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Flickr Makes a Comeback With New Design and 1 Terabyte of Free Storage
Yahoo has made a couple bold moves in an effort to make Flickr the premier destination for storing and sharing photographs. Flickr user’s homepages have been completely redesigned to make the photos more prominent than ever. There’s also a spot to upload a profile feature and a customizable banner. It’s reminiscent of Facebook timelines. The second big more »
Yahoo Buys Tumblr for $1.1 Billion, Exodus of Users to WordPress Begins
And just like that, after being the subject of tech talks last weekend, Yahoo made it official and announced that they’ve reached an agreement with Tumblr. Yahoo buys Tumblr for $1.1 billion in cash. None other than Yahoo’s Marissa Mayer wrote via the company’s official Tumblr, announcing the acquisition deal. In the said Tumblr post, more »
Rumor: Yahoo Allegedly Acquiring Tumblr
Rumors are swirling that Yahoo is in talks to acquire Tumblr. Apparently Ken Goldman, Yahoo’s CFO explained the Internet giant’s concern for its aging users. In an attempt to appeal to the 18-24 year-old-demographic, they’re seriously considering bring Tumblr on board. “One of our challenges is we have an aging demographic,” explained Goldman at JP more »
Home Deliver Photo Prints from Smartphones with Kicksend
Sometimes it feels like technology has antiquated photo prints over the past decade. Digital cameras, memory cards, and online photo albums have enabled us to take and post so many of our memories to share with everyone. Despite the advances in photo power and convenience, many of us still like having physical prints. They fill more »
GoComics Gives a Fix to Fans of the Funny Pages on the Go
Comic strip publisher Universal Uclick has created a digital place on the internet for old-school readers who are avid for their Sunday newspaper cartoons. And now to further plant the print staple into the modern world, they’ve introduced their GoComics website to the mobile web sphere. Launching the GoComics application for iOS, Android and WP8, more »
Get Paid for Your Instagram Photos with InstaStock Images
Do you take amazing photos from your smartphone, and want to make money from them? InstaStock Images is making that happen. It’s a modern stock photo portal for Instagrammers to make money with their filtered snapshots. Since Instagram reached 100 million users, the brand has become a force to be reckoned with in the photo more »
HAPIfork Launches on Kickstarter, ‘Smart’ Eating with an App-Controlled Fork
HAPILABS is a French tech company “whose mission is to help individuals in the 21st century take control of their HAPIness, health and fitness through applications and mobile connected devices.” And they’re doing an excellent, creative job at it; as Wednesday marks the launch of a Kickstarter campaign for their latest self-help project, HAPIfork. A more »
Fitness Tracking Drives Exercisers to Tech-Savvy Facilities
Breaking a sweat without your smartphone will be a thing of the past pretty soon, even at the gym. Global trend reports predict sports- and health-focused mobile app downloads will reach a billion annually by 2016. With the launch of its cloud-based LFconnect website and app, Life Fitness, the global leader in commercial fitness equipment manufacturing, provides customizable more »
Instagram Influence Now a Part of the Klout Family
Do you have Klout? For social media mavens, Klout scores offer (addictive) insight into your influence on the web. With the growing popularity of Instagram, you can now check your photo-sharing influence, as Klout included the new app into your score. “Instagram is home to some of the best and most beautiful social media content, more »
Google Reader is Shutting Down July 1
Google shocked the internet today when it announced it would be ending Google Reader on July 1, 2013. Reader hasn’t been getting much attention from Google lately on desktop or mobile devices, but it’s still a big part of many user’s daily internet consumption habits. Reader is just one of many services Google is retiring more »



























