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Here are the latest posts about Flickr on Writers Write:

  • Flickr's Three Billionth Photo is a Door (2008-11-03): Over three billion photos have now been posted to the Flickr photo sharing website.

  • Library of Congress Launches Flickr Project (2008-01-19): The Library of Congress has announced a pilot project with Flickr.

  • Yahoo to Close Yahoo Photos and Focus on Flickr (2007-05-08): TechCrunch reports that Yahoo plans to close Yahoo Photos this fall and focus on the more rapidly growing Flickr property for photo sharing and storage.

  • Most People Are Just Watching the Web 2.0 Revolution (2007-04-20): Excite Digital Edge blogs about a recent Hitwise study that found less than 1% of people create content for the leading Web 2.

  • Flickr Adds Collections (2007-03-14): Flickr has added a new feature that allows Flickr users to organize pictures from their photo sets.

  • Blog Streaking, Google-stalking and Photolurking (2007-01-27): A New Scientist article looks at new activities and habits of people in the Internet age like egosurfing, Google-stalking and being a Wikipediholic.

  • Citizens Using Web to Monitor and Record the Elections (2006-11-07): The Internet has added multiple new methods for allowing the public to monitor voting problems.

  • Flickr Offers Geotagging for Photos (2006-08-28): Flickr announced that have added Geotagging to Flickr photos.

  • Tamara Hoover Resigns After Settlement (2006-08-21): Remember Tamara Hoover, the Austin high school teacher who was escorted from the school after partially nude photographs of her were discovered on Flickr? She was the #1 Technorati search term for a day or two back in June.

  • Art Teacher Tops Technorati After Flickr Photo Incident (2006-06-21): Tamara Hoover, an art teacher at a high school in Austin, Texas, has quickly become the #1 search term on Technorati.

  • Flickr Moves Into Gamma Phase (2006-05-17): Flickr, a popular photo sharing site and blogging tool, has moved out of Beta and into Gamma phase.

  • Flickr Gets Print Friendly (2005-10-27): Flickr has added a new service that lets photobloggers print the photos they have posted to Flickr.

  • Webby Award Nominees Announced (2005-04-12): The 2005 Webby Award nominees have been announced.

  • Yahoo Buys Flickr Photo Sharing Service (2005-03-21): Yahoo has purchased Flickr, an online photo sharing service, and its parent company Ludicorp.