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Flickr to replace free 1TB plan with just 1000 photos from January 8th 2019

Flickr 4.0.6 for iOS 3D Touch

Flickr for quite sometime offered free 1TB storage to users after SmugMug acquired the service from Yahoo back in April, the company today announced it will be reducing the free tier to just 1000 photos and bringing improvements to its paid Flickr Pro. Continue reading “Flickr to replace free 1TB plan with just 1000 photos from January 8th 2019”

SmugMug acquires photo and video-hosting service Flickr

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Photo hosting service SmugMug has announced that it has acquired Flickr for an undisclosed price. The company says that both the communities existed long before the brands were established. Since both, the companies share similar interests; connecting Photographers with others to share their passion, work, and inspiration this acquisition actually makes sense. Continue reading “SmugMug acquires photo and video-hosting service Flickr”

Flickr VR 360 degree photo app launched for Samsug Gear VR

Flickr has rolled out Flickr VR, a 360 degree photo app for Samsung’s Gear VR headset. The Flickr VR app along with the Gear VR will allow users to experience 360° photos hosted on the service through an immersive virtual reality experience.

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Flickr introduces redesigned app for Android alongside refreshed website


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Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer has been on a spree today with announcement of a stunning 1.1 billion USD Tumblr acquisition. Later in the day she took the stage to announce a brand new set of changes to make Flickr relevant again. The update focuses on a completely updated interface that has more than a passing resemblance to Microsoft’s Metro UI. Continue reading “Flickr introduces redesigned app for Android alongside refreshed website”

Flickr for iOS gets updated after a year, brings a mobile friendly interface

Yahoo’s major service like Flickr was being neglected from a long time, last update received for the Flickr iOS app was on 21st December 2011. Now yahoo has come come out with a completely overhauled interface for iOS which is snappy, and mobile friendly.

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Flickr launches official app for Android

Flickr has launched their official app for Android. This lets you take photos, enhance them with filters, and quickly send to Flickr, Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr and more. You can also capture the image from the app and upload it to Flickr or select images from your collection. Continue reading “Flickr launches official app for Android”

iPad will play Flickr Videos in HD in Fullscreen using HTML5 , Who needs Flash ?

One of the major features missing on the Apple iPad is Adobe Flash support .  Apple and Adobe have never reached a successful pact on bringing Flash to the iPhone for 3 years now although talks have been going on. The best thing to happen was Flash runtime support for iPhone apps. Now this issue resurfaces on the iPad. But Apple has been a great believer in HTML5 the new upcoming standard for Web Pages and believes HTML5 can eventually replace Flash. Continue reading “iPad will play Flickr Videos in HD in Fullscreen using HTML5 , Who needs Flash ?”