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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Original Technorati articles tagged “flickr”

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “flickr”

 

• Food Porn: The Best of the Eater Flickr Pool

  
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• Box Canyon, CA by moominsean http://flic.kr/p/eiuCFb

  
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  Box Canyon, CA by moominsean http://flic.kr/p/eiuCFb
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• Reader Photos Roundup: May 12, 2013

  
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  It’s time for our weekly break from the gear for a few minutes so we can enjoy another round of reader photos from the  Photography Bay Flickr Group . Check out the rest of the photos below. ...
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• Yellow Flowers, Blue Sky

  
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  A bright yellow flowery plant reaching for the sky on a sunny day.
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• Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer

  
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  Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer , première mise en ligne par SebastienToulouse . Old building over very blue sky in the South of France.
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• Power Tools For Newbie Bloggers -Three Must-Haves

  
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  Blogging Tools for Newbie Bloggers (Source: 5 Powerful Blogging Tools That You Should Use ). With the abundance of blogs on the Internet today, new bloggers may not know where to start when it comes to generating interest in their blog or gaining readers. And every blogger knows that if they want to find blogging ...
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• Photo Of The Day: Spot Of White

  
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  Filed under: Asia , Thailand , Photo of the Day This interesting Photo of the Day , titled "Spot of White," comes from Gadling Flickr pool member Mark Fischer and was captured in Bangkoks Siam Square using a Nikon D90. Mark captions the image: "On Sunday, May 8th, 2011, an estimated 100,000 people ...
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• Surrogate Motherhood and the Politics of Reproduction, by Susan Markens, on Flickr

  
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  Susan Markens takes on one of the hottest issues on the fertility front—surrogate motherhood—in a book that illuminates the culture wars that have erupted over new reproductive technologies in the United States. In an innovative analysis of legislative responses to surrogacy in the bellwether states of New York ...
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• Saturday Selection

  
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  Every Saturday we select a photo from our  Flickr pool to be featured on hearty Ivana Klickovic is a painter and photographer, originally from Belgrade Serbia, currently living in Berlin, Germany. The photo above is of the pedal boat Ivana found last summer in Spreepark (an abandoned amusement park in former East ...
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• FCC Wants More Wi-Fi In The Sky

  
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  Filed under: United States , Airlines , News The convenience of sky-high connectivity has not been lost on the broadband overlords at the FCC, who have moved to open up new frequencies for in-air data use . Current offerings use around 3 MHz of bandwidth, but the FCC envisions opening up 500 MHz of bandwidth to ...
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• Acrobranch

  
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  We took the kids along to Acrobranch  at Constantia Nek today and they had a ball. It was well organised, the equipment was all in good condition and the helpers were well trained and… well… helpful. This is going in the 6000 recommends category. I’ll get some more pics up soon.
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• 4 Items Burglars Want: Are You Flashing Them Around?

  
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  Burglars usually look for lightweight, high-priced items that they can steal quickly without attracting much attention. If you leave these 4 items in sight, you will increase the risk of someone breaking in and taking more than what they came for. These are the items burglars want. … Read More
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• Turnip Rock in Lake Huron

  
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  Turnip Rock , photo by SimsShots Photography A page about the  Point Aux Barques – Turnip Rock geocache had the best information I found about this Lake Huron Landmark. The author explains: This cache is accessible by a kayak, canoe, jet ski or boat on Lake Huron. Port Austin is the closest harbor which is ...
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• Backlit Red Acer

  
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  Acer leaves against the sun in Tiverton town centre.
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• Chocolate Marshmallow Cupcakes

  
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  Wow! These chocolate marshmallow cupcakes make me want to jump through the screen of my laptop and eat them. This is from Irish baker, IrishMomLuvs2Bak e. The cupcakes are chocolate Cake with tiny marshmallows inside and on top also Coffee Marshmallow Icing and Espresso Powder dusting.
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• Indiana Bloggers: Hoosier Updates from Around the Web 5/5/2013 — 5/11/2013

  
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  Indiana Bloggers: Hoosier Updates from Around the Web I thought it would be fun to highlight one article each week from the Hoosier bloggers you know and love. You know, previously  Featured little Indiana Bloggers ! Just like the Hoosier bloggers themselves, no two weeks will ever be the same! Like a fine box of ...
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• Smoldering Arne Hovmand Olsen Danish Modern Century Modern Teak Dining Chairs for Mogens Kold (Denmark, 1960′s)

  
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  Kinzco has added a photograph towards the pool: Leather and teak. Teak and leather. Chair with serious pedigree. Absolute perfect condition
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• Architecture Critics Make Their Point by paul.malon...

  
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  Architecture Critics Make Their Point by paul.malon http://flic.kr/p/egCCFh
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• Project 52 – 2013: Week 19

  
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  This week’s theme was “Steep”. As Denmark is a fairly flat place, it is not that easy coming up with something steep. Still, the park at the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Humlebæk north of Copenhagen offers some spectacular slopes which are quite steep. Related posts: Project 52 – 2013: Week 11 ...
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• Torquay Buildings

  
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  A few black and white shots of buildings in Torquay. All taken with my old Asahi Takumar 50mm f/1.4 lens, on my Sony NEX-6 .
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