Blog entries tagged flickr

Flickr Updated With Facebook Integration

Prakash Thulasimani — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 03:15:01 +0100

Following the newest Facebook on Yahoo update, Yahoo-owned Flickr has introduced an interesting new way to link your Flickr photos with your Facebook account. With the help of Facebook News Feed and Yahoo’s updated platform, you can have the thumbnails of your Flickr photos along with title and description appear on your Facebook...

Element Six Media brings natural advertising closer to home

Krista — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 02:00:00 +0100

And by closer to home, I mean to the United States. As I mentioned previously, CURB is the world's first natural media company. They are located in London, though many of their services are available anywhere in the world. Some of their media offerings, however, are only available in Europe o...

NASA makes history with interactive Tweets from Space!

Krista — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 19:16:26 +0100

Last month, astronaut T.J. Creamer made history by sending the first live tweet from space, boasting "We r now LIVE tweeting from the International Space Station -- the 1st live tweet from Space!" Previously, NASA astronauts have sent tweets from space, but they first needed to be sent to mission control who would then post them for followers. ...

Haiti: Onè Respe, Photographers Worldwide Contribute to the Cause

Sunniya — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 01:53:06 +0100

After reading Greg's article yesterday, I spent the entire night looking at photographs of the Haiti Earthquake. I am originally from Pakistan and on 8th October 2005 Pakistan was hit by a massive earthquake too. I had never experienced anything like that before. My city, Lahore wasn't affected by the earthquake as badly as the Northern parts of Pakistan were. I was an undergr...

Released apps for the Google NexusOne look promising.

sean — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 20:14:31 +0100

For the past week, Google’s Nexus One has been trying to position itself as the premier data phone in the country. However, like any piece of hardware whose primary function is to run other programs, it will be the software that ultimately makes or breaks the brand. Fortunately for both Google, and for the consumers, there w...

Exclusive: Justin shares photography tips, tricks and more with Amvona

Sunniya — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 23:07:07 +0100

This is the last part of our interview with Justin Kraemer, winner of Bing photography contest 2009-2010. Justin likes shooting 'surreal architectural landscapes'. And it's true his landscapes are very unique and dreamlike. He loves shooting HDR photos of cities and aims to learn more so that he can build on and expand his photographic skills.

He lists many ...

New options of Chat and Drag & Drop sharing now added to the Amvona site with the Meebo Bar

Sunniya — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 20:04:47 +0100

Amvona has constantly been updating it's site to allow easier and more friendly navigation. We have added many different features this month and are constantly innovating to make your experience better. We are very excited to annouce that we have finally added the Meebo bar to our site. You must have seen the Meebo bar on other Social media sites but now it's available on ...

How the SEIU reported on the SEIU rally

Emily K Williams — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 22:12:55 +0100

All politics aside, whenever a group manages to pull out the stops and organize a demonstration with thousands of protesters it is impressive. But when the main stream media does not deem the event newsworthy, it falls upon social media to provide coverage, and it looks like the SEIU was up to the challenge.

T...

Outside Programmers Try to Fix Up Flickr

Emily K Williams — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 07:00:00 +0100

Recently, Yahoo decided to assert its ownership of Flickr by tacking on "from Yahoo!" to the end of the traditional logo. Needless to say, Flickr devotees are not happy with this change. In response, several programmers have developed patches that do everything from cover the Y! to amp up the site.

For Firefox there's t...

BBC Photographer bids farewell to Kodachrome... Online?

Emily K Williams — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 07:00:00 +0100

When the news hit back in June that Kodak would discontinue its Kodachrome film, dark room enthusiasts everywhere were crushed. One photojournalist is bidding adieu to this iconic film with the help of a 64-week online project.

Phil Coomes explains that he has long admired those ambitious few who take on the ...

Is Flickr Censoring Again?

Emily K Williams — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 07:00:00 +0100

Well, it looks like Flickr is once again brewing up some controversy by deleting user images. The company is citing copyright infringement, but many online are crying censorship.

It all started when Firas Alkhateeb, a history student at the University of Illinois, decided to play around with photoshop and "jo...

iPhone #1 Camera on Flickr

Emily K Williams — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 18:45:17 +0100

Move over real photography... the iPhone's moving in! The Canon Digital rebel XTi, the long ruling king of Flickr, has been dethroned by the iPhone.

Mark Milian, a contributor to the LA Times technology blog, has been watching the stats on Flickr's Camera Finder, and reported yesterday that the iPhone jumped ahead of the Canon Rebel.

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Flickr is losing Photos!

Emily K Williams — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 18:30:25 +0100

Morgan from Taipei had his Flickr account hacked and his over 3,000 photos deleted. Now he's on a rampage!

Morgan's biggest beef with the site is their terrible customer service, hence the rather str...