Nokia N95s and uploaded to Flickr , we were so swamped with great photos that we decided we couldn’t possibly do them justice by picking just 10. So we decided to showcase this Nokia legend over two weeks. In ...
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• Toy links

  
  Fanmode — Authority: 482
  The Key Keeper. A fantastic image by michel stoffels.
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• Toy links

  
  Fanmode — Authority: 482
  Visible innards. Skeletor79’s neat shot of the Masters of the Universe Roboto figure.
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• Toy links

  
  Fanmode — Authority: 482
  Strong to the finish. A photo by Marc Thomas.
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• Toy links

  
  Fanmode — Authority: 482
  Round 1: Fight! Digirama by Paul.
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• Toy links

  
  Fanmode — Authority: 482
  Hitman Clone Trooper finds no joy in his job. A photo by Heber Garcia.
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• N900: Geotagging and sharing photos online (video)

  
  Nokia Conversations - Posts — Authority: 697
  Share and Enjoy: [IMG: http://conversations.nokia.com/wp-content/plugins/sociable/images/digg.png][IMG: http://conversations.nokia.com/wp-content/plugins/sociable/images/sphinn.png][IMG: http://conversations.nokia.com/wp-content/plugins/sociable/images/delicious.png][IMG: ...
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• TouchFLO 3D Original Sketches Revealed by HTC Official

  
  Technology Info — Authority: 158
  The newest Engadget Show episode features Drew Bamford, HTC’s director of user experiences, who talks about the birth of TouchFLO 3D. The UI was first available on HTC Touch Diamond and we can have a look at some sketches from 2006, detailing the concept behind it.Some of the sketches show a framework for TouchFLO ...
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• Love Canada, hate poutine

  
  Cupcakes Take The Cake — Authority: 586
  I had one the best trips ever several years ago to Canada -- I went to the Maritime district, and ate and played all over...I had lots and lots of lobster, but one thing I couldnt stomach was poutine . Yecch. Regardless, I still love Canada and was happy to see the poutine cupcakes at CupcakeCamp Montreal. ...
  11 hours ago

• Oodles of cupcake stickers

  
  Cupcakes Take The Cake — Authority: 586
  I so want these! I use cupcake stickers on all my Cupcakes Take the Cake (snail-mail) correspondence and I am always on the lookout for more. I think the photographer actually made these herself! Shot by jelene , etsy account here (she has tons of cupcake things ). Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! ;)
  11 hours ago

• Miamism Fridays

  
  Miamism — Authority: 493
  Who doesn’t enjoy the sunrise?  To me it represents new beginnings, the opportunity to start with a clean slate.  A sunrise is the ultimate gift from nature or from above if you chose to believe in that – we get energy and life and cannot take it for granted.  If you’ve had the opportunity to experience a ...
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• Top 100 most influential Web sites around the blogosphere

  
  TECH.BLORGE.com — Authority: 608
  The Internet is like a huge living organism, slowly evolving and growing. Which is why sites which keep track of the comings and goings are important. URLFan is one [...]
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• Social Media And Economic Development

  
  Pittsburgh Arts - Digging Pitt — Authority: 124
  Jim Russell @ Burgh Diaspora talks about economic development professionals finally warming up to the use of social media and provides this link . "Social media–in the form of tools such as LinkedIn, Facebook, YouTube and blogs–are starting to transform how we live our lives. When it comes to the world of ...
  19 hours ago

• DAILY FLICKR PICKR - DAY 75

  
  Vancouver Is Awesome — Authority: 519
  There are so many awesome photos that you’ve added to our FLICKR POOL that we can no longer pick just one a week, so from now on we’re going to be showcasing one every single day! Day #75 is a photo courtesy of notthatcool : Submit to our FLICKR POOL for your chance to be featured on a Daily Flickr ...
  21 hours ago

• Eye-Fi VHE-1 Wireless Cards 2GB FTP Support

  
  Computer Electronic Gadget Review — Authority: 135
  Eye-Fi cards are unique because they can use your wireless digital camera to connect to a wireless network for direct transfer of photos. Photos are generally to photo sharing sites like Flickr. It seems that Eye-Fi cards now have the option of FTP file so you any limitations Flickr and other companies around. ...
  22 hours ago

• Why Google Wave Sucks, And Why You Will Use It Anyway

  
  Technology Pundit — Authority: 169
  This guest post was written by Martin Seibert , a German Internet media consultant. Google Wave is a hot topic at the moment. The ambitious group collaboration and micro-messaging platform started rolling out in beta via an initial batch of 100,000 invitations two months ago.
  23 hours ago

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