Flickr inviting users to submit their photos for review by Getty Images team

Flickr inviting users to submit their photos for review by Getty Images team
Flickr and Getty Images have been working for sometime enabling photos hosted on Flickr to get featured on Getty Images website.
This program is named Flickr Collection on Getty Images. It now consists of around 60,000 images.
Flickr and Getty Images are now [...]

Flickr finally has face tagging feature!

Flickr finally has face tagging feature!
Yahoo owned photo sharing service Flickr has finally added a face tagging feature.
There is no face recognition technology though. You would have to manually tag faces with names.
The feature was made popular by services like Facebook. Picasa and Apple iPhoto have it with recognition capabilities.

Flickr said that [...]

Penzu: A blog service for those who like privacy

Penzu: A blog service for those who like privacy
Most blogging service highlight their search engine optimization features. Features which enable others to find out about the new content.
Penzu is different. It is aimed at the old fashioned people who like to keep their thoughts private.
The service enables you to keep a [...]

Polar Rose offers tagging of photos on Flickr and Facebook

Polar Rose offers tagging of photos on Flickr and Facebook
If you need a faster way to tag your photos on services like Flickr or Facebook, Polar Rose has the solution for you.
Polar Rose provides a convenient way to tag your photos. You also get the ability to share photos between users and [...]

Snapixel photo sharing service: USD 10 per year for unlimited storage!

Snapixel photo sharing service: USD 10 per year for unlimited storage!
Yahoo owned photo sharing service Flickr has a new rival in the market.
Snapixel is offering unlimited storage and bandwidth for a bargain price of USD 9.95 per year.
They are also offering a free account that provides 5 GB storage space for your [...]

Dropico makes sharing photos easy between social networks

Dropico makes sharing photos easy between social networks
Social networking has become one of the most popular activities on the web.
We join all kind of networks for different purposes.
And this becomes a pain to manage in case you have different friends on different networks.
Dropico is one service that aims to make one [...]

Yahoo adds its own branding to Flickr Logo

Yahoo adds its own branding to Flickr Logo
Yahoo continues to annoy Flickr users with their policies and actions.
The internet media giant has now added its own branding on the Flickr logo on the service.
The logo now states: FlickrĀ® from Yahoo!

Yahoo is now facing a major user protest for this new development.
Flickr [...]

Migratr: Move Photos from Flickr to Picasa Web Albums and so on!

Migratr: Move Photos from Flickr to Picasa Web Albums and so on!
Migratr is a useful desktop application that can come handy if you are switching your preferred photo sharing service.
It support following web services at the moment:
23HQ
Aol Pictures (Import Only) (CLOSING)
Faces.com
Flickr
Menalto Gallery (Self-Hosted)
Picasa Web
Phanfare
Photobucket
SmugMug
Zenfolio
Zooomr
Since it is a desktop based application, all the [...]

IMGUR: One of the better image hosting services out there

IMGUR: One of the better image hosting services out there
We already have tons of image hosting services on the web. Some requires registration while others do not.
Flickr and Photobucket are great when you need to keep your photos connected to an account.
But for public sharing of photos, we prefer hosting them on sites [...]

AIM 7 with social features to arrive next week

AIM 7 with social features to arrive next week
AOL would launch a brand new edition of their AIM instant messenger next week.
AIM 7 would come loaded with tons of new functionalities like support for social networks.
The company said that this new version would enable the users to stay connected with their friends and [...]

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