Neowin News Feed for: Flickr

Another popular platform hit by data breach exposing emails, location data, and more

David Uzondu — Fri, 06 Feb 2026 12:50:01 +0000

Another popular "social media" platform has suffered a data breach that exposed sensitive user records, including location data. Read more...

Flickr is now letting users log in to their account even without a Yahoo ID

Jay Bonggolto — Tue, 05 Mar 2019 08:24:01 +0000

Flickr users are now free from the Yahoo ID-exclusive login system of the service, thanks to its acquisition by SmugMug in April of last year. The new login method will roll out to more users shortly. Read more...

Flickr delays removal of photos beyond the 1000 limit until March 12

Jay Bonggolto — Thu, 07 Feb 2019 06:36:01 +0000

Flickr is giving free account owners until March 12 to download their photos and videos in excess of the 1000 limit, extending its previous deadline after many users had trouble downloading them. Read more...

Flickr uses neural networks and 'state of the art' algorithm to show you similar images

Vlad Dudau — Wed, 08 Mar 2017 08:46:01 +0000

Flickr has introduced new functionality that allows users to search for similar images to the one they're interested in. While a simple function, this relies on improvements in neural nets and AI. Read more...

Thousands of NASA Apollo mission photos now available online

Steven Parker — Mon, 05 Oct 2015 15:40:32 +0000

Decades after the Apollo missions ended, NASA has now made some 13,000 images from the missions available to an organization that is preserving them online at flickr, totally unedited. Read more...

Flickr drops support for Google and Facebook logins

Timi Cantisano — Sat, 07 Jun 2014 08:38:50 +0000

With upcoming changes to Flickr's service, users will now be required to create or use an existing Yahoo account to login. Flickr will drop support for Google and Facebook logins after June 30th. Read more...

2flicka updated to v1.6 and becomes free for a limited time for Windows Phone

Timi Cantisano — Wed, 12 Mar 2014 06:15:11 +0000

Windows Phone's unofficial Flickr app, 2flicka received an update today while at the same time dropping the price to free . The robust application received UI tweaks, visual polish, and batch actions. Read more...

Yahoo to ditch Google and Facebook signups for its own services

John Callaham — Wed, 05 Mar 2014 18:00:37 +0000

Yahoo has confirmed that it will slowly ditch support for using Google and Facebook accounts to access Yahoo online services like Flickr and its fantasy sports networks. Read more...

Joe Belfiore: Windows Phone 8 GDR2 fixes storage bug; pushing Yahoo for better Flickr app

John Callaham — Sat, 27 Jul 2013 21:48:44 +0000

In new Twitter posts today, Microsoft's Windows Phone leader Joe Belfiore says the "other storage" bug in WP8 has been fixed in the GDR2 update, and also says he wants an improved Flickr app. Read more...

Joe Belfiore's Flickr confirms the 41MP Nokia Lumia 1020

Tim Schiesser — Mon, 08 Jul 2013 14:44:32 +0000

Microsoft VP of Windows Phone, Joe Belfiore, has confirmed that Nokia's upcoming flagship will be called the Nokia Lumia 1020 after shots taken by the device were discovered on his Flickr. Read more...

Facebook and Flickr photo integration dropped from Windows 8.1

Tim Schiesser — Wed, 03 Jul 2013 09:57:42 +0000

Microsoft has killed Facebook and Flickr photo integration in the Windows 8.1 Photos app, claiming that many apps in the store are available for viewing photos and the integration is no longer needed Read more...

iOS 7 will integrate Flickr and Vimeo, reports suggest

Ben Buffone — Thu, 23 May 2013 11:39:57 +0000

A report claims that Apple plans to comprehensively integrate Flickr and Vimeo support into the next version of its mobile operating system, iOS 7, when it arrives later this year. Read more...

Flickr revamped, comes with 1TB of free storage

John Callaham — Tue, 21 May 2013 00:12:07 +0000

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...

Yahoo offers three free months of Flickr Pro

John Callaham — Sat, 22 Dec 2012 19:28:58 +0000

Yahoo is giving away three free months of its Flickr Pro photo and video storage service from now until January 4th, which allows for "unlimited" uploads and downloads of content. Read more...

PS Vita officially launches in US and Europe

John Callaham — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:47:58 +0000

Sony's next generation portable gaming console, the PS Vita, is now officially available in North America and Europe. PS Vita users can now also download free apps such as Netflix, Flickr and more. Read more...

Flickr now keeps your content for 90 days after account deletion

Steven Parker — Fri, 27 May 2011 07:46:26 +0000

Earlier this year, Flickr received some bad press about a user's account that had been accidently deleted by Flickr support after Mirco Wilhelm, a German photographer, had reported another member for copyright infringement. Now Flickr has... Read more...

Google search results get a lot more social; Twitter, Flickr and more

Andrew Lyle — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 18:40:03 +0000

Google has begun tweaking their social search results to include various social networking websites including: Twitter, Flickr, Reddit, Digg, Linkedin, YouTube and more. Prior to today, these social search results would only appear at the... Read more...

Viewdle to take tagging to the next level

Matthew Jones — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 16:40:03 +0000

Long gone are the days when a photo was simply a photo. Now, one Silicon Valley startup is aiming to ensure no photo hits the web without everyone knowing exactly who's in it. Viewdle's idea is... Read more...

Yahoo! 'sorry' for deleting Flickr account containing 4000 images [Updated]

Christopher White — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 17:57:10 +0000

With everyone touting the benefits of cloud computing, most people don’t think about the danger that this presents. Mirco Wilhelm, a German photographer, has learned firsthand the dangers involved as Flickr (owned by Yahoo!) accidentally... Read more...

Company creates self-deleting photos tool for social network sites

Christopher White — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 07:39:18 +0000

We've all heard the stories about someone posting a risque picture on Facebook, then years later applying for a job and having the employer not offer the job partially because of that picture. While the... Read more...

Apple's iPhone takes the place as the top camera on flickr

Sam Symons — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 09:33:36 +0000

Apple's iPhone may not be the best quality photo-taking device on the planet, but it sure is handy; it's possible to upload photos to flickr just by sending the image to a certain email address,... Read more...

China blocks Twitter and others

Andrew Lyle — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 23:41:55 +0000

China has once again blocked a popular social networking web site, this time Twitter is on the latest block. China has been known in the recent past to block web sites like YouTube and... Read more...

Flickr announces major updates, including HD for all

Sean Bradford — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 11:05:36 +0000

Flickr, one of the best ways to share, organize, and distribute your photography and videos, today announced three major updates to their service: Video for All Members: We want to see what... Read more...

Flickr Launches Video Service

Wed, 09 Apr 2008 20:27:19 +0000

Yahoo's Flickr has launched Flickr Video, which allows "pro" accounts to upload 90-second video clips. Flickr's limit is much lower than Google's YouTube and is designed to avoid copyright issues. Adobe rolled out Media Player... Read more...

Windows Live Photo Gallery (Beta) includes Flickr Features

Thu, 18 Oct 2007 23:48:52 +0000

In response to users, Microsoft has added the ability to publish photos on Flickr from Windows Live Photo Gallery (Publish menu). The feature is only available with the latest beta version (2.2 refresh) which must... Read more...

Flickr targets Hong Kong market

Fri, 16 Mar 2007 22:56:58 +0000

Popular photo-sharing site Flickr has announced plans to launch a version in traditional Chinese characters, initially targeting users in Hong Kong. The move from Yahoo-owned Flickr is part of its attempts to localise and increase... Read more...