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Flickr revamped, comes with 1TB of free storage

John Callaham — Tue, 21 May 2013 01:12:07 +0100

Yahoo announced today at it's press event that it will be launching a new version of its Flickr online photo service, which will include a new UI and a whopping 1 TB of free photo and video storage. Read more...

Thousands of Tumblr blogs migrate to Wordpress after Yahoo deal

Max Slater-Robins — Mon, 20 May 2013 20:28:35 +0100

Many Tumblr users are not happy that Yahoo have stepped in to buy the company, despite reports that it was finically unsound, and it looks like some users are voting with their feet. Read more...

Yahoo acquires Tumblr for $1.1 billion

Vlad Dudau — Mon, 20 May 2013 13:18:32 +0100

It was just announced that Yahoo has bought Tumblr for approximately $1.1 billion dollars, close to what earlier rumors had predicted. Tumblr is one of the most popular blogging platforms in the world Read more...

Report: Yahoo board approves $1.1 billion Tumblr acquisition

John Callaham — Sun, 19 May 2013 18:36:56 +0100

A new report claims that Yahoo's board of directors has approved its acquisition of Tumblr for a whopping $1.1 billion, with Yahoo expected to officially reveal the deal tomorrow. Read more...

Yahoo holding special event on Monday amid Tumblr acquisition rumours

Ben Buffone — Sat, 18 May 2013 02:17:31 +0100

Yahoo have announced a 'product-focused' event will take place on Monday amid rumours of a possible acquisition of Tumblr. Will the rumours prove to be true or is this unrelated? Read more...

Yahoo reportedly wants to buy Tumblr; is scared of Facebook

Vlad Dudau — Fri, 17 May 2013 10:44:39 +0100

Yahoo supposedly wants the buy the super popular Tumblr to invigorate its user base and get a foothold in mobile marketing. However, they are scared of competing with Facebook for Tumblr's graces. Read more...

Tumblr arrives on Windows Phone with Live Tile integration

Ben Buffone — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 17:48:31 +0100

Tumblr for Windows Phone 8 has finally been released on the Windows Phone store. Boasting over 100 million blogs, the release is sure to please many users, both new and existing. Read more...

Tumblr pages being hacked with racist messages

John Callaham — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 18:35:31 +0000

The hacker group known as GNAA has claimed responsibility for a cyber attack that has infected thousands of Tumblr sites with racist messages. Tumblr is still working to fix the issue. Read more...

Dell CEO's daughter in Twitter security scare

Andrew Stevenson — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 17:42:55 +0100

How do you control your habits within the social networking universe? That's the sort of question Michael Dell has probably been asking his daughter following her postings on Twitter and Tumblr. Read more...

Tumblr moving to paid advertising

Stefano Elia — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 02:41:16 +0100

The micro-blogging website, tumblr, has announced a somewhat controversial move to switch to paid advertising. Read more...

Mistyped tag leads to exposure of Tumblr DB passwords and API keys

Brad Sams — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 19:02:35 +0000

Sometimes it doesn't matter how robust your security is or how diligently you maintain patches to your system as a single human can always be your weakest point in the operation. Tumblr learned this the... Read more...

Tumblr now back online after being offline 24 hours

Kelly Hodgkins — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 02:18:41 +0000

Sweet relief everyone, Tumblr confirmed that it is now back online and all blogs on the service are up and running again. For those that have been living under a rock, Tumblr went down on... Read more...

Tumblr and 4chan war results in both going offline

Tom Dwyer — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 20:41:30 +0000

Today was the date 4chan had set to take down popular blogging website Tumblr, although earlier today 4chan itself went down as reported by Techcrunch. For days now, the tension has been rising and today 4chan... Read more...