How Yahoo Killed Flickr and Lost the Internet

As a result of being resource-starved, Flickr quit planting the anchors it needed to climb ever higher. It missed the boat on local, on real time, on mobile, and even ultimately on social—the field it pioneered. And so, it never became the Flickr of video; YouTube snagged that ring. It never became the Flickr of …

Instagram | Flickr

Dan Catt, who fell in love with Instagram just a little bit, and out of love with Flickr, just a little bit over the holidays: Christmas morning was almost magical. The previous year on Flickr was almost as magical, once people had a chance to sort through the 100s of photos they’d taken with their …

How to find the original Flickr Photo URL and User from a Static Flickr Image URL/Permalink

Got a link like //farm3.static.flickr.com/2085/2177060015_258bcfaff9_m.jpg and want to find out which user posted it, more images by that user, see the full-size version, etc? Seek no longer, the answer is very simple!