Flickr



Flickr was developed by Ludicorp, a Vancouver-based company that launched Flickr in February 2004. The service emerged out of tools originally created for Ludicorp's //Game Neverending//, a web-based massively multiplayer online game. Flickr proved a more feasible project and ultimately Game Neverending was shelved. Early versions of Flickr focused on a multiuser chat room called FlickrLive with real-time photo exchange capabilities. There was also an emphasis on collecting images found on the web rather than photographs taken by users. The successive evolutions focused more on the uploading and filing backend for individual users and the chat room was buried in the site map. It was eventually dropped as Flickr's backend systems evolved away from the Game Neverending's codebase. Some of the key features of Flickr not initially present were tags, marking photos as favorites, group photo pools and interestingness, for which a patent is pending. In March 2005, Yahoo! acquired Ludicorp and Flickr. During the week of June 28, 2005 , all content was migrated from servers in Canada to servers in the United States, resulting in all data being subject to United States federal law. On May 16, 2006 , Flickr updated its services from beta to "gamma", along with a design and structural overhaul. According to the site's FAQ, the term "gamma", rarely used in software development, is intended to be tongue-in-cheek to indicate that the service is always being tested by its users, and is in a state of perpetual improvement. A further connotation, more specific to photography and the display of images, is that of gamma correction. For all intents and purposes, the current service is considered a stable release. In December 2006, upload limits on free accounts were increased to 100MB a month (from 20MB) and were removed from Pro Accounts, permitting unlimited uploads for holders of these accounts (originally a 2GB per month limit). In January 2007, Flickr announced that "Old Skool" members--those who had joined before the Yahoo acquisition--would be required to associate their account with a Yahoo ID by March 15 to continue using the service. This move was criticized by some users. On April 9, 2008 , Flickr began to allow paid subscribers to upload videos, limited to 90 seconds in length and 150MB in size. On March 2, 2009, Flickr added the ability to upload and view HD videos, and began allowing free users to upload normal-resolution video. At the same time, the set limit for free accounts was lifted.



media type="youtube" key="3R_MWGFvDEE" height="344" width="425" Benefits of Flickr: One can give permission to their friends, family, and others to leave comments and reorganize their pictures Flickr allows one to share their experiences online with people around the world if one so chooses Facts:
 * 1) Flickr is a popular photo and video sharing community
 * 2) Launched: 2004
 * 3) Acquired by [|Yahoo!] in 2005
 * 4) Basic membership is free
 * 5) Pro membership cost is $24.95 per year
 * 6) Wide variety of Flickr apps available[|**1**]
 * 7) Flickr's open API allows third party developers to create and release apps[|**1**]
 * 8) Popular Flickr apps include fd's Flickr Toys, Trip Planner, retrievr, [|ShoZu][|**1**]

Third Party Flickr Apps

 * Flump
 * Compfight
 * Foldr Monitr
 * Phlogre
 * Girls of Flickr
 * Flishr
 * PicMarkr
 * Flickr Hive Mind
 * MerkityMeaning
 * Flickr Cover Flow
 * Flickriver
 * GratePic
 * Flickr photo owner finder
 * FlickrSync
 * Statr for Flickr
 * Smark
 * rTagger
 * flickrSLiDR
 * Invitr
 * Flickr Anywhere
 * Flickr4Writer
 * Gickr
 * Fireflix
 * FlickrStorm
 * WorldInPictures
 * FlickrFaves
 * Flickr Color Selectr
 * Flickr Panel
 * Localize Bookmark
 * Photo Desktop for Flickr[|**2**]