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5,000,000,000

September 19, 2010February 1, 2012
Flickr members upload more than 3,000 images every minute, and yesterday yeoaaron uploaded the five billionth photo. Thanks to yeoaaron and all our members for […]

DOCUMERICA: The World Trade Center

September 11, 2010February 1, 2012
The U.S. National Archives presents historic images of the then-newly completed World Trade Center in lower Manhattan, from May 1973. Wil Blanche’s DOCUMERICA assignment took […]

Welcome NASA to the Commons

August 30, 2010February 1, 2012
NASA joins the Commons on Flickr today with three iconic sets spanning the US space agency’s 50+ year history. Their Commons account will feature photos […]

Welcome to your new photo page

August 4, 2010February 1, 2012

After a few weeks in public preview, we’re rolling out the new Flickr photo page to 100% of the Flickrverse.

Golden Age of Jazz

July 30, 2010February 1, 2012
Today the the Library of Congress debuts the Gottlieb Jazz Photos on the Flickr Commons. From the Library’s set notes, William P. Gottlieb was a […]

Flickr iPhone app does multi-tasking and Twitter

July 22, 2010February 1, 2012
In case you missed it in all the hubbub, a new version of the Flickr iPhone app launched last week in the App Store. Flickr […]

Site issues July 20, 2010

July 20, 2010February 1, 2012
2:53 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 20 July 2010 Hey folks, looks like the hiccups have stopped! Yay! 2:18 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 20 July 2010: […]

Facebook, Twitter, geotagging oh my!

July 16, 2010February 1, 2012
We add features and make others better all the time to let you do more with your photos. We thought we’d do a quick round […]

Welcome the National Library of Scotland to The Commons!

July 13, 2010February 1, 2012
Please join us in welcoming the National Library of Scotland to The Commons! They bring us over 2,000 images, including The Last Letter of Mary […]

Christmas in July

July 2, 2010February 1, 2012
Um, can you say adorable? Check out the very first “Request to License” sale. It comes from Flickr member chotda all the way from Guam. […]

A New Photo Experience: Your Photos, Happier

June 23, 2010February 1, 2012
For over six years, you’ve made Flickr the place to be for photos. Billions of photos of the places you’ve been, the things you’ve seen, […]

Headbands for Haiti

June 22, 2010February 1, 2012
Actor Ben Stiller and Yahoo! CMO Elisa Steele don headbands to help Haiti. For every view the photo receives, Yahoo! will donate one dollar (up […]

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