Yahoo Photos to Flickr Out (E-Commerce Times)
Yahoo Photos' days were numbered once Yahoo purchased Web-based digital photo storage site Flickr in 2005. Now, Yahoo Photos' number has come up. Yahoo has decided to close the increasingly unpopular Yahoo Photos this summer, and it is urging users to transfer their pictures to Flickr. Yahoo said it is making the task as simple as possible during the three-month transitional period....more...Yahoo Photos going dark as Flickr shines on (USA Today)
At Yahoo, Web 2.0 has won one battle with stodgy old Web 1.0. Yahoo is shutting down Yahoo Photos for years, the No. 1 or No. 2 most-visited photo site on the Web. Its users will be directed to move their pictures to Yahoo's hot upstart, Flickr....more... Yahoo Photos to Go Dark As Flickr's Growth Shines On (RedNova)
By Jefferson Graham LOS ANGELES -- At Yahoo, Web 2.0 has won one battle with stodgy old Web 1.0. Yahoo is shutting down Yahoo Photos -- for years, the No. 1 or No. 2 most-visited photo site on the Web....more... Tough Times for Tarnished Icons (BusinessWeek)
Shares of marquee American brands like Kodak and Gap have languished as upstarts conquer their turf. What will it take to restore their luster? ...more... Photobucket snaps a portrait of success (USA Today)
Photobucket is by far the No. 1 online photo-sharing site. But if you're not a MySpace user, you've probably never heard of it. Denver-based Photobucket provides a one-stop shop for uploading pictures and videos all over the Web at sites such as Craigslist, eBay and, most prominently, red-hot social network MySpace. So many teens and young adults use it that the site has more than 40% of all ......more... Moms and Grandmas Want to Spend More Time With Family on Mother's Day and Every Day (SYS-CON Media)
A new survey conducted by Harris Interactive(R) on behalf of Presto Services, Inc. gauged mothers' and grandmothers' family communication preferences and found that when asked what they prefer on Mother's Day, 8 out of 10 mothers (80%) and 3 out of 4 grandmothers (74%) said they prefer to spend time with family; only 6% of mothers and 4% of grandmothers said they prefer a gift on Mother's Day. ......more... Photobucket snaps a portrait of success (USATODAY.com via Yahoo! News)
LOS ANGELES - Photobucket is by far the No. 1 online photo-sharing site. But if you're not a MySpace user, you've probably never heard of it. Denver-based Photobucket provides a one-stop shop for uploading pictures and videos all over the Web at sites such as Craigslist, eBay and, most prominently, red-hot social network MySpace. So many teens and young adults use it that the site has more than ......more... You're On Candid Cellphone (Hartford Courant)
Picture-Taking Quality Of Mobile Phones Improves For the most part, cellphone photos have been fun to look at on the phones but not worth printing. ...more... Simple Flickr Starts to See Its Flame Burn Brighter (RedNova)
As Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz was to Isaac Newton and Elisha Gray was to Alexander Graham Bell and Henri Poincare was to Albert Einstein, so am I to the guy at the newspaper down the street from this one....more... |