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Flickr Releases a Brand New iPhone App

Flickr has just released the all new Flickr app for iPhone. I learned about this when I went to Flickr today to search for a creative commons image that I could legally put into a blog I was writing. Near the top of Flickr's page, a colorful banner read “Smile. The All New Flickr iPhone App is Here”. A bright

Yahoo Updates Image and Video Search

You may have written off Yahoo search, but the company themselves haven't yet given up, even though they have outsourced most everything to Bing.  Today the former leader of the industry rolled out a brand new version of their video and image search.  Yahoo has strengthened their partnership with Getty Images to help power the new features. Getty brings with

Yahoo Sues Facebook Over Ten Separate Patents

Yahoo has filed a patent infringement suit against Facebook. The case has been filed in federal court in San Jose, California. Yahoo says that it is suing over ten patents that are related to web-based advertising. Yahoo is also suing because the company says that Facebook is using a social networking model that is based on Yahoo's patented social networking

Yahoo Reveals Top 10 Searches of 2011

Yahoo today announced the 10th anniversary edition of their Year in Review.  The top 10 searched terms are a general barometer of the year, giving insight into the biggest products, news stories, and celebrities.  Yahoo boasts about 700 million unique monthly users, so these results do provide a pretty good overview of the hot topics of the year.  Yahoo has